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threeleggedhors · 28-04-2009 05:17PM

Looking at the world population explosion it's only a matter of time before a big cull.

"You stun them like this fadder, den you put them in the vice .... Run Dougal, run quite fast ..." :pac:

The_Minister · 28-04-2009 05:21PM

Ciaran500 wrote: »

Its just like in this: http://www.crazymonkeygames.com/Pandemic-2.html

Madagascar is always a bitch to infect cause they close their ports so soon

I'm playing it right now:D

Have any African countries been hit yet?

Leprachaun · 28-04-2009 05:40PM

Darkbloom wrote: »

Not you; did the guy above not get that it's a joke?

I know not me. I knew you were referring to the other guy.

cherryghost · 28-04-2009 05:57PM

feck sake, how am i going to get my tacos now? the shop ones suck

lt_cmdr_worf · 28-04-2009 06:12PM

http://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/no-confirmed-cases-of-swine-flu-in-ireland-408673.html

No cases here....

ConmanTheKiller · 28-04-2009 06:35PM

What pigs can`t fly, but sure all the swine flu.................................away:P

I`m really sorry for that.:cool:

Sharpshooter · 28-04-2009 06:38PM

That was truly offal.

28-04-2009 07:59PM

We are all actually gonna die this time, unlike sars, this is the real thing.

Seriously, I just can't take it seriously. Simply because swine is such a ridiculous word.

Jack Sheehan · 28-04-2009 08:01PM

An interesting opinion from the NY Times I read there was that as we are now at the end of the 'Flu Season' we wont see a pandemic til the next one starts i.e. Autumn.

Mr Benevolent · 28-04-2009 08:12PM

An interesting opinion from the NY Times I read there was that as we are now at the end of the 'Flu Season' we wont see a pandemic til the next one starts i.e. Autumn.

Fair point. Whoever's had the flu already this year might be inoculated anyway. Or inebriated.

The tags are still fascinating me:

i smell bacon, manbearpig, mass_hysteria, mexico, panic, pig, pigheads buggered now, psychological operations, swine_flu, this is the end, we're doomed, zombie:beginning

Chardee MacDennis · 28-04-2009 08:32PM

WHO urges governments to prepare for swine flu pandemic

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/apr/28/swine-flu-who-pandemic-usa-mexico

LiNgWiStIkZ · 28-04-2009 09:00PM

Heh, playing Pandemic II now. The first thing the virus did was:

Mr Benevolent · 28-04-2009 09:06PM

BastardPrince wrote: »

WHO urges governments to prepare for swine flu pandemic

It's misleading headline. What it actually says is:

if the disease takes hold across the globe it could prove a disaster for the world's poorest countries.

http://www.crazymonkeygames.com/Pandemic-2.html

Chardee MacDennis · 28-04-2009 09:13PM

Confab wrote: »

It's misleading headline. What it actually says is:

http://www.crazymonkeygames.com/Pandemic-2.html

what it actually says is:

"We really are in a period in which countries should take this opportunity to really prepare themselves for the possibility of a pandemic"

taidghbaby · 28-04-2009 09:20PM

BastardPrince wrote: »

what it actually says is:

"We really are in a period in which countries should take this opportunity to really prepare themselves for the possibility of a pandemic"

^^^ what he said

deereidy · 28-04-2009 09:20PM

Sky news is the worst, I've heard the pandemic more on that channel than ever in my life, they're praying for it to happen!

Jack Sheehan · 28-04-2009 09:50PM

deereidy wrote: »

Sky news is the worst, I've heard the pandemic more on that channel than ever in my life, they're praying for it to happen!

Something has to fill the long dark hours of the rolling-news soul.

Ann22 · 28-04-2009 09:56PM

I thought that myself, that fella with the glasses who comes on to 'summarise' after speeches by eu health personnel etc really seems to latch on to the negative bits...at times it's as if they don't want to hear the positives. Then 5 mins later, it's on the Sky website with exclamation marks:rolleyes:.

skelliser · 28-04-2009 10:06PM

+1

i like how they cut away today from an ecdc news conference in which the expert was highlighting the good aspects so far of the virus, cue there resident "expert" saying they didnt know anything about the virus, confusion, yada yada pandemic yada yada

Highsider · 28-04-2009 10:16PM

deereidy wrote: »

Sky news is the worst, I've heard the pandemic more on that channel than ever in my life, they're praying for it to happen!

Noticed that myself. Very hard channel to watch. They seem to just blow every story up to something more than it is.

Sierra Oscar · 28-04-2009 11:04PM

Jack Sheehan wrote: »

An interesting opinion from the NY Times I read there was that as we are now at the end of the 'Flu Season' we wont see a pandemic til the next one starts i.e. Autumn.

While it is true the Flu Season is coming to an end in the Northern Hemisphere, the typical Flu Season for the Southern Hemisphere is just beginning now.

29-04-2009 12:07AM

deereidy wrote: »

Sky news is the worst, I've heard the pandemic more on that channel than ever in my life, they're praying for it to happen!

I don't watch sky news for that very reason, they'll wring out a story 'till the pips squeek! at the expense of all other news period!!

Most other news organisations will remind you there are other things happening as well!

dats_right · 29-04-2009 10:10AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASibLqwVbsk

Auvers · 29-04-2009 10:33AM

I have found the source of the flu

please click

29-04-2009 10:34AM

Looking at the most recent news, it appears the numbers affected in Mexico have been greatly exaggerated!

A bit like AIDS was in Africa in the 80's, before it really did start killing in huge numbers!

Black Swan · 29-04-2009 10:49AM

Deleted User wrote: »

Looking at the most recent news, it appears the numbers affected in Mexico have been greatly exaggerated!

We had conflicting reports in California between 13 and 20 confirmed cases, and the dispute about 2 that may have died from the flu (or completely other causes, depending upon which news station you listened to).

The Center for Disease Control released a very revealing figure regarding the deaths from flu in general in the USA, which may suggest that the news media is sensationalising this swine flu outbreak (to increase their ratings)?

"Still, U.S. officials stressed there was no need for panic and noted that flu outbreaks are quite common every year. The CDC estimates about 36,000 people in the U.S. died of flu-related causes each year, on average, in the 1990s."

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090428/ap_on_he_me/med_swine_flu

HouseHippo · 29-04-2009 11:03AM

see how it all pans out here

http://www.zombiegames.net/games/Pandemic-2.html

Immensely fun

Ghost Train · 29-04-2009 11:04AM

Deleted User wrote: »

Looking at the most recent news, it appears the numbers affected in Mexico have been greatly exaggerated!

A bit like AIDS was in Africa in the 80's, before it really did start killing in huge numbers!

Doesn't explain why there have been a good few deaths in Mexico but not any where else. They say this may be because a lot more people in mexico have the flu but only the severe cases have lead to death, so far anything outside mexico has been mild but if the number effected continue to rise, a few will be severely effected

wudangclan · 29-04-2009 12:07PM

this just in.
picture just released of dreaded swine flu.
do not approach as is considered very dangerous.

http://dynimg.rte.ie/0002417310dr.jpg

cHaTbOx · 29-04-2009 12:23PM

I have an urge to watch 28 days later

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