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Title: Questions about Swine Flu
Post by: CBStew on April 28, 2009, 03:56:28 PM
If computers get viruses, can we catch swine flu on the Desipio Message Board?
How is it that swine flu has shown up in Israel?
Who here hasn't experienced swine flu symptoms after reading today's news?
Title: Re: Questions about Swine Flu
Post by: Waco Kid on April 29, 2009, 07:55:46 AM
I'm not sure computer viruses get this far out on the fringe where Desipio resides.
Title: Re: Questions about Swine Flu
Post by: flannj on April 29, 2009, 08:05:38 AM
I don't have swine flu and I'm not worried about getting it.

I have oinkment.
Title: Re: Questions about Swine Flu
Post by: thehawk on April 29, 2009, 08:20:50 AM
Quote from: CBStew on April 28, 2009, 03:56:28 PM
If computers get viruses, can we catch swine flu on the Desipio Message Board?
How is it that swine flu has shown up in Israel?
Who here hasn't experienced swine flu symptoms after reading today's news?

I don't think that's how it works, Stew, but I would suggest increased surveillance of this  http://www.desipio.com/messageboard/index.php?topic=5671.0 (http://www.desipio.com/messageboard/index.php?topic=5671.0) just in case
Title: Re: Questions about Swine Flu
Post by: Chuck to Chuck on April 29, 2009, 08:35:36 AM
Serious stuff.  It's in Chicago now.

http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2009/04/could-swine-flu-cause-a-n-side-school-to-close.html


Probable swine flu closes Rogers Park school
April 29, 2009 7:11 AM | No Comments

A probable case of swine flu has prompted the closing of a North Side elementary school for at least two days.

The case involves a student at Kilmer Elementary School, 6700 N. Greenview Ave. in the Rogers Park neighborhood, Chicago Public Schools chief Ron Huberman said at a morning press conference at the school.

Chicago Public Health Commissioner Terry Mason said the student "is recovered at home." Ald. Joe Moore (49th) said the student is 12.

Huberman said tests on the student have been sent to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and he expects results back in 24 to 36 hours.

The decision to close the school was made Tuesday after the state reported the probable case to CPS and the system noticed an unusually high absentee rate at the school (see map), Huberman said.

Attendance at the school is normally 94 to 96 percent, but it was 87 percent on Tuesday, Huberman said. That was "clearly enough of a differential" to warrant the closing. He said the school would be closed "indefinitely," but at least for two days.

The Kilmer student population of 850 is 60 percent Hispanic. It has a teaching staff of 46. The school is also in a heavily Hispanic populated area of the Rogers Park neighborhood. The swine flu has taken its heaviest toll in Mexico.
Title: Re: Questions about Swine Flu
Post by: J Rod on April 29, 2009, 08:44:21 AM
Quote from: Chuck to Chuck on April 29, 2009, 08:35:36 AM
Serious stuff.  It's in Chicago now.

http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2009/04/could-swine-flu-cause-a-n-side-school-to-close.html


Probable swine flu closes Rogers Park school
April 29, 2009 7:11 AM | No Comments

A probable case of swine flu has prompted the closing of a North Side elementary school for at least two days.

The case involves a student at Kilmer Elementary School, 6700 N. Greenview Ave. in the Rogers Park neighborhood, Chicago Public Schools chief Ron Huberman said at a morning press conference at the school.

Chicago Public Health Commissioner Terry Mason said the student "is recovered at home." Ald. Joe Moore (49th) said the student is 12.

Huberman said tests on the student have been sent to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and he expects results back in 24 to 36 hours.

The decision to close the school was made Tuesday after the state reported the probable case to CPS and the system noticed an unusually high absentee rate at the school (see map), Huberman said.

Attendance at the school is normally 94 to 96 percent, but it was 87 percent on Tuesday, Huberman said. That was "clearly enough of a differential" to warrant the closing. He said the school would be closed "indefinitely," but at least for two days.

The Kilmer student population of 850 is 60 percent Hispanic. It has a teaching staff of 46. The school is also in a heavily Hispanic populated area of the Rogers Park neighborhood. The swine flu has taken its heaviest toll in Mexico.

Uh oh.  My roommate's girlfriend teaches 5th grade at an elementary school in Rogers Park.  Not sure if this is the same one.
Title: Re: Questions about Swine Flu
Post by: MAD on April 29, 2009, 08:54:06 AM
Quote from: Chuck to Chuck on April 29, 2009, 08:35:36 AM
Serious stuff.  It's in Chicago now.

http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2009/04/could-swine-flu-cause-a-n-side-school-to-close.html


Probable swine flu closes Rogers Park school
April 29, 2009 7:11 AM | No Comments

A probable case of swine flu has prompted the closing of a North Side elementary school for at least two days.

The case involves a student at Kilmer Elementary School, 6700 N. Greenview Ave. in the Rogers Park neighborhood, Chicago Public Schools chief Ron Huberman said at a morning press conference at the school.

Chicago Public Health Commissioner Terry Mason said the student "is recovered at home." Ald. Joe Moore (49th) said the student is 12.

Huberman said tests on the student have been sent to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and he expects results back in 24 to 36 hours.

The decision to close the school was made Tuesday after the state reported the probable case to CPS and the system noticed an unusually high absentee rate at the school (see map), Huberman said.

Attendance at the school is normally 94 to 96 percent, but it was 87 percent on Tuesday, Huberman said. That was "clearly enough of a differential" to warrant the closing. He said the school would be closed "indefinitely," but at least for two days.

The Kilmer student population of 850 is 60 percent Hispanic. It has a teaching staff of 46. The school is also in a heavily Hispanic populated area of the Rogers Park neighborhood. The swine flu has taken its heaviest toll in Mexico.

That's 12 blocks from me.  We'll try not to breathe.
Title: Re: Questions about Swine Flu
Post by: Quality Start Machine on April 29, 2009, 08:54:56 AM
Quote from: MAD on April 29, 2009, 08:54:06 AM
Quote from: Chuck to Chuck on April 29, 2009, 08:35:36 AM
Serious stuff.  It's in Chicago now.

http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2009/04/could-swine-flu-cause-a-n-side-school-to-close.html


Probable swine flu closes Rogers Park school
April 29, 2009 7:11 AM | No Comments

A probable case of swine flu has prompted the closing of a North Side elementary school for at least two days.

The case involves a student at Kilmer Elementary School, 6700 N. Greenview Ave. in the Rogers Park neighborhood, Chicago Public Schools chief Ron Huberman said at a morning press conference at the school.

Chicago Public Health Commissioner Terry Mason said the student "is recovered at home." Ald. Joe Moore (49th) said the student is 12.

Huberman said tests on the student have been sent to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and he expects results back in 24 to 36 hours.

The decision to close the school was made Tuesday after the state reported the probable case to CPS and the system noticed an unusually high absentee rate at the school (see map), Huberman said.

