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lovuian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-05 09:19 PM Original message |
Schools to close and sport banned if bird flu hits |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-05 09:21 PM Response to Original message |
1. And I'd go on unemployment since I work in two very public |
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Whoa_Nelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-05 09:27 PM Response to Original message |
2. So, wouldn't it also hold true that grocery stores, malls, etc. |
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rainbow4321 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-05 12:10 AM Response to Reply #2 |
24. Healthcare system will be crushed also |
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Mojorabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-05 01:39 AM Response to Reply #2 |
31. nothing |
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lovuian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-05 09:28 PM Response to Original message |
3. yep and when a hospital is in Quarantine it means Nobody out |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-05 09:31 PM Response to Original message |
4. Not really news |
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lovuian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-05 09:35 PM Response to Original message |
5. Does this mean Cheney and Scalia won't join Blair for any |
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oblivious (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-05 09:36 PM Response to Original message |
6. A government has to be prepared for anything, but this is paranoia. |
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teryang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-05 09:54 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. It is sinister |
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oblivious (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-05 10:24 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Thanks, that was an informative piece. |
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progressivebydesign (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-05 10:18 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Yes, it has a Y2K feeling to it, doesn' it? |
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oblivious (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-05 10:32 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. Yes, that's the point. Life has to go on. People have to make a living. |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-05 01:12 AM Response to Reply #13 |
28. Wearing surgical facemasks and obsessing about handwashing |
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SaveElmer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-05 10:29 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. Blame the Media...not the Government... |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-05 10:36 PM Response to Reply #6 |
14. No, it's not paranoia |
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oblivious (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-05 10:44 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. I was referring to their concern about disorder on the streets. |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-05 10:54 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. People didn't know what SARS was |
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oblivious (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-05 11:06 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. If the virus doesn't even exist, how can we say there is only 1 treatment? |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-05 11:31 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Indications are that Oseltamivir (Tamiflu) |
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UKCynic (95 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 02:52 AM Response to Reply #19 |
56. Does Tamiflu work? |
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Dogmudgeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-05 12:09 AM Response to Reply #18 |
23. 'Tain't that simple ... |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-05 01:19 AM Response to Reply #23 |
30. "All viruses can be transmitted any which way. " ??????? |
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Dogmudgeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-05 03:08 AM Response to Reply #30 |
33. Is this a real question, or an Internet Citation fight? |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-05 08:40 PM Response to Reply #33 |
49. I would be content if you would acknowledge and correct your misstatement. |
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WindRavenX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 01:46 AM Response to Reply #49 |
55. hear, hear |
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Dogmudgeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 10:28 PM Response to Reply #49 |
70. Somehow, I doubt that |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-05 01:16 AM Response to Reply #17 |
29. Those "horrible" steroids are the treatment of choice for the |
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oblivious (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-05 01:40 AM Response to Reply #29 |
32. But the permanent bone damage was due to overuse of steroids. |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-05 08:33 PM Response to Reply #32 |
48. A more correct way of putting it would be to say that |
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oblivious (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-05 09:04 PM Response to Reply #48 |
52. No, the way I put it was correct. |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-05 09:32 PM Response to Reply #52 |
53. In a previously unknown disease there could not be a "correct" |
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oblivious (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-05 09:41 PM Response to Reply #53 |
54. It sounds like there was indeed a known "correct" dose. |
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Dogmudgeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-05 11:59 PM Response to Reply #15 |
21. Disorder on the streets? |
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oblivious (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-05 12:21 AM Response to Reply #21 |
25. It was the anti-viral drug Ribavirin that was incredibly expensive. |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-05 01:04 AM Response to Reply #21 |
27. Yep- had a nasty A-strain myself |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-05 04:16 AM Response to Reply #21 |
34. I imagine the 'disorder' would be from the healthy people |
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oblivious (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-05 04:58 AM Response to Reply #34 |
37. Oh yes, I can imagine millions of Americans storming the hospital gates. |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-05 12:03 AM Response to Reply #14 |
22. Before polio vaccines, there used to be mini-epidemics of polio, and |
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JoFerret (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-05 06:19 AM Response to Reply #6 |
38. Nonsense |
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CHIMO (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-05 09:42 PM Response to Original message |
7. So |
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awoke_in_2003 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-05 10:30 PM Response to Original message |
12. 100 people have caught this... |
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BattyDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-05 10:52 PM Response to Original message |
16. Fear ... flu ... terror ... flu ... fear ... flu ... terror ... flu ... |
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kath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-05 04:24 PM Response to Reply #16 |
44. You gotta get your pronunciation right, and say things the way the |
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lovuian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-05 11:39 PM Response to Original message |
20. Wait a minute guys this is Europe!!! They don't have to terrorize |
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oblivious (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-05 12:31 AM Response to Reply #20 |
26. Not Europe. This article is about the UK. Blair country. |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-05 04:34 AM Response to Reply #26 |
35. When did you remove Britain from Europe? |
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oblivious (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-05 04:54 AM Response to Reply #35 |
36. Britain is not Europe and Europe is not Britain. |
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JoFerret (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-05 06:22 AM Response to Reply #36 |
40. Perhaps that means better planning? |
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newfaceinhell (216 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 01:41 PM Response to Reply #36 |
64. You said "not Europe", not "not all of Europe" |
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oblivious (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 10:25 PM Response to Reply #64 |
69. I can see you're a clever one newfaceinhell. |
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JoFerret (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-05 06:21 AM Response to Reply #26 |
39. More nonsense |
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oblivious (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-05 07:27 AM Response to Reply #39 |
41. The OP says the govt is planning for a total breakdown in law and order. |
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JoFerret (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-05 11:32 AM Response to Reply #41 |
43. Short answer: |
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oblivious (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-05 06:56 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. Thank you for that article. |
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JoFerret (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-05 07:38 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. I tell you what |
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oblivious (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-05 07:40 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. That sounds sensible. |
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DawnneOBTS (374 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-05 09:21 AM Response to Original message |
42. The Bird Flu is really no BS... |
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Copperhead 2000 (12 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-05 08:50 PM Response to Original message |
50. Bird Flu is why we need socialized medicine |
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JoFerret (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-05 09:01 PM Response to Reply #50 |
51. Flu pandemic is but ONE of MANY reasons |
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UKCynic (95 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 03:01 AM Response to Original message |
57. What about churches? |
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rfkrfk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 03:08 AM Response to Original message |
58. how is Britain coping with the increased demand for burials? |
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Nihil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 06:52 AM Response to Reply #58 |
59. Pardon? |
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rfkrfk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 07:38 AM Response to Reply #59 |
60. I've seen every episode of Monty Python at least three times. |
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JoFerret (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 02:21 PM Response to Reply #60 |
66. They''re are "NOT DEAD YET" |
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UKCynic (95 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 07:41 AM Response to Reply #58 |
61. Not yet necessary |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 11:41 AM Response to Original message |
62. The only shining point in all of this flu outbreak crap is.... |
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superconnected (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 11:46 AM Response to Reply #62 |
63. Oh you can bet dumb dumb is taking precautions with this cabinet. |
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are_we_united_yet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 02:04 PM Response to Reply #62 |
65. Bravo Javaman! |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 03:09 PM Response to Reply #65 |
67. I see moron* turning into a germaphobe like howard hughes... |
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are_we_united_yet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 06:52 PM Response to Reply #67 |
68. LOL! |
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