Swine Flu

[The Mike]

Wouldnt it be awesome if one of the symptoms was that anything you eat tastes like bacon no matter what it is?

I could make an obvious sexual innuendo here but I'll pass.....

 

[jbinny]

Wash your hands and buy plenty of duct tape!

That's the spirit... tie up the sickies and throw them in the basement!!!

 

[Anzik]

When I was a kid I remember it being talked about all the time back then.

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Yep! Back in 76 I was in fourth grade and we all had to get swine flu vaccines, and then half the class was out because they got sick from the shot.

 

[915stag51]

WOW, and I just saw Quarantine last night, makes you wonder.....

 

[GrueSam]

 

[the Doctor]

please seek urgent medical attention if you wake looking like this!

 

[Skiman]

Anybody planning a vacation to Mexico?

https://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090427/ap_on_he_me/med_swine_flu


I want to see Mexico during SDCC... maybe I'll bring a mask.

In six months I'm supposed to go there for my wedding, big issues we might have to reschedule but this is also going nation wide I understand.

 

[GrueSam]

It's not spreading any more virulently than any other flu. It's odd because it's not during flu season- it's just a liitle late.
And most flus come from swine or birds or other animals anyway.
In six months it should be a memory...
Take the same precautions as you normally would during flu season.

Once again:

 

[Skiman]

Heard it's also affecting ppl with weak immune systems but that could just be more media hype.

 

[Bannister]

It's not spreading any more virulently than any other flu. It's odd because it's not during flu season- it's just a liitle late.
And most flus come from swine or birds or other animals anyway.
In six months it should be a memory...
Take the same precautions as you normally would during flu season.

Once again:

So you're saying I should take no precautions whatsoever.

 

[Kibishii]

I had a letter in my box this morning about it to read to my students; the normal stuff, cover your mouth when you cough, wash your hands, etc. In all seriousness, you would be amazed at how unsanitary 32 5th graders can be.

 

[Bannister]

I had a letter in my box this morning about it to read to my students; the normal stuff, cover your mouth when you cough, wash your hands, etc. In all seriousness, you would be amazed at how unsanitary 32 5th graders can be.

No, I really wouldn't. People in general are unsanitary.

 

[The Mike]

I've seen an 8th grader literally wipe his nose with his bare hand and wipe in on the desk....the damned thing looked like there was a slug that just ran across it. If this thing gets into the school I'm ^^^^ed

 

[jye4ever]

World Population Estimate = 6.75 Billion.

Swine's got its work cut out for it......it has to stand in line with everything else that can wipe us out.....

 

[Kratos]

I think this whole thing will blow over like Bird Flu and SARS

 

[FQRizzo]

Heard it's also affecting ppl with weak immune systems but that could just be more media hype.

The comparisons being made to the Spanish Flu of 1918 (?) are probably exaggerated. What worries me is the tendency of this flu to effect healthy individuals in the 25 to 50 age range, instead of the young and the elderly.

 

[Kibishii]

If this thing gets into the school I'm ^^^^ed

Nosepicking and nosewipingontheshirtsleeve is common place! Dude, I virtually bathe in Purell antibiotic handwash and scrub my hands every chance I get and I have my student "classroom cleaners" clean all the desks in the class every Friday. I still have gotten strep every February for the last four years in a row and get a cold at-least once a year. It is hard to fight bugs from flying through the classroom when most of my parents insist on sending their kids to school with 100+ fevers and vomiting.


To explain just how nasty 5th graders are, three boys from a different class got caught in March flooding the boy's bathroom and then using paper towels to sop up the water off the floor and squeeze it on each other.

 

[Skiman]

Deleted..... King

 

[nash]

Paris Hilton is boring this year, give the media a break, they need something to pick up the slack

 

[DinoLast]

The comparisons being made to the Spanish Flu of 1918 (?) are probably exaggerated. What worries me is the tendency of this flu to effect healthy individuals in the 25 to 50 age range, instead of the young and the elderly.

Well, I'm glad that my two year old daughter is less at risk than I am.