Attendance at the school is normally 94 to 96 percent, but it was 87 percent on Tuesday, Huberman said. That was "clearly enough of a differential" to warrant the closing. He said the school would be closed "indefinitely," but at least for two days.

The Kilmer student population of 850 is 60 percent Hispanic. It has a teaching staff of 46. The school is also in a heavily Hispanic populated area of the Rogers Park neighborhood. The swine flu has taken its heaviest toll in Mexico.

That's 12 blocks from me.  We'll try not to breathe.

Look for the warning signs. First symptom is irritability.
Title: Re: Questions about Swine Flu
Post by: MAD on April 29, 2009, 08:58:45 AM
Quote from: Frank on April 29, 2009, 08:54:56 AM
Quote from: MAD on April 29, 2009, 08:54:06 AM
Quote from: Chuck to Chuck on April 29, 2009, 08:35:36 AM
Serious stuff.  It's in Chicago now.

http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2009/04/could-swine-flu-cause-a-n-side-school-to-close.html


Probable swine flu closes Rogers Park school
April 29, 2009 7:11 AM | No Comments

A probable case of swine flu has prompted the closing of a North Side elementary school for at least two days.

The case involves a student at Kilmer Elementary School, 6700 N. Greenview Ave. in the Rogers Park neighborhood, Chicago Public Schools chief Ron Huberman said at a morning press conference at the school.

Chicago Public Health Commissioner Terry Mason said the student "is recovered at home." Ald. Joe Moore (49th) said the student is 12.

Huberman said tests on the student have been sent to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and he expects results back in 24 to 36 hours.

The decision to close the school was made Tuesday after the state reported the probable case to CPS and the system noticed an unusually high absentee rate at the school (see map), Huberman said.

Attendance at the school is normally 94 to 96 percent, but it was 87 percent on Tuesday, Huberman said. That was "clearly enough of a differential" to warrant the closing. He said the school would be closed "indefinitely," but at least for two days.

The Kilmer student population of 850 is 60 percent Hispanic. It has a teaching staff of 46. The school is also in a heavily Hispanic populated area of the Rogers Park neighborhood. The swine flu has taken its heaviest toll in Mexico.

That's 12 blocks from me.  We'll try not to breathe.

Look for the warning signs. First symptom is irritability.

Fuck.  I've been living 4 blocks from the source for nearly 3 years now?
Title: Re: Questions about Swine Flu
Post by: fiveouts on April 29, 2009, 09:00:21 AM
Nothing like organizing a trip for high school students to build houses for the poor in Esenada, Mexico, then spending 3 months trying to convince parents that the kids weren't going to get gunned down by Pablo Escobar Jr., only to get the entire trip cancelled two days before we're supposed to leave because some asshole kissed a pig.  

That was worth a year's work.
Title: Re: Questions about Swine Flu
Post by: MAD on April 29, 2009, 09:04:07 AM
Quote from: fiveouts on April 29, 2009, 09:00:21 AM
Nothing like organizing a trip for high school students to build houses for the poor in Esenada, Mexico, then spending 3 months trying to convince parents that the kids weren't going to get gunned down by Pablo Escobar Jr., only to get the entire trip cancelled two days before we're supposed to leave because some asshole kissed a pig.  

That was worth a year's work.

Intrepid Reader:  Phil Rogers

Why would the Giants' third baseman's be gunning kids down?
Title: Re: Questions about Swine Flu
Post by: Chuck to Chuck on April 29, 2009, 09:07:51 AM
Quote from: fiveouts on April 29, 2009, 09:00:21 AM
Nothing like organizing a trip for high school students to build houses for the poor in Esenada, Mexico, then spending 3 months trying to convince parents that the kids weren't going to get gunned down by Pablo Escobar Jr., only to get the entire trip cancelled two days before we're supposed to leave because some asshole kissed a pig.  

That was worth a year's work.
Intrepid Reader Sarah from Anchorage: I demand an apology.
Title: Re: Questions about Swine Flu
Post by: Tank on April 29, 2009, 10:34:41 AM
Quote from: fiveouts on April 29, 2009, 09:00:21 AM
Nothing like organizing a trip for high school students to build houses for the poor in Esenada, Mexico, then spending 3 months trying to convince parents that the kids weren't going to get gunned down by Pablo Escobar Jr., only to get the entire trip cancelled two days before we're supposed to leave because some asshole kissed a pig. 

That was worth a year's work.

My senior year of high school we had to cancel a trip to Chiapas a few months out.

But that was because some right-wing paramilitaries massacred a bunch of women and children (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acteal_massacre).

Instead, we went and roofed some houses in Brownsville.

Because that was, like, almost Mexico.
Title: Re: Questions about Swine Flu
Post by: Gil Gunderson on April 29, 2009, 10:37:51 AM
Quote from: Chuck to Chuck on April 29, 2009, 09:07:51 AM
Quote from: fiveouts on April 29, 2009, 09:00:21 AM
Nothing like organizing a trip for high school students to build houses for the poor in Esenada, Mexico, then spending 3 months trying to convince parents that the kids weren't going to get gunned down by Pablo Escobar Jr., only to get the entire trip cancelled two days before we're supposed to leave because some asshole kissed a pig.  

That was worth a year's work.
Intrepid Reader Sarah from Anchorage: I demand an apology.

Wasilla'd
Title: Re: Questions about Swine Flu
Post by: Slaky on April 29, 2009, 05:13:39 PM
Stay classy, Egypt. (http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/ML_EGYPT_SWINE_FLU?SITE=NYMID&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT)
Title: Re: Questions about Swine Flu
Post by: Quality Start Machine on April 29, 2009, 07:52:51 PM
Quote from: Slakee on April 29, 2009, 05:13:39 PM
Stay classy, Egypt. (http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/ML_EGYPT_SWINE_FLU?SITE=NYMID&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT)

What's a Muslim country doing with 300,000 pigs?
Title: Re: Questions about Swine Flu
Post by: Internet Apex on April 29, 2009, 07:59:15 PM
Quote from: Frank on April 29, 2009, 07:52:51 PM
Quote from: Slakee on April 29, 2009, 05:13:39 PM
Stay classy, Egypt. (http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/ML_EGYPT_SWINE_FLU?SITE=NYMID&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT)

What's a Muslim country doing with 300,000 pigs?

Feeding infidels to them. D'ur. 
Title: Re: Questions about Swine Flu
Post by: Slaky on April 29, 2009, 09:18:56 PM
Quote from: Frank on April 29, 2009, 07:52:51 PM
Quote from: Slakee on April 29, 2009, 05:13:39 PM
Stay classy, Egypt. (http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/ML_EGYPT_SWINE_FLU?SITE=NYMID&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT)

What's a Muslim country doing with 300,000 pigs?

They're 10% Christian - and they looooove their bacon.
Title: Re: Questions about Swine Flu
Post by: Quality Start Machine on April 29, 2009, 09:30:54 PM
Quote from: Slakee on April 29, 2009, 09:18:56 PM
Quote from: Frank on April 29, 2009, 07:52:51 PM
Quote from: Slakee on April 29, 2009, 05:13:39 PM
Stay classy, Egypt. (http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/ML_EGYPT_SWINE_FLU?SITE=NYMID&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT)

What's a Muslim country doing with 300,000 pigs?

