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pandemic_1918 (679 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 08:27 AM Original message |
100m could die in flu pandemic, says WHO |
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pandemic_1918 (679 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 08:30 AM Response to Original message |
1. WHO Does the Math |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 08:36 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Is this your only point to make here at DU? |
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porkrind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 01:15 PM Response to Reply #2 |
31. Great Graphic, Swamp Rat |
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Stella_Artois (838 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 08:47 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Don't worry |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 09:13 AM Response to Reply #1 |
6. I'm pretty sure that "our government" is not particularly worried |
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pandemic_1918 (679 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 12:02 PM Response to Reply #6 |
19. Target Population Median age |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 12:07 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Thanks.. you made my point.. (people of fighting-back age) |
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MrMonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 12:26 PM Response to Reply #21 |
26. "fighting back age" |
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George_S (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 12:53 PM Response to Reply #6 |
29. It's too bad more don't know how right your are. |
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pandemic_1918 (679 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 09:39 PM Response to Reply #1 |
63. WHO Does the Math Again! |
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izzie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 08:53 AM Response to Original message |
4. I am not worried. I live in a blue state and birds do not live in Hell |
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The Wielding Truth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 04:48 PM Response to Reply #4 |
45. Thanks, izzie. I needed a good chuckle. |
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elepet (316 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 08:57 AM Response to Original message |
5. Hitchcock |
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robcon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 09:13 AM Response to Original message |
7. Not an ounce of credibility. Totally alarmist nonsense. |
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Bono71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 09:16 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Agree. |
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peacemeal (36 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 09:46 AM Response to Reply #7 |
12. Unfortunately it's not alarmist |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 01:13 PM Response to Reply #7 |
30. The reason for concern is that a higher than usual percentage of |
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pandemic_1918 (679 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 04:02 PM Response to Reply #7 |
41. A Little Recombination |
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Terry in Austin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 06:20 PM Response to Reply #7 |
47. H5N1 - not your father's virus |
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pandemic_1918 (679 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 10:07 PM Response to Reply #47 |
65. WHO Doesn't Like Billion's |
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Media_Lies_Daily (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 07:19 PM Response to Reply #7 |
55. I see ostritch feathers. I certainly don't see ostritch heads because... |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 09:16 AM Response to Original message |
9. It sounds eerily like... |
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robcon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 09:30 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. It also sounds like the hysteria about SARS and West Nile. |
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spinbaby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 09:36 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. In the case of SARS... |
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robcon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 09:47 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. I disagree about SARS. The hysteria was overblown. |
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pandemic_1918 (679 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 03:58 PM Response to Reply #13 |
40. SARS Case Fatality Rate |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-30-04 07:12 AM Response to Reply #10 |
66. Don't forget Legionnaire's Disease |
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amazona (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 11:16 AM Response to Original message |
14. oh for cryin out loud |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 12:06 PM Response to Reply #14 |
20. You don't get it |
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amazona (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 12:09 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. sensible planning... |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 12:25 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. Believe me- I share your concerns about wildlife in general |
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ilovenicepeople (883 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 01:30 PM Response to Reply #22 |
33. This year in the Fraser valley they had to destroy over 1 million birds |
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420inTN (803 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 01:36 PM Response to Reply #20 |
34. And how much more does WHO want in funding? n/t |
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pandemic_1918 (679 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 04:11 PM Response to Reply #20 |
42. Tamiflu |
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RPM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 11:19 AM Response to Original message |
15. Good, but... |
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heidler1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 01:37 PM Response to Reply #15 |
35. You surly don't see this as an answer to the Social Security/Baby Boomer |
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RPM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 02:11 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. Social Security is the brass on the titanic, my man |
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Selteri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 03:35 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. The flu is dangerous |
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They_LIHOP (151 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 07:47 PM Response to Reply #38 |
60. Are you insinuating the poster is ignorant? |
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420inTN (803 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 02:40 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. Any flu vaccine we have now wouldn't stop avian flu. |
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pandemic_1918 (679 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 06:03 PM Response to Reply #37 |
46. The Whole World Is Watching |
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420inTN (803 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 06:34 PM Response to Reply #46 |
49. You're right, the world is watching |
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pandemic_1918 (679 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 07:11 PM Response to Reply #49 |
50. Anti-virals for Pandemic Flu |
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420inTN (803 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 07:22 PM Response to Reply #50 |
56. Possible H5N1 vaccine awaiting trials... |
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prodigal_green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 11:24 AM Response to Original message |
16. Flu could pretty much be controlled |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 11:26 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Are you trying to be funny? |
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prodigal_green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 11:55 AM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Nope |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 12:15 PM Response to Reply #18 |
24. That's more or less what I meant |
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pandemic_1918 (679 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 09:37 PM Response to Reply #18 |
62. Humans and Bird Viruses |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 12:12 PM Response to Original message |
23. And they're saying this would be a BAD thing??? |
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Mr.Green93 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 12:33 PM Response to Original message |
27. How many boards are you posting on? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 12:49 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Deleted message |
420inTN (803 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 01:29 PM Response to Original message |
32. 6.2 billion could die in meteor strike, says NASA |
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goforit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 07:17 PM Response to Reply #32 |
52. YAH........"Lions and tigers and bears, oh my!!!" |
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Just Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 03:47 PM Response to Original message |
39. Oh, well. We're ill-prepared and it's all Bush's fault!!! |
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pandemic_1918 (679 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 04:15 PM Response to Original message |
43. Tomorrow's NY Times |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 04:29 PM Response to Original message |
44. Remember SARS? |
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pandemic_1918 (679 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 06:22 PM Response to Reply #44 |
48. Non-pandemic SARS |
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CAcyclist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 07:18 PM Response to Reply #48 |
54. Thanks for posting this ,pandemic |
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goforit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 07:16 PM Response to Original message |
51. A new weapon from Bush, eh???................ |
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Moonbeam_Starlight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 07:18 PM Response to Original message |
53. Are you Dr. Niman? |
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flaminbats (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 07:33 PM Response to Original message |
57. ohhh terrible!!!! |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 07:36 PM Response to Original message |
58. In America, or globally? Worse, will chimpy nuke Asia for this flu? |
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Liberaltarian (220 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 07:38 PM Response to Original message |
59. I ALWAYS keep at least a month's worth of food in the house. |
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__Inanna__ (246 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 08:46 PM Response to Original message |
61. It seems like everything is going to hell |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 09:40 PM Response to Original message |
64. it would spread rapidly in crowded environments |
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