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1 million in Ireland may get swine flu

  • 15-07-2009 8:24pm
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    Closed Accounts Posts: 264 ✭✭


    25% of the Irish population could catch the influenza A (H1N1) swine flu virus this autumn and winter.

    The virus is spreading fast across much of England and the total of those affected rose by 42% in the seven days up to last Sunday

    Vaccine unlikely until October

    i dont know about ye but im worried :eek:


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 407 ✭✭Sir Molle


    I'm definitely not going to get it.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,124 ✭✭✭✭My name is URL


    Only a couple of thousand will die.

    I hear Ebola is on its way too atm, that'll be fun


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,110 ✭✭✭Aodan83


    How many are likely to get normal flu? How many are likely to die from it? Its new, but I'm not sure its any more dangerous tbh.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,418 ✭✭✭Dartz


    Just goes to show, we're a country of pigs.

    And it's all just a styload of hype anyway, papers never refusing ink and all that. They stoke our fears and feed off of them. Same as always.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 13,477 ✭✭✭✭Raze_them_all


    25% of the Irish population could catch the influenza A (H1N1) swine flu virus this autumn and winter.

    The virus is spreading fast across much of England and the total of those affected rose by 42% in the seven days up to last Sunday

    Vaccine unlikely until October

    i dont know about ye but im worried :eek:
    well if the vaccine will be out in october why would i worry bout it in winter?


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 113 ✭✭nehpets5555


    It effects everyone differently, some die,most dont but my cousin caught it, all she had was litterally a cough and temperature nothing else. Still had to take tamiflu though.


  • Posts: 0 [Deleted User]


    Junkies will be polished off when they get it :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,276 ✭✭✭Alessandra


    Like a normal flu it is only very dangerous to those in the at risk categories. There is no use trying to prevent it's spread at this stage. It's here and it's not going to leave!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,560 ✭✭✭✭dsmythy


    1 million or more may get it but for a lot of them it will be just like a cold, and nothing else.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 264 ✭✭stiff kitten


    well if the vaccine will be out in october why would i worry bout it in winter?

    AUTUMN and winter


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,497 ✭✭✭omahaid


    I've some oinkment for that


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,184 ✭✭✭✭Pighead


    25% of the Irish population could catch the influenza A (H1N1) swine flu virus this autumn and winter.

    The virus is spreading fast across much of England and the total of those affected rose by 42% in the seven days up to last Sunday

    Vaccine unlikely until October

    i dont know about ye but im worried :eek:
    Worry not stiff kitten! Worrying is pointless. Like a rocking chair. You can rock all evening long but it'll get you nowhere.

    As Pighead's Grandad used to always say "If you treat every situation as a life and death matter, you'll die a lot of times"


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 264 ✭✭stiff kitten


    this is really putting me off eating bacon and rashers :D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,276 ✭✭✭Alessandra


    rarnes1 wrote: »
    Junkies will be polished off when they get it :)

    I'm not a fan of junkies but that's a bit much.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 10,838 ✭✭✭✭3hn2givr7mx1sc


    ^^If the junkies thought they were gettin an injection they would be first in line:D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,962 ✭✭✭jumpguy


    Never got the flu before. Not too bothered if I do, I'm young, healthy and fairly fit. It hasn't killed anyone healthy yet in Europe. I'd say if 100,000,000 got it it'd be a worst-case scenario.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 484 ✭✭brennaldo


    some doctors say swine flu can even go away with a few days rest, if you catch it it doesnt mean you will die, oh and by the way there is already a successful vaccine but it wont be mass produced until september


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,236 ✭✭✭Dr. Kenneth Noisewater


    They reckon 98% of cases will be mild, and that those most at risk are under 30's.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,560 ✭✭✭✭dsmythy


    Alessandra wrote: »
    I'm not a fan of junkies but that's a bit much.

    True. In seriousness though, when it comes to vulnerable groups, drug addicts are most definitely in that category.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,560 ✭✭✭✭dsmythy


    jumpguy wrote: »
    Never got the flu before. Not too bothered if I do, I'm young, healthy and fairly fit. It hasn't killed anyone healthy yet in Europe. I'd say if 100,000,000 got it it'd be a worst-case scenario.