They're 10% Christian - and they looooove their bacon.

Jesus told us to love bacon. Yeti doesn't love bacon. Yeti hates Jesus.
Title: Re: Questions about Swine Flu
Post by: Internet Apex on April 29, 2009, 10:01:51 PM
I swear I think my fiancee already had this thing in February. If that wasn't it I don't know what it was but if I knew it was going around I'd pray for whoever got it. Because it's bitch with a dick too. I bet this stupid flu has been going around for over six months but just now the Mexican government yells PANIC for whatever reason. Consolidate power? We'll find out soon enough. That's not to say I'm not scared as hell that this is going to thrash our country to holy hell and undo any slight gains we've made this past quarter and change. But that's between me and my therapist, I guess.

I need a hand job.

Title: Re: Questions about Swine Flu
Post by: Tinker to Evers to Chance on April 29, 2009, 10:03:15 PM
Quote from: ~Apex on April 29, 2009, 10:01:51 PM
I swear I think my fiancee already had this thing in February. If that wasn't it I don't know what it was but I got a less severe case of it myself at the time. I bet this stupid flu has been going around for over six months but just now the Mexican government yells PANIC for whatever reason. We'll find out soon enugh. That's not to say I'm not scared as hell that this is going to thrash our country to holy hell and undo any slight gains we've made this past quarter in change. But that's between me and my therapist, I guess.

I need a hand job.



Is there a possibility of a handjob exchange?
Title: Re: Questions about Swine Flu
Post by: Internet Apex on April 29, 2009, 10:04:36 PM
Quote from: Tink on April 29, 2009, 10:03:15 PM
Quote from: ~Apex on April 29, 2009, 10:01:51 PM
I swear I think my fiancee already had this thing in February. If that wasn't it I don't know what it was but I got a less severe case of it myself at the time. I bet this stupid flu has been going around for over six months but just now the Mexican government yells PANIC for whatever reason. We'll find out soon enugh. That's not to say I'm not scared as hell that this is going to thrash our country to holy hell and undo any slight gains we've made this past quarter in change. But that's between me and my therapist, I guess.

I need a hand job.





Is there a possibility of a handjob exchange?


You better wash yours or the answer is N-0.
Title: Re: Questions about Swine Flu
Post by: Slaky on April 30, 2009, 09:33:20 AM
Think you might have swine flu? I have a site that can give you the answers to your questions.

www.doihaveswineflu.org

Title: Re: Questions about Swine Flu
Post by: Lance Dicksons Arm on April 30, 2009, 11:58:44 AM
Quote from: ~Apex on April 29, 2009, 07:59:15 PM
Quote from: Frank on April 29, 2009, 07:52:51 PM
Quote from: Slakee on April 29, 2009, 05:13:39 PM
Stay classy, Egypt. (http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/ML_EGYPT_SWINE_FLU?SITE=NYMID&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT)

What's a Muslim country doing with 300,000 pigs?

Feeding infidels to them. D'ur. 

That was a proper burial in Deadwood.
Title: Re: Questions about Swine Flu
Post by: Gil Gunderson on April 30, 2009, 12:26:33 PM
Today, the office manager here handed out two 3M masks and 16 Alcohol swipes per employee, as mandated by the GSA.

YOUR STIMULUS DOLLARS AT WORK!!!
Title: Re: Questions about Swine Flu
Post by: Quality Start Machine on April 30, 2009, 12:43:46 PM
Quote from: Gil Gunderson on April 30, 2009, 12:26:33 PM
Today, the office manager here handed out two 3M masks and 16 Alcohol swipes per employee, as mandated by the GSA.

YOUR STIMULUS DOLLARS AT WORK!!!

My company is seeing the result of INCENTIVES (health) and stock has gone up a couple bucks in the last couple days.
Title: Re: Questions about Swine Flu
Post by: Lance Dicksons Arm on April 30, 2009, 12:52:18 PM
Quote from: Fork on April 30, 2009, 12:43:46 PM
Quote from: Gil Gunderson on April 30, 2009, 12:26:33 PM
Today, the office manager here handed out two 3M masks and 16 Alcohol swipes per employee, as mandated by the GSA.

YOUR STIMULUS DOLLARS AT WORK!!!

My company is seeing the result of INCENTIVES (health) and stock has gone up a couple bucks in the last couple days.

We don't work for the same company...do we?  (I'm pretty sure we don't...but the same is true for my company in the medical-ish area)

Your IPA avatar is classic, BTW.   Whenever I see that cat, I wish I could ask him if he goes to the same salon that Joe Theismann uses. 
Title: Re: Questions about Swine Flu
Post by: Slaky on April 30, 2009, 01:33:25 PM
Quote from: Lance Dicksons Arm on April 30, 2009, 12:52:18 PM
Quote from: Fork on April 30, 2009, 12:43:46 PM
Quote from: Gil Gunderson on April 30, 2009, 12:26:33 PM
Today, the office manager here handed out two 3M masks and 16 Alcohol swipes per employee, as mandated by the GSA.

YOUR STIMULUS DOLLARS AT WORK!!!

My company is seeing the result of INCENTIVES (health) and stock has gone up a couple bucks in the last couple days.

We don't work for the same company...do we?  (I'm pretty sure we don't...but the same is true for my company in the medical-ish area)

Your IPA avatar is classic, BTW.   Whenever I see that cat, I wish I could ask him if he goes to the same salon that Joe Theismann uses. 

Walgreens?
Title: Re: Questions about Swine Flu
Post by: Lance Dicksons Arm on April 30, 2009, 01:39:29 PM
Quote from: Slakee on April 30, 2009, 01:33:25 PM
Quote from: Lance Dicksons Arm on April 30, 2009, 12:52:18 PM
Quote from: Fork on April 30, 2009, 12:43:46 PM
Quote from: Gil Gunderson on April 30, 2009, 12:26:33 PM
Today, the office manager here handed out two 3M masks and 16 Alcohol swipes per employee, as mandated by the GSA.

YOUR STIMULUS DOLLARS AT WORK!!!

My company is seeing the result of INCENTIVES (health) and stock has gone up a couple bucks in the last couple days.

We don't work for the same company...do we?  (I'm pretty sure we don't...but the same is true for my company in the medical-ish area)

Your IPA avatar is classic, BTW.   Whenever I see that cat, I wish I could ask him if he goes to the same salon that Joe Theismann uses. 

Walgreens?

Maybe that's where they got his gurney??

