If Swine Flu was just called Flu, there would be less panic?

[adrian29uk]

Thinking about this last night. If they never mentioned the word Swine, and just said a new varient of Flu is going around do you think people would have looked at this whole thing differently? Bloody media. Again its not a hot story for the media anymore, so they have time to post and write other crap. Now we seem to be back to focusing on immigration again.

 

[Stoo82]

I think its more of what it COULD turn in to. Plus humans love the odd apocalyptic story.

Anyway more importantly.....

Entire town in quarantine after two die from the plague in China - Times Online

 

[Tricky Dicky]

Made no difference whatsoever. The thing I'm surprised about though, is that we didn't have media idiots pannicking about eating pork, as it was called "Swine" flu.

 

[Cheeky Monkey]

Swine Flu should be renamed Yawn Flu - I was bored of it the first time it was mentioned many months ago.

 

[Acker79]

I think its more of what it COULD turn in to. Plus humans love the odd apocalyptic story.

What 'could' it turn into?

 

[Stoo82]

What 'could' it turn into?

From what I have read, and I am a mere nobody, swine flu could mutate into something much worse something more deadly. At the moment the death rate is about the same as normal flu. What we need to do is watch what happens in Europian winter to see how bad i could get. Looking at Australia, as there are/were in winter it went past ok there.

Its not just the media that is hyping this up it the WHO. And i would say they know alittle bit more about it than we do.

 

[adrian29uk]

Ok great. How long before the plague starts hitting the news properly?
It seems funny why we are in Global meltdown, all these things happen.

 

[Stoo82]

Which one is going to end the world

Swine Flu?
Global Warming?
Climate Change?
Ozone Layer?
WW3?
Now the Plague?
Alian invation?

 

[beorhthelm]

yep. the panic is because "bird flu" never crossed over but primed the media and public, then when "swine flu" orginally surfaced in Mexico it was thought to have a very high death rate, under 1 in 10, though that turned out to be bollocks too. but the WHO and media had ran with it and here we are, instead of "summer flu going round" civilisation is on the brink of collapse.

 

[Stoo82]

oh yeah I forgot, add Bird Flu to that list.

 

[withdeanwombat]

............and at the end of the day,SOMETHING will kill you.

CHILL,you only die once.

 

[Cheeky Monkey]

............and at the end of the day,SOMETHING will kill you.

CHILL,you only die once.

Exactly, all the endless hysteria is proving very tediocre Move on with your lives, nothing to see here

 

[Gazwag]

It was released by pharmaceutical companies so they could flourish in the global recession in order to sell millions of doses of tamiflu, a drug which can have side effects worse than flu itself.

 

[Acker79]

From what I have read, and I am a mere nobody, swine flu could mutate into something much worse something more deadly. At the moment the death rate is about the same as normal flu.

I'm pretty sure the same can be said about pretty much all viruses. Even the regular common flu.

 

[Stoo82]

It was released by pharmaceutical companies so they could flourish in the global recession in order to sell millions of doses of tamiflu, a drug which can have side effects worse than flu itself.

Go find out who owns 'Tamiflu'.

 

[Acker79]

An american pharmaceutical company?

 

[Gazwag]

Go find out who owns 'Tamiflu'.

Developed by an american nasdaq Biopharmaceutical company and marketed by a swiss global pharmaceutical company

 

[Stoo82]

Look at the shares

 

[Gazwag]

Look at the shares

Roche 70½% higher on 31st July 2009 than 31st July 2008
Gilead currently trading $8 below their 52 week high but $15 above their low

 

[KneeOn]

My dad works for Roche, we have 16 boxes of Tamiflu at home! Does this mean i'm never going to be wiped out if its swine flu that causes the end of humanity?