    Killed three healthy people in England last week. Still a tiny number.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 491 ✭✭Some_Person


    The hype and fear mongering of this Swine flu is ridiculous, I won't be taking any vaccines.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 264 ✭✭stiff kitten


    we'll be all running to the doctor when we sneeze to get early detection!
    he he


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,184 ✭✭✭✭Pighead


    we'll be all running to the doctor when we sneeze to get early detection!
    he he
    Alright pal, Pighead realises that he told you to stop worrying about our impending death but to be perfectly honest you've gone too far over the other side now. Cracking rubbish jokes isn't gonna help anybody. You've got to find a balance between worry and carefree. Think James Bond. Time and time again he saved the world from evil ruthless dictators yet he always done so with a cheeky quip and a smile on his face. Multitasking is what it's all about.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,046 ✭✭✭enniscorthy


    deccurley wrote: »
    They reckon 98% of cases will be mild, and that those most at risk are under 30's.

    :D:D:D:D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,322 ✭✭✭ian_m


    *cough


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 264 ✭✭stiff kitten


    Pighead wrote: »
    Alright pal, Pighead realises that he told you to stop worrying about our impending death but to be perfectly honest you've gone too far over the other side now. Cracking rubbish jokes isn't gonna help anybody. You've got to find a balance between worry and carefree. Think James Bond. Time and time again he saved the world from evil ruthless dictators yet he always done so with a cheeky quip and a smile on his face.

    my rubbish jokes r really funny...
    at least you know what to call yourself pighead...


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,789 ✭✭✭✭ScumLord


    I met someone that supposedly had the swine flu, I was watching the lions test match in a pub in Rotterdam chatting to some south Africans when they casually mention they have/had swine flu.

    I was fine though maybe all the alcohol and weed in my system protected me.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 837 ✭✭✭CutzEr


    ScumLord wrote: »
    I met someone that supposedly had the swine flu, I was watching the lions test match in a pub in Rotterdam chatting to some south Africans when they casually mention they have/had swine flu.

    I was fine though maybe all the alcohol and weed in my system protected me.
    Omg.. Where you the guy in the navy top?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,080 ✭✭✭foxinsox


    deccurley wrote: »
    They reckon 98% of cases will be mild, and that those most at risk are under 30's.

    :p


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  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 32,865 ✭✭✭✭MagicMarker


    jumpguy wrote: »
    Never got the flu before. Not too bothered if I do, I'm young, healthy and fairly fit. It hasn't killed anyone healthy yet in Europe. I'd say if 100,000,000 got it it'd be a worst-case scenario.
    Oh trust me, you'll be bothered if you get the flu (any flu). And yes, healthy people have died in Europe, just not a lot.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,560 ✭✭✭✭dsmythy


    deccurley wrote: »
    They reckon 98% of cases will be mild, and that those most at risk are under 30's.
    :D:D:D:D
    foxinsox wrote: »
    :p

    I don't get it?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 126 ✭✭LeotheLion


    jumpguy wrote: »
    Never got the flu before. Not too bothered if I do, I'm young, healthy and fairly fit. It hasn't killed anyone healthy yet in Europe. I'd say if 100,000,000 got it it'd be a worst-case scenario.

    YOU ARE F**KED!
    if you never even got a normal flu,then this super duper flu will kick the sh*t out of you.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,746 ✭✭✭taidghbaby


    ah i doubt it's anything to be worried about!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 6,362 ✭✭✭K4t


    I hope it reaches Montrose.

    And kills them all.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,816 ✭✭✭✭drunkmonkey


    Up to date Mad Cow Disease has killed about 165 people in the UK and only about 4 in Ireland. It has a very long incubation period so we still haven't seen the true extent of how bad it's going to get.
    Swine Flu seems pretty harmless in comparison, anyone else think were in for a rocky few years between the 2?
    What's your plans when the shoite really starts to hit the fan?


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,249 ✭✭✭DubMedic


    It should be given to everyone in the public sector and those most vulnerable first, that will most likely reduce the spread of it by a big percentage.

    .