(http://sas.localguides.com/bundles/guides_a3/assets/widget_bjMYpmjv9iTRWEZjRKegHJ.jpg)

But that hair?   That hair is something remarkable.  That takes some time.......and some professional craftsmanship.
Title: Re: Questions about Swine Flu
Post by: Slaky on April 30, 2009, 01:43:29 PM
Quote from: Lance Dicksons Arm on April 30, 2009, 01:39:29 PM
Quote from: Slakee on April 30, 2009, 01:33:25 PM
Quote from: Lance Dicksons Arm on April 30, 2009, 12:52:18 PM
Quote from: Fork on April 30, 2009, 12:43:46 PM
Quote from: Gil Gunderson on April 30, 2009, 12:26:33 PM
Today, the office manager here handed out two 3M masks and 16 Alcohol swipes per employee, as mandated by the GSA.

YOUR STIMULUS DOLLARS AT WORK!!!

My company is seeing the result of INCENTIVES (health) and stock has gone up a couple bucks in the last couple days.

We don't work for the same company...do we?  (I'm pretty sure we don't...but the same is true for my company in the medical-ish area)

Your IPA avatar is classic, BTW.   Whenever I see that cat, I wish I could ask him if he goes to the same salon that Joe Theismann uses. 

Walgreens?

Maybe that's where they got his gurney??

(http://sas.localguides.com/bundles/guides_a3/assets/widget_bjMYpmjv9iTRWEZjRKegHJ.jpg)

But that hair?   That hair is something remarkable.  That takes some time.......and some professional craftsmanship.

No, seriously I think that's where Fork works.
Title: Re: Questions about Swine Flu
Post by: BH on April 30, 2009, 01:45:55 PM
Quote from: Slakee on April 30, 2009, 01:43:29 PM
Quote from: Lance Dicksons Arm on April 30, 2009, 01:39:29 PM
Quote from: Slakee on April 30, 2009, 01:33:25 PM
Quote from: Lance Dicksons Arm on April 30, 2009, 12:52:18 PM
Quote from: Fork on April 30, 2009, 12:43:46 PM
Quote from: Gil Gunderson on April 30, 2009, 12:26:33 PM
Today, the office manager here handed out two 3M masks and 16 Alcohol swipes per employee, as mandated by the GSA.

YOUR STIMULUS DOLLARS AT WORK!!!

My company is seeing the result of INCENTIVES (health) and stock has gone up a couple bucks in the last couple days.

We don't work for the same company...do we?  (I'm pretty sure we don't...but the same is true for my company in the medical-ish area)

Your IPA avatar is classic, BTW.   Whenever I see that cat, I wish I could ask him if he goes to the same salon that Joe Theismann uses. 

Walgreens?

Maybe that's where they got his gurney??

(http://sas.localguides.com/bundles/guides_a3/assets/widget_bjMYpmjv9iTRWEZjRKegHJ.jpg)

But that hair?   That hair is something remarkable.  That takes some time.......and some professional craftsmanship.

No, seriously I think that's where Fork works.

You mean he doesn't make all his money from workout/dancing video sales?
Title: Re: Questions about Swine Flu
Post by: Lance Dicksons Arm on April 30, 2009, 01:50:43 PM
Quote from: Slakee on April 30, 2009, 01:43:29 PM
Quote from: Lance Dicksons Arm on April 30, 2009, 01:39:29 PM
Quote from: Slakee on April 30, 2009, 01:33:25 PM
Quote from: Lance Dicksons Arm on April 30, 2009, 12:52:18 PM
Quote from: Fork on April 30, 2009, 12:43:46 PM
Quote from: Gil Gunderson on April 30, 2009, 12:26:33 PM
Today, the office manager here handed out two 3M masks and 16 Alcohol swipes per employee, as mandated by the GSA.

YOUR STIMULUS DOLLARS AT WORK!!!

My company is seeing the result of INCENTIVES (health) and stock has gone up a couple bucks in the last couple days.

We don't work for the same company...do we?  (I'm pretty sure we don't...but the same is true for my company in the medical-ish area)

Your IPA avatar is classic, BTW.   Whenever I see that cat, I wish I could ask him if he goes to the same salon that Joe Theismann uses. 

Walgreens?

Maybe that's where they got his gurney??

But that hair?   That hair is something remarkable.  That takes some time.......and some professional craftsmanship.

No, seriously I think that's where Fork works.

Never mind me, I'm a stupid douche who is prone to misunderstandings

(http://www.fluffytails.ca/ritter/jack.jpg)
Title: Re: Questions about Swine Flu
Post by: Quality Start Machine on April 30, 2009, 02:32:54 PM
Quote from: BH on April 30, 2009, 01:45:55 PM
Quote from: Slakee on April 30, 2009, 01:43:29 PM
Quote from: Lance Dicksons Arm on April 30, 2009, 01:39:29 PM
Quote from: Slakee on April 30, 2009, 01:33:25 PM
Quote from: Lance Dicksons Arm on April 30, 2009, 12:52:18 PM
Quote from: Fork on April 30, 2009, 12:43:46 PM
Quote from: Gil Gunderson on April 30, 2009, 12:26:33 PM
Today, the office manager here handed out two 3M masks and 16 Alcohol swipes per employee, as mandated by the GSA.

YOUR STIMULUS DOLLARS AT WORK!!!

My company is seeing the result of INCENTIVES (health) and stock has gone up a couple bucks in the last couple days.

We don't work for the same company...do we?  (I'm pretty sure we don't...but the same is true for my company in the medical-ish area)

Your IPA avatar is classic, BTW.   Whenever I see that cat, I wish I could ask him if he goes to the same salon that Joe Theismann uses. 

Walgreens?

Maybe that's where they got his gurney??

(http://sas.localguides.com/bundles/guides_a3/assets/widget_bjMYpmjv9iTRWEZjRKegHJ.jpg)

But that hair?   That hair is something remarkable.  That takes some time.......and some professional craftsmanship.

No, seriously I think that's where Fork works.

You mean he doesn't make all his money from workout/dancing video sales?

Not all of it, no.

And don't act like you don't want to do the music for the next one.
Title: Re: Questions about Swine Flu
Post by: morpheus on April 30, 2009, 02:56:01 PM
Quote from: Fork on April 30, 2009, 02:32:54 PM
Quote from: BH on April 30, 2009, 01:45:55 PM

You mean he doesn't make all his money from workout/dancing video sales?

Not all of it, no.

And don't act like you don't want to do the music for the next one.

Needs more keytar.
Title: Re: Questions about Swine Flu
Post by: Tank on April 30, 2009, 07:55:42 PM
Quote from: Fork on April 30, 2009, 02:32:54 PM
Quote from: BH on April 30, 2009, 01:45:55 PM
Quote from: Slakee on April 30, 2009, 01:43:29 PM
Quote from: Lance Dicksons Arm on April 30, 2009, 01:39:29 PM
Quote from: Slakee on April 30, 2009, 01:33:25 PM
Quote from: Lance Dicksons Arm on April 30, 2009, 12:52:18 PM
Quote from: Fork on April 30, 2009, 12:43:46 PM
Quote from: Gil Gunderson on April 30, 2009, 12:26:33 PM
Today, the office manager here handed out two 3M masks and 16 Alcohol swipes per employee, as mandated by the GSA.

