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Re: Swine flu
« Reply #45 on: May 03, 2009, 08:44:15 AM »
I have only had the flu twice and the last time I had it, I couldn't get out of bed to go to the doctor. I had never been that sick before and I haven't since. Had plenty of colds, though.

I have only had it once as far as I can remember and I stayed in bed for days too.  I would have had a really hard time dragging myself to the doctor.  It came on so quickly, too.

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Re: Swine flu
« Reply #46 on: May 03, 2009, 09:35:30 AM »
I'm usually Little Miss Apocalypse Crier (rising gas prices, then the economy falling apart, scared the CHRIST out of me), but for some reason swine flu isn't worrying me at all, yet.  *shrug*
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Re: Swine flu
« Reply #47 on: May 03, 2009, 01:01:21 PM »
I sneezed six times in a row this morning.  :-\

Six times may be simply an histamine reaction to dust or mold.
The first time I had a stroke (well, as far as I know, it was the first time), it manifested as a sneezing fit. I lost count of the number of sneezes at just over two hundred as I was trying to drive home from work (my last job - I was many miles from home when it started). Driving is a bitch when you can no longer see and your mind is also pre-occupied.
I went to the doctor the next day, because all night I had not stopped sneezing. They gave me a shot and it stopped, almost instantly. Then they ran some tests and determined that I had had a mild stroke.
None of the attending physicians had ever seen or heard of a stroke taking this form in a human, but it has been known to kill some animals, simply from sneezing.

I am sure that I lost something of myself, if their diagnosis was correct, but I had no noticeable effects, afterward.

I don't really think you need to worry about six in-a-row sneezes.
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Re: Swine flu
« Reply #48 on: May 03, 2009, 01:02:45 PM »
My bed room is a bit dusty.  :zoinks:

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Re: Swine flu
« Reply #49 on: May 03, 2009, 01:04:20 PM »
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Re: Swine flu
« Reply #50 on: May 03, 2009, 01:44:39 PM »
My bed room is a bit dusty.  :zoinks:

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Re: Swine flu
« Reply #51 on: May 03, 2009, 02:39:18 PM »
I can't say I'm overly concerned about the "Swine flu". Not that I doubt it exists, but I think its effects have been blown vastly out of proportion by the media in order to sell newspapers. So far there are... what? 7 dead? Not many considering how the normal influensa annually kills between 200 000 to 300 000 people worldwide. Yeah, wow, we're clearly dealing with a dangrous pandemic here, alll right. Or, more likely, the global media must truly be desperate to sell newspapers.

I'm usually Little Miss Apocalypse Crier (rising gas prices, then the economy falling apart, scared the CHRIST out of me), but for some reason swine flu isn't worrying me at all, yet.  *shrug*

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Re: Swine flu
« Reply #52 on: May 03, 2009, 02:54:24 PM »
I couldn't give two shits about swine (whine) flu. If it kills a load of people, I'll be happier. :zoinks:

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Re: Swine flu
« Reply #53 on: May 03, 2009, 03:28:36 PM »
I couldn't give two shits about swine (whine) flu. If it kills a load of people, I'll be happier. :zoinks:

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Re: Swine flu
« Reply #54 on: May 03, 2009, 07:11:01 PM »
I can't say I'm overly concerned about the "Swine flu". Not that I doubt it exists, but I think its effects have been blown vastly out of proportion by the media in order to sell newspapers. So far there are... what? 7 dead? Not many considering how the normal influensa annually kills between 200 000 to 300 000 people worldwide. Yeah, wow, we're clearly dealing with a dangrous pandemic here, alll right. Or, more likely, the global media must truly be desperate to sell newspapers.

I'm usually Little Miss Apocalypse Crier (rising gas prices, then the economy falling apart, scared the CHRIST out of me), but for some reason swine flu isn't worrying me at all, yet.  *shrug*

Sounds like you might enjoy my pal Ted's Youtube channel.

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Re: Swine flu
« Reply #55 on: May 04, 2009, 12:33:01 AM »
I sneeze again but I think it's dust together with my usual allergy.  :-\

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Re: Swine flu
« Reply #56 on: May 04, 2009, 03:01:50 AM »
I have only had the flu twice and the last time I had it, I couldn't get out of bed to go to the doctor. I had never been that sick before and I haven't since. Had plenty of colds, though.
I have only had it once as far as I can remember and I stayed in bed for days too.  I would have had a really hard time dragging myself to the doctor.  It came on so quickly, too.
Quickly for me as well. Went to work feeling fine. By the end of the day I could barely drive home. Then I had a full week off work (which had never happened before - not even when I was at school). It was another three weeks after that that I felt well again.
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Re: Swine flu
« Reply #57 on: May 04, 2009, 05:30:55 AM »
In NY there is a town closing their schools for a week. :o bit of an overreaction
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Re: Swine flu
« Reply #58 on: May 04, 2009, 06:18:00 AM »
I can't say I'm overly concerned about the "Swine flu". Not that I doubt it exists, but I think its effects have been blown vastly out of proportion by the media in order to sell newspapers. So far there are... what? 7 dead? Not many considering how the normal influensa annually kills between 200 000 to 300 000 people worldwide. Yeah, wow, we're clearly dealing with a dangrous pandemic here, alll right. Or, more likely, the global media must truly be desperate to sell newspapers.

I'm usually Little Miss Apocalypse Crier (rising gas prices, then the economy falling apart, scared the CHRIST out of me), but for some reason swine flu isn't worrying me at all, yet.  *shrug*

Sounds like you might enjoy my pal Ted's Youtube channel.

20 laboratory confirmed deaths from Influenza A H1N1 (swine flu), 101 suspected deaths.
How many people died from traffic accidents in that amount of time?
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Re: Swine flu
« Reply #59 on: May 04, 2009, 06:30:54 AM »
More people die a second than the amount of people who are dead from swine flu.