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,184 ✭✭✭✭Pighead


    my rubbish jokes r really funny...
    at least you know what to call yourself pighead...
    How can your rubbish jokes be really funny? That's like saying "My Mayo wife is really beautiful" or "My extremely loose kitten is really stiff" It's an impossibility. The sooner you realise that joke telling isn't your strongest talent, the sooner you can get on with the rest of your life and focus putting all your efforts into something that you excel at. Like bog snorkelling.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,080 ✭✭✭foxinsox


    dsmythy wrote: »
    I don't get it?

    Aul' ones I reckon! :rolleyes:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,560 ✭✭✭✭dsmythy


    foxinsox wrote: »
    Aul' ones I reckon! :rolleyes:

    So far the most badly affected age group has been 5-14 year olds. Older people are said to have better immunity because of past exposures to other flu pandemics.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,080 ✭✭✭foxinsox


    dsmythy wrote: »
    So far the most badly affected age group has been 5-14 year olds. Older people are said to have better immunity because of past exposures to other flu pandemics.

    1918 - 1920 Spanish Flu Pandemic

    1957 - 1958 Asian Flu Pandemic

    1968 - 1969 Hong Kong Flu Pandemic

    2009 - ? H1N1 Flu Pandemic

    I'm not that old! :eek:


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,560 ✭✭✭✭dsmythy


    foxinsox wrote: »
    1918 - 1920 Spanish Flu Pandemic

    1957 - 1958 Asian Flu Pandemic

    1968 - 1969 Hong Kong Flu Pandemic

    2009 - ? H1N1 Flu Pandemic

    I'm not that old! :eek:

    Plenty are though. Sure they aren't out of the woods but they've almost got a better chance.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,814 ✭✭✭BaconZombie


    It's only killing obese people not I don't give a sh!t.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 531 ✭✭✭D-A-V-E


    id be more concerned about the search results of typing into google and youtube december 12 2012..thats something to be worried about!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,962 ✭✭✭jumpguy


    Oh trust me, you'll be bothered if you get the flu (any flu). And yes, healthy people have died in Europe, just not a lot.
    I know, I'm just not bothered about the threat of this one.
    LeotheLion wrote: »
    YOU ARE F**KED!
    if you never even got a normal flu,then this super duper flu will kick the sh*t out of you.
    Wha...?
    *switchs on Sky News*
    OH MA GAWD SKY NEWZ SAYS I'M GONNA DIE!!!!!!!!!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 126 ✭✭LeotheLion


    DubMedic wrote: »
    It should be given to everyone in the public sector(the city council workers) directly by injection.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,249 ✭✭✭DubMedic


    LeotheLion wrote: »
    It should be given to everyone in the public sector(the city council workers) directly by injection.

    Public Sector work includes Public Healthcare workers too.

    .


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 126 ✭✭LeotheLion


    DubMedic wrote: »
    Public Sector work includes Public Healthcare workers too.

    .

    I'm suggesting the swine flu should be injected into the dublin city council workers,as they sit around scratching their hole all day.

    I'm not talking about the vaccine sir/madam,
    Oh dont you know it hasnt been proven to be safe yet?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,249 ✭✭✭DubMedic


    LeotheLion wrote: »
    I'm suggesting the swine flu should be injected into the dublin city council workers,as they sit around scratching their hole all day.

    I'm not talking about the vaccine sir/madam,
    Oh dont you know it hasnt been proven to be safe yet?
    Believe it or not, but some DCC workers actually do work.

    Yes, I am aware that it the vaccine has not been trialled on a mass scale.

    What you are suggesting is injecting a potentially harmful virus into public sector workers , and have them absent from work while they are healing.

    Thus making the streets dirtier than they already are.

    .


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 126 ✭✭LeotheLion


    DubMedic wrote: »
    Believe it or not, but some DCC workers actually do work.

    Yes, I am aware that it the vaccine has not been trialled on a mass scale.

    What you are suggesting is injecting a potentially harmful injection of a virus into public sector workers , and have them absent from work while they are healing.

    Thus making the streets dirtier than they already are.

    .


    I think ya have the general jist there jeffery,
    But as in making the streets dirtier,no the streets would remain the same as the corpo do feck all,plus the state will save money instead of paying them


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,833 ✭✭✭phill106


    DubMedic wrote: »
    Believe it or not, but some

    What you are suggesting is injecting a potentially harmful virus into public sector workers , and have them absent from work while they are healing.


    .

    just the 100000 who dont actually do anywork....


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