YOUR STIMULUS DOLLARS AT WORK!!!

My company is seeing the result of INCENTIVES (health) and stock has gone up a couple bucks in the last couple days.

We don't work for the same company...do we?  (I'm pretty sure we don't...but the same is true for my company in the medical-ish area)

Your IPA avatar is classic, BTW.   Whenever I see that cat, I wish I could ask him if he goes to the same salon that Joe Theismann uses. 

Walgreens?

Maybe that's where they got his gurney??

(http://sas.localguides.com/bundles/guides_a3/assets/widget_bjMYpmjv9iTRWEZjRKegHJ.jpg)

But that hair?   That hair is something remarkable.  That takes some time.......and some professional craftsmanship.

No, seriously I think that's where Fork works.

You mean he doesn't make all his money from workout/dancing video sales?

Not all of it, no.

And don't act like you don't want to do the music for the next one.

There's also the steady income stream from his line of deluxe workout jeans.
Title: Re: Questions about Swine Flu
Post by: Quality Start Machine on May 01, 2009, 07:22:16 AM


(http://sas.localguides.com/bundles/guides_a3/assets/widget_bjMYpmjv9iTRWEZjRKegHJ.jpg)

Just take a quick second to bask in the awesomeness that is Jim Burt. He used to cut the sides of his jersey, so he could lace them together and make the jersey tight, so centers couldn't hold him.

Not to mention, his planting of Joe Montana in the 1986-87 playoffs is still the fastest I've ever seen a quarterback go from vertical to horizontal, and it couldn't happen to a nicer guy.
Title: Re: Questions about Swine Flu
Post by: Internet Apex on May 02, 2009, 08:13:09 AM
My friend is a lab technician at a hospital in Indy. He said everybody thinks they have the fucking Swine Flu this week and his and every other hospital he knows of is packed to the gills with sick people getting tested for H1N1 Influenza. This thing has been around since at least September in the U.S. and it's completely susceptible to the flu medication that everybody uses. So people started dying in Mexico city where due to air pollution and lack of nutrition and proper medical care, about 4% (according a Mexican health official I heard on NPR yesterday) have some sort of respiratory disease. Add a flu virus to that and you equal death. I think the only thing to do in this situation is **PANIC** Alert the news media, they'll know what to do. Get the Vice President of the United States on the tube telling people not to ride elevators, airplanes or subways! **PANIC**PANIC**PANIC**PANIC**PANIC**PANIC**PANIC**PANIC**PANIC**PANIC**PANIC**PANIC**PANIC**PANIC**PANIC**

There don't you feel better now? Now if this strain happens to mix with another strain of flu virus that is NOT susceptible to the medication we've got a problem. Or so I'm led to believe by this health official from the WHO that I heard on a Foreign Affairs magazine podcast. Fun week, wasn't it? 

Title: Re: Questions about Swine Flu
Post by: Philberto on May 02, 2009, 08:29:07 AM
Quote from: ~Apex on May 02, 2009, 08:13:09 AM
My friend is a lab technician at a hospital in Indy. He said everybody thinks they have the fucking Swine Flu this week and his and every other hospital he knows of is packed to the gills with sick people getting tested for H1N1 Influenza. This thing has been around since at least September in the U.S. and it's completely susceptible to the flu medication that everybody uses. So people started dying in Mexico city where due to air pollution and lack of nutrition and proper medical care, about 4% (according a Mexican health official I heard on NPR yesterday) have some sort of respiratory disease. Add a flu virus to that and you equal death. I think the only thing to do in this situation is **PANIC** Alert the news media, they'll know what to do. Get the Vice President of the United States on the tube telling people not to ride elevators, airplanes or subways! **PANIC**PANIC**PANIC**PANIC**PANIC**PANIC**PANIC**PANIC**PANIC**PANIC**PANIC**PANIC**PANIC**PANIC**PANIC**

There don't you feel better now? Now if this strain happens to mix with another strain of flu virus that is NOT susceptible to the medication we've got a problem. Or so I'm led to believe by this health official from the WHO that I heard on a Foreign Affairs magazine podcast. Fun week, wasn't it? 



THIS

Also, http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090502/ap_on_he_me/med_swine_flu 650 or so cases? They suspect it might be higher but really 650 cases? In a world of 6,706,993,152 (July 2008 estimate), that equals 00.00000969% of the population (I think I did that right.. It was 9.69 x 10-8) And this article says "epidemic." Really? It doesn't seem to warrant  that classification. This whole thing is ridiculous. It just is
Title: Re: Questions about Swine Flu
Post by: powen01 on May 02, 2009, 08:48:08 AM
Quote from: IrishYeti on May 02, 2009, 08:29:07 AM
Quote from: ~Apex on May 02, 2009, 08:13:09 AM
My friend is a lab technician at a hospital in Indy. He said everybody thinks they have the fucking Swine Flu this week and his and every other hospital he knows of is packed to the gills with sick people getting tested for H1N1 Influenza. This thing has been around since at least September in the U.S. and it's completely susceptible to the flu medication that everybody uses. So people started dying in Mexico city where due to air pollution and lack of nutrition and proper medical care, about 4% (according a Mexican health official I heard on NPR yesterday) have some sort of respiratory disease. Add a flu virus to that and you equal death. I think the only thing to do in this situation is **PANIC** Alert the news media, they'll know what to do. Get the Vice President of the United States on the tube telling people not to ride elevators, airplanes or subways! **PANIC**PANIC**PANIC**PANIC**PANIC**PANIC**PANIC**PANIC**PANIC**PANIC**PANIC**PANIC**PANIC**PANIC**PANIC**

There don't you feel better now? Now if this strain happens to mix with another strain of flu virus that is NOT susceptible to the medication we've got a problem. Or so I'm led to believe by this health official from the WHO that I heard on a Foreign Affairs magazine podcast. Fun week, wasn't it? 



THIS

Also, http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090502/ap_on_he_me/med_swine_flu 650 or so cases? They suspect it might be higher but really 650 cases? In a world of 6,706,993,152 (July 2008 estimate), that equals 00.00000969% of the population (I think I did that right.. It was 9.69 x 10-8) And this article says "epidemic." Really? It doesn't seem to warrant  that classification. This whole thing is ridiculous. It just is

I wish it would mutate to the point that eating bologna could kill.
Title: Re: Questions about Swine Flu
Post by: Internet Apex on May 02, 2009, 09:19:55 AM
Quote from: powen01 on May 02, 2009, 08:48:08 AM
Quote from: IrishYeti on May 02, 2009, 08:29:07 AM
Quote from: ~Apex on May 02, 2009, 08:13:09 AM
My friend is a lab technician at a hospital in Indy. He said everybody thinks they have the fucking Swine Flu this week and his and every other hospital he knows of is packed to the gills with sick people getting tested for H1N1 Influenza. This thing has been around since at least September in the U.S. and it's completely susceptible to the flu medication that everybody uses. So people started dying in Mexico city where due to air pollution and lack of nutrition and proper medical care, about 4% (according a Mexican health official I heard on NPR yesterday) have some sort of respiratory disease. Add a flu virus to that and you equal death. I think the only thing to do in this situation is **PANIC** Alert the news media, they'll know what to do. Get the Vice President of the United States on the tube telling people not to ride elevators, airplanes or subways! **PANIC**PANIC**PANIC**PANIC**PANIC**PANIC**PANIC**PANIC**PANIC**PANIC**PANIC**PANIC**PANIC**PANIC**PANIC**

There don't you feel better now? Now if this strain happens to mix with another strain of flu virus that is NOT susceptible to the medication we've got a problem. Or so I'm led to believe by this health official from the WHO that I heard on a Foreign Affairs magazine podcast. Fun week, wasn't it? 



