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General => General Discussion => Topic started by: mightytiges on May 01, 2009, 08:47:55 PM
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We've got a member of our family who works in public transport and his work today gave him a whole list of do's and don'ts regarding self-protection from the swine flu. Anyone else get something similar at their work?
You hear on the news people panicking stocking up on water and food at home. No doubt it's serious but it's an airbourne disease so how's stocking up on bottled water going to protect you ???.
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The trouble and strife was at the hospital yesterday and seen a number of people come in with masks on their faces.
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You hear on the news people panicking stocking up on water and food at home. No doubt it's serious but it's an airbourne disease so how's stocking up on bottled water going to protect you ???.
Stocking up on food etc is in case we have to go into lock down mode...
If the Govt declares we are confined to homes for xxx amount of days
I am pretty sure that's what they are doing in Mexico City at the minute until 5th May
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If we all stockpiled, there'd be absolute chaos.
Just get your necessities, like medicines etc.
And my dogs just reminded me about making sure I don't forget their food :rollin
I'm pretty sure we got nothing to worry about here, folks, but to be sure keep washing those hands lol
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You hear on the news people panicking stocking up on water and food at home. No doubt it's serious but it's an airbourne disease so how's stocking up on bottled water going to protect you ???.
Stocking up on food etc is in case we have to go into lock down mode...
If the Govt declares we are confined to homes for xxx amount of days
I am pretty sure that's what they are doing in Mexico City at the minute until 5th May
True WP but why stockpile bottled water for an airborne disease? We do have drinkable tap water ???
As Moi said if we all stockpiled there'd be chaos.
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I think this is the biggest media beat-up to try and scare the becrap out of us.
Is like Ben Cousins, they want to make out the worst in every single thing.
Is the disease rampant, even in the country of origin? No. It seems to have steadied.
Is it rampant in every country? No. A couple of people have contracted it.
To me, it's like any flu virus, there are some that kill people, even the normal influenza bug.
The media have to be responsible and not cause pandamonium.
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i called the swine flue hotline yesterday the line recption was very poor in fact all i got was crackling :whistle :whistle :whistle boom boom
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i called the swine flue hotline yesterday the line recption was very poor in fact all i got was crackling :whistle :whistle :whistle boom boom
hahaha! ::) very funny
I agree Moi, and comparing it to the plague all those years ago is a bit of a long bow, I think we have come a long way in containing and curing things now, but we dont need to point that out do they ::) media pfft!
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We do have drinkable tap water ???
Hmmm ..... let's be honest with our water shortage we don't actually have lots of that in Melbourne ;D
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LOL WP
I heard today face masks have almost sold out at chemists because people are panicking about this :o.
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It's hit Melbourne...
Boy tests positive for swine flu in Melbourne
Geraldine Mitchell
May 20, 2009
A MELBOURNE primary school's students will be quarantined after a nine-year-old boy tested positive to swine flu.
The Clifton Hill boy tested positive to swine flu after returning from a trip to Disneyland in the US.
His parents and three sisters are now apparently showing flu-like symptoms and are also in isolation at home.
Health officers are now at Clifton Hill Primary School advising staff and parents of the confirmed case.
Full story here:
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,25511408-661,00.html
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It's hit Melbourne...
Boy tests positive for swine flu in Melbourne
Geraldine Mitchell
May 20, 2009
A MELBOURNE primary school's students will be quarantined after a nine-year-old boy tested positive to swine flu.
The Clifton Hill boy tested positive to swine flu after returning from a trip to Disneyland in the US.
His parents and three sisters are now apparently showing flu-like symptoms and are also in isolation at home.
Health officers are now at Clifton Hill Primary School advising staff and parents of the confirmed case.
Full story here:
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,25511408-661,00.html
ha that shut every one up
... lucky i am in sydney :pray
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Is swine flu the past tense of pigs fly? :rollin
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lol
I believe the main symptom is a rash of bacon :outtahere
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They are advising all those who flew to Melbourne for State of Origin to put themselves into quarantine for 7 days when they return back to Queensland. However, there are no restrictions on Victorians arriving into Queensland. Go figure ???
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They are advising all those who flew to Melbourne for State of Origin to put themselves into quarantine for 7 days when they return back to Queensland. However, there are no restrictions on Victorians arriving into Queensland. Go figure ???
We're VIPs down here :thumbsup
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I agree with Moi, its a beat up perpertrated by the big pharma companies who wanna make hundreds of millions of dollars in a hurry, and the media jumps on and does there bidding. The bird flu afew years ago was the same.
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I agree with Moi, its a beat up perpertrated by the big pharma companies who wanna make hundreds of millions of dollars in a hurry, and the media jumps on and does there bidding. The bird flu afew years ago was the same.
Yep 1011 cases out of 4,500,000 people is hardly an epicentre. The ordinary seasonal flu spreads faster than that. More importantly there have been no deaths unlike elsewhere is in the world.
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I think this is what happens to you if you are infected by the swine flu