Swine flu

[Ahlvahroe]

lets say there is a mexican-american dude who has been living in korea for the past 2 months and he is going to japan in a few days. will he have any problem going to japan without any hassle?

[mrip]

im vegetarian

can i get this

[samsikle]

cross contamination in your burritos ahhhhhhhhhhh

[mrip]

OMG MY FAVORlTE FOOD GROUP

[broken_dubz]

as a medical student, heres what i understand about this (and im trying to put it best in non-medical/scientific terminology), im not a virologist but hopefully i can shed some light on the situation:

1.) the flu virus is currently a 'hybrid' of various strains of flu virus, it contains genetic material from the normal 'winter flu' viruses, bird flu and some others. It basically is an inevitable mutation that would've happened anyway, however the intensive pig-farming processes meaning animals (and humans) are in close close proximity to each other probably accelerated the jump between the species gap. Currently it is transmissable through nasal secretions and on surfaces (WASH YOUR HANDS)

2.) your normal flu shot (that you got) will confer some protection against the flu (but not much) as the virus contains genetic material from the normal winter flu bugs.

3.) as of today 28/04/09 the WHO has classified the virus as being transmissable from person to person (ie you may get it from an animal). if you (god forbid) do get it, it was probably from another disease-bag human.

4.) it is too late to contain the outbreak as it has already spread across continents. However, that being said, it may not become a pandemic due to the health care systems (relatively) rapid response.

5.) it seems to affect young people in their prime due to what we could call an 'exaggerated' response from your (healthy) immune system, which is why it is alarming and deadly.

6.) referring to (5.), the cases that have been reported outside mexico have been somewhat less deadly as the cases in mexico. They don't know why this is.

7.) conventional antiviral medication has been shown to be effective against this virus. However, the WHO people have not ruled out that the virus could mutate further, either becoming a.) less or b.) more virulent.

8.) there is no real need for alarm at the moment. but keep yourselves posted.

hope this ends the pages of bullshit speculation

[Tisswat]

lets say there is a mexican-american dude who has been living in korea for the past 2 months and he is going to japan in a few days. will he have any problem going to japan without any hassle?

There are no restrictions, but they scan all incoming passengers at the airport for increased body temp with infrared cameras and you can be put in detention at a designated hospital if they identify any flu symptoms.

All these 'security measures' are quite pointless btw - the key characteristic of this virus is that a carrier can infect others for up to 7 days before any symptoms appear and is thus undetectable.

[cman]

i boned a fat chick last night and i couldn't stop vomiting afterward, i think i've contracted swine flu.

[Scais]

this mexican flu b made up. Its to 1. make u hate mexicans and 2. giv your money to suffering pharmaceutical companies that are getting hit hard by the recession. Its common knowledge that pharmaceutical companies hate mexicans.

[Bigyen]

ASibLqwVbsk

[cernunnos]

How would "Mexican flu" NOT be offensive to Mexicans I ask you???

NOW EXPLAIN DAT!

_Exactly_ my thoughts. Mexican flu is ok, but swine flu is anti-jewish and anti-arab somehow.

[DaBestSpoona]

Mexican flu is ok, but swine flu is anti-jewish and anti-arab somehow.

Religion can be stupid sometimes....... okay most of the time.

[albeeeezy]

lolwut?

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[mrip]

just had a vegetarian burrito

im convinced i will get swine flu from cross contamination

[ilovefriedchicken]

will this slow incoming intl mail into the us

im a selfish thoughtless person thats all i care bout

[technicolour]

I just had a burrito this morning, all that pork trash. But I think the Dim Sum I had for lunch would kill me.

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[AstroWolf]

Big Yen Just Schooled Yall. I feel swined.

[mrip]

time to get this shit ready

[homi29]

i heard that the CDC says US pork is safe to eat and its not very likely to contact the disease from eating pork

so dont stop copping bacon

[salaryman]

why would I?

would rather catch the clap than quit pork.

[hesse]

lets say there is a mexican-american dude who has been living in korea for the past 2 months and he is going to japan in a few days. will he have any problem going to japan without any hassle?

There are no restrictions, but they scan all incoming passengers at the airport for increased body temp with infrared cameras and you can be put in detention at a designated hospital if they identify any flu symptoms.

All these 'security measures' are quite pointless btw - the key characteristic of this virus is that a carrier can infect others for up to 7 days before any symptoms appear and is thus undetectable.

"Some nations, particularly in Asia, are tightening their borders and immigration controls, and American travelers, along with Mexicans, are finding themselves objects of suspicion. Health officers at three Japanese airports were being deployed Tuesday to check passengers before they got off flights from Mexico, Canada and the United States. Travelers suspected of having the flu would be quarantined and examined further at medical facilities, news agencies reported, citing the Japanese health minister."

more here

"Japan will suspend visa-free entry for Mexican nationals and advise its own citizens to defer trips to the Latin American nation, the center of a global swine-flu outbreak.

The passenger screening will affect people arriving from the U.S. and Canada, expanding from checks taken on flights from Mexico, Masuzoe said. The government today advised its citizens to avoid traveling to Mexico and other affected countries, but isn’t placing formal restrictions, he said. Geneva-based WHO isn’t recommending travel restrictions."

bloomberg

[Magenius]

how it all started

[duck sauce]

st. francis prep played tennis against our school.

i fear

[Kregg]

i boned a fat chick last night and i couldn't stop vomiting afterward, i think i've contracted swine flu.

Hahaha you porked her.

[eeriegardlessly]

to get rid of swine flu, we must get rid of swine

macbeth, a1s3l2

[cyberPUNK]

i really hope this shit is over by the time i go to japan in july. don't want people pokin' a thermometer in my ass n shit in the airport.

[klutz]

man mothafuck a swine flu this shits all propaganda imo

looks like me and jungle jane are FUCKED and are going to loose all our friends

TB5-Y08qbjo

[selaviso]

my school was handing out masks today.... i was like damn its that serious? as i was slowly walking back inside haha.

[Magsåvningsreserven]

america's been hit!

get to the bunkers

[Mr Waffles]

i think someone just died in Texas. That may as well be mexico though.

[knucks]

lol 1111111111111