THIS

Also, http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090502/ap_on_he_me/med_swine_flu 650 or so cases? They suspect it might be higher but really 650 cases? In a world of 6,706,993,152 (July 2008 estimate), that equals 00.00000969% of the population (I think I did that right.. It was 9.69 x 10-8) And this article says "epidemic." Really? It doesn't seem to warrant  that classification. This whole thing is ridiculous. It just is

I wish it would mutate to the point that eating bologna could kill.

If you eat it out of a trash can it might.
Title: Re: Questions about Swine Flu
Post by: Wheezer on May 02, 2009, 10:24:51 AM
Quote from: ~Apex on May 02, 2009, 08:13:09 AM
This thing has been around since at least September in the U.S.

What leads you to this conclusion?
Title: Re: Questions about Swine Flu
Post by: Tank on May 02, 2009, 10:46:21 AM
Quote from: IrishYeti on May 02, 2009, 08:29:07 AM
Quote from: ~Apex on May 02, 2009, 08:13:09 AM
My friend is a lab technician at a hospital in Indy. He said everybody thinks they have the fucking Swine Flu this week and his and every other hospital he knows of is packed to the gills with sick people getting tested for H1N1 Influenza. This thing has been around since at least September in the U.S. and it's completely susceptible to the flu medication that everybody uses. So people started dying in Mexico city where due to air pollution and lack of nutrition and proper medical care, about 4% (according a Mexican health official I heard on NPR yesterday) have some sort of respiratory disease. Add a flu virus to that and you equal death. I think the only thing to do in this situation is **PANIC** Alert the news media, they'll know what to do. Get the Vice President of the United States on the tube telling people not to ride elevators, airplanes or subways! **PANIC**PANIC**PANIC**PANIC**PANIC**PANIC**PANIC**PANIC**PANIC**PANIC**PANIC**PANIC**PANIC**PANIC**PANIC**

There don't you feel better now? Now if this strain happens to mix with another strain of flu virus that is NOT susceptible to the medication we've got a problem. Or so I'm led to believe by this health official from the WHO that I heard on a Foreign Affairs magazine podcast. Fun week, wasn't it? 



THIS

Also, http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090502/ap_on_he_me/med_swine_flu 650 or so cases? They suspect it might be higher but really 650 cases? In a world of 6,706,993,152 (July 2008 estimate), that equals 00.00000969% of the population (I think I did that right.. It was 9.69 x 10-8) And this article says "epidemic." Really? It doesn't seem to warrant  that classification. This whole thing is ridiculous. It just is

I think you're mistaking "epidemic" for "pandemic."

In epidemiology, "epidemic" just refers to a notable increase in incidence of a disease, not necessarily just its prevalence within a population.

When an epidemic spreads across a wide region, affecting a more or less significant proportion of the population, that's when we enter the territory of a "pandemic."

This is what health professionals are on guard against, and rightfully so: in our age of increasing global connectedness, financial crises aren't the only thing that can rapidly spread worldwide. Add in the threat of antibiotic-resistant drugs (due to EVOLUTION, no less), and you begin to understand why many fear it's only a matter of time.
Title: Re: Questions about Swine Flu
Post by: Tank on May 02, 2009, 10:59:04 AM
Quote from: Wheezer on May 02, 2009, 10:24:51 AM
Quote from: ~Apex on May 02, 2009, 08:13:09 AM
This thing has been around since at least September in the U.S.

What leads you to this conclusion?

I think he thinks he had it.

Or maybe he thinks his lady had it. Or someone else he knows.

Either way: PROOF.
Title: Re: Questions about Swine Flu
Post by: butthead on May 02, 2009, 11:35:55 AM
I was coughing up a storm last night because I have a cold, and I think I freaked out the guy working at 7-11 when I went in to get some food at 1am. The poor guy probably thinks he has swine flu now. That's too bad for him, but I really wanted some taquitos.
Title: Re: Questions about Swine Flu
Post by: Slaky on May 02, 2009, 11:59:16 AM
Quote from: butthead on May 02, 2009, 11:35:55 AM
I was coughing up a storm last night because I have a cold, and I think I freaked out the guy working at 7-11 when I went in to get some food at 1am. The poor guy probably thinks he has swine flu now. That's too bad for him, but I really wanted some taquitos.

Maybe the swine flu wants the taquitos and you're simply a slave to its demands. Ever think of that?
Title: Re: Questions about Swine Flu
Post by: butthead on May 02, 2009, 01:18:35 PM
Quote from: Slakee on May 02, 2009, 11:59:16 AM
Quote from: butthead on May 02, 2009, 11:35:55 AM
I was coughing up a storm last night because I have a cold, and I think I freaked out the guy working at 7-11 when I went in to get some food at 1am. The poor guy probably thinks he has swine flu now. That's too bad for him, but I really wanted some taquitos.

Maybe the swine flu wants the taquitos and you're simply a slave to its demands. Ever think of that?

You just blew my mind.
Title: Re: Questions about Swine Flu
Post by: Internet Apex on May 02, 2009, 02:16:23 PM
Quote from: Tank on May 02, 2009, 10:59:04 AM
Quote from: Wheezer on May 02, 2009, 10:24:51 AM
Quote from: ~Apex on May 02, 2009, 08:13:09 AM
This thing has been around since at least September in the U.S.

What leads you to this conclusion?

I think he thinks he had it.

Or maybe he thinks his lady had it. Or someone else he knows.

Either way: PROOF.

No, I think I heard it on that same Podcast. I'll try to find a link. If I can't, you can assume that I heard wrong or dreamt it.

EDIT: Dreamt it.
Title: Re: Questions about Swine Flu
Post by: Kermit, B. on May 05, 2009, 11:15:34 AM
Quote from: butthead on May 02, 2009, 11:35:55 AM
I was coughing up a storm last night because I have a cold, and I think I freaked out the guy working at 7-11 when I went in to get some food at 1am. The poor guy probably thinks he has swine flu now. That's too bad for him, but I really wanted some taquitos.

Me and the missus went down to Puerto Vallarta last week.  Before I left Chicago, I had a cold, and 6 straight days of day drinking didn't cure it as well as I assumed it would.  When we were leaving Sunday, my eyes were watering in the airport with my efforts to hold in any coughing.  Any time anyone on the plane so much as sniffled, they got suspicious looks.

The Mexican government went high-tech on this one, though.  In the PV aeropuerto, they pointed a laser thermometer at our heads to take our temperature.  Then, we had a very brief layover in Mexico City, during which time they put us in front of a screen that showed our body heat just like the Predator would see it.
Title: Re: Questions about Swine Flu
Post by: TDubbs on May 05, 2009, 11:25:34 AM
Quote from: Kermit, B. on May 05, 2009, 11:15:34 AM
Quote from: butthead on May 02, 2009, 11:35:55 AM
I was coughing up a storm last night because I have a cold, and I think I freaked out the guy working at 7-11 when I went in to get some food at 1am. The poor guy probably thinks he has swine flu now. That's too bad for him, but I really wanted some taquitos.

Me and the missus went down to Puerto Vallarta last week.  Before I left Chicago, I had a cold, and 6 straight days of day drinking didn't cure it as well as I assumed it would.  When we were leaving Sunday, my eyes were watering in the airport with my efforts to hold in any coughing.  Any time anyone on the plane so much as sniffled, they got suspicious looks.

The Mexican government went high-tech on this one, though.  In the PV aeropuerto, they pointed a laser thermometer at our heads to take our temperature.  Then, we had a very brief layover in Mexico City, during which time they put us in front of a screen that showed our body heat just like the Predator would see it.

ok
Title: Re: Questions about Swine Flu
Post by: Brownie on May 05, 2009, 11:28:40 AM
People had told me that the day pigs would fly would be the day the Cubs won the World Series. Now I'm hearing that "Swine Flew," so was everything after October 1 a bad dream?
Title: Re: Questions about Swine Flu
Post by: Tank on May 05, 2009, 11:33:44 AM
Quote from: Brownie on May 05, 2009, 11:28:40 AM
People had told me that the day pigs would fly would be the day the Cubs won the World Series. Now I'm hearing that "Swine Flew," so was everything after October 1 a bad dream?

Who gave Chuck TJ's login?
Title: Re: Questions about Swine Flu
Post by: Chuck to Chuck on May 05, 2009, 11:37:49 AM
Quote from: Brownie on May 05, 2009, 11:28:40 AM
People had told me that the day pigs would fly would be the day the Cubs won the World Series. Now I'm hearing that "Swine Flew," so was everything after October 1 a bad dream?
That joke's been going around for a few days.  You'd think it would have died after day 1.
Title: Re: Questions about Swine Flu
Post by: Waco Kid on May 05, 2009, 11:49:00 AM
Quote from: Brownie on May 05, 2009, 11:28:40 AM
People had told me that the day pigs would fly would be the day the Cubs won the World Series. Now I'm hearing that "Swine Flew," so was everything after October 1 a bad dream?

(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2218/2352824470_87910c2571.jpg?v=0)
Title: Re: Questions about Swine Flu
Post by: TDubbs on May 05, 2009, 11:54:42 AM
Quote from: Tank on May 05, 2009, 11:33:44 AM
Quote from: Brownie on May 05, 2009, 11:28:40 AM
People had told me that the day pigs would fly would be the day the Cubs won the World Series. Now I'm hearing that "Swine Flew," so was everything after October 1 a bad dream?

Who gave Chuck TJ's login?

Fork.
Title: Re: Questions about Swine Flu
Post by: Kermit, B. on May 05, 2009, 12:06:59 PM
Quote from: Waco Kid on May 05, 2009, 11:49:00 AM
Quote from: Brownie on May 05, 2009, 11:28:40 AM
People had told me that the day pigs would fly would be the day the Cubs won the World Series. Now I'm hearing that "Swine Flew," so was everything after October 1 a bad dream?

(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2218/2352824470_87910c2571.jpg?v=0)

It's still good!  It's still good!  Just a little airborne!
Title: Re: Questions about Swine Flu
Post by: Dave B on May 05, 2009, 02:05:25 PM
Shit. They put one of our General Population inmates (long-term guys) in an Isolation Cell today in the infirmary with flu-like symptoms. Good knowing you fellas. His dorm unit is about 200 feet from my office
Title: Re: Questions about Swine Flu
Post by: Quality Start Machine on May 05, 2009, 02:07:41 PM
Quote from: TDubbs on May 05, 2009, 11:54:42 AM
Quote from: Tank on May 05, 2009, 11:33:44 AM
Quote from: Brownie on May 05, 2009, 11:28:40 AM
People had told me that the day pigs would fly would be the day the Cubs won the World Series. Now I'm hearing that "Swine Flew," so was everything after October 1 a bad dream?

Who gave Chuck TJ's login?

Fork.

I wouldn't give Chuck shit.

Scratch that, I give him shit all the time.
Title: Re: Questions about Swine Flu
Post by: PenFoe on May 05, 2009, 02:13:36 PM
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Title: Re: Questions about Swine Flu
Post by: Kermit, B. on May 05, 2009, 02:18:08 PM
I still don't get this.  Isn't swine flu no worse than regular flu?  In fact, I'd suggest swine flu is LESS dangerous, since anyone who has a runny nose in the next month is going to run to the ER for treatment.

Is this like every few years when the Florida media gets slow and writes its "OMG SHARKS ARE EATING MILLIONS OF HUMANS!" articles?  And then the shark attack numbers end up being pretty much the same as they are every year?
Title: Re: Questions about Swine Flu
Post by: BH on May 05, 2009, 02:51:33 PM
Quote from: Kermit, B. on May 05, 2009, 02:18:08 PM
I still don't get this.  Isn't swine flu no worse than regular flu?  In fact, I'd suggest swine flu is LESS dangerous, since anyone who has a runny nose in the next month is going to run to the ER for treatment.

Is this like every few years when the Florida media gets slow and writes its "OMG SHARKS ARE EATING MILLIONS OF HUMANS!" articles?  And then the shark attack numbers end up being pretty much the same as they are every year?

Lidle flu > Regular flu> Swine flu
Title: Re: Questions about Swine Flu
Post by: Quality Start Machine on May 05, 2009, 03:08:01 PM
Quote from: BH on May 05, 2009, 02:51:33 PM
Quote from: Kermit, B. on May 05, 2009, 02:18:08 PM
I still don't get this.  Isn't swine flu no worse than regular flu?  In fact, I'd suggest swine flu is LESS dangerous, since anyone who has a runny nose in the next month is going to run to the ER for treatment.

Is this like every few years when the Florida media gets slow and writes its "OMG SHARKS ARE EATING MILLIONS OF HUMANS!" articles?  And then the shark attack numbers end up being pretty much the same as they are every year?

Lidle flu > Regular flu> Swine flu

If Lidle flu, he'd still be alive today.
Title: Re: Questions about Swine Flu
Post by: Philberto on May 05, 2009, 03:08:20 PM
Quote from: Kermit, B. on May 05, 2009, 02:18:08 PM
I still don't get this.  Isn't swine flu no worse than regular flu?  In fact, I'd suggest swine flu is LESS dangerous, since anyone who has a runny nose in the next month is going to run to the ER for treatment.

Is this like every few years when the Florida media gets slow and writes its "OMG SHARKS ARE EATING MILLIONS OF HUMANS!" articles?  And then the shark attack numbers end up being pretty much the same as they are every year?

Obama isn't fucking up. The war in Iraq is boring right now. This is definitely just the media being bored and this is what we get. It's like this all the time. Remember Gary Condit? That was the media's fun in the summer of 2001. 9/11 was possibly the best thing that happened to Condit.

Edit: Also, he ended up being innocent. Hmpf
Title: Re: Questions about Swine Flu
Post by: Waco Kid on May 05, 2009, 03:11:08 PM
Quote from: IrishYeti on May 05, 2009, 03:08:20 PM
Quote from: Kermit, B. on May 05, 2009, 02:18:08 PM
I still don't get this.  Isn't swine flu no worse than regular flu?  In fact, I'd suggest swine flu is LESS dangerous, since anyone who has a runny nose in the next month is going to run to the ER for treatment.

Is this like every few years when the Florida media gets slow and writes its "OMG SHARKS ARE EATING MILLIONS OF HUMANS!" articles?  And then the shark attack numbers end up being pretty much the same as they are every year?

Obama isn't fucking up. The war in Iraq is boring right now. This is definitely just the media being bored and this is what we get. It's like this all the time. Remember Gary Condit? That was the media's fun in the summer of 2001. 9/11 was possibly the best thing that happened to Condit as well as Giuliani.

Rudy'd
Title: Re: Questions about Swine Flu
Post by: butthead on May 05, 2009, 04:18:56 PM
Quote from: Kermit, B. on May 05, 2009, 11:15:34 AM
Quote from: butthead on May 02, 2009, 11:35:55 AM
I was coughing up a storm last night because I have a cold, and I think I freaked out the guy working at 7-11 when I went in to get some food at 1am. The poor guy probably thinks he has swine flu now. That's too bad for him, but I really wanted some taquitos.

Me and the missus went down to Puerto Vallarta last week.  Before I left Chicago, I had a cold, and 6 straight days of day drinking didn't cure it as well as I assumed it would.  When we were leaving Sunday, my eyes were watering in the airport with my efforts to hold in any coughing.  Any time anyone on the plane so much as sniffled, they got suspicious looks.

The Mexican government went high-tech on this one, though.  In the PV aeropuerto, they pointed a laser thermometer at our heads to take our temperature.  Then, we had a very brief layover in Mexico City, during which time they put us in front of a screen that showed our body heat just like the Predator would see it.

Did you get some taquitos in Mexico? I mean, authentic Mexican taquitos.
Title: Re: Questions about Swine Flu
Post by: Kermit, B. on May 05, 2009, 04:28:09 PM
Quote from: butthead on May 05, 2009, 04:18:56 PM
Quote from: Kermit, B. on May 05, 2009, 11:15:34 AM
Quote from: butthead on May 02, 2009, 11:35:55 AM
I was coughing up a storm last night because I have a cold, and I think I freaked out the guy working at 7-11 when I went in to get some food at 1am. The poor guy probably thinks he has swine flu now. That's too bad for him, but I really wanted some taquitos.

Me and the missus went down to Puerto Vallarta last week.  Before I left Chicago, I had a cold, and 6 straight days of day drinking didn't cure it as well as I assumed it would.  When we were leaving Sunday, my eyes were watering in the airport with my efforts to hold in any coughing.  Any time anyone on the plane so much as sniffled, they got suspicious looks.

The Mexican government went high-tech on this one, though.  In the PV aeropuerto, they pointed a laser thermometer at our heads to take our temperature.  Then, we had a very brief layover in Mexico City, during which time they put us in front of a screen that showed our body heat just like the Predator would see it.

Did you get some taquitos in Mexico? I mean, authentic Mexican taquitos.

No, she kept saying she had a headache.
Title: Re: Questions about Swine Flu
Post by: Gil Gunderson on May 05, 2009, 06:18:34 PM
Quote from: Waco Kid on May 05, 2009, 11:49:00 AM
Quote from: Brownie on May 05, 2009, 11:28:40 AM
People had told me that the day pigs would fly would be the day the Cubs won the World Series. Now I'm hearing that "Swine Flew," so was everything after October 1 a bad dream?

(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2218/2352824470_87910c2571.jpg?v=0)

On second thought, I think I'd be happier with the money.
Title: Re: Questions about Swine Flu
Post by: Chuck to Chuck on May 05, 2009, 10:30:17 PM
Quote from: Fork on May 05, 2009, 02:07:41 PM
Quote from: TDubbs on May 05, 2009, 11:54:42 AM
Quote from: Tank on May 05, 2009, 11:33:44 AM
Quote from: Brownie on May 05, 2009, 11:28:40 AM
People had told me that the day pigs would fly would be the day the Cubs won the World Series. Now I'm hearing that "Swine Flew," so was everything after October 1 a bad dream?

Who gave Chuck TJ's login?

Fork.

I wouldn't give Chuck shit.

Scratch that, I give him shit all the time.
That explains the ticket location.
Title: Re: Questions about Swine Flu
Post by: Quality Start Machine on May 06, 2009, 07:32:13 AM
Quote from: butthead on May 05, 2009, 04:18:56 PM
Quote from: Kermit, B. on May 05, 2009, 11:15:34 AM
Quote from: butthead on May 02, 2009, 11:35:55 AM
I was coughing up a storm last night because I have a cold, and I think I freaked out the guy working at 7-11 when I went in to get some food at 1am. The poor guy probably thinks he has swine flu now. That's too bad for him, but I really wanted some taquitos.

Me and the missus went down to Puerto Vallarta last week.  Before I left Chicago, I had a cold, and 6 straight days of day drinking didn't cure it as well as I assumed it would.  When we were leaving Sunday, my eyes were watering in the airport with my efforts to hold in any coughing.  Any time anyone on the plane so much as sniffled, they got suspicious looks.

The Mexican government went high-tech on this one, though.  In the PV aeropuerto, they pointed a laser thermometer at our heads to take our temperature.  Then, we had a very brief layover in Mexico City, during which time they put us in front of a screen that showed our body heat just like the Predator would see it.

Did you get some taquitos in Mexico? I mean, authentic Mexican taquitos.

Or were they Sears tacos?
Title: Re: Questions about Swine Flu
Post by: flannj on May 06, 2009, 08:20:36 AM
Quote from: Fork on May 06, 2009, 07:32:13 AM
Or were they Sears tacos?
Excellent.
Title: Re: Questions about Swine Flu
Post by: Tonker on November 10, 2009, 04:19:45 AM
I'm so ashamed.