all swine all the time...

[claud]

It's everyone's choice whether or not they receive the flu vaccine but before we go and compare this pandemic to the 1976 one that never happened let's look at some facts.

The 1976 "swine" flu was only detected from January 19th to February 9th and did not spread beyond Fort Dix.

The 2009 H1N1(swine) flu has infected an estimated 1 million people in the US alone. There were almost 10000 hospitalizations and nearly 600 deaths(in the US). This flu has spread around the world. The southern hemisphere has reported the majority of the flu there is of the H1N1 variety.
Activity is now picking up again in the US(H1N1).

No, this is not the "killer" flu but it is not an imaginary threat either.
I think we all need to carefully weigh the risks and benefits of getting the vaccine or getting the flu. And keeping in mind that vaccinating yourself is not just protecting you but also those around you.




And just for the record....you can't get the flu from eating pork. My pork-eating habits(small as they were) are still the same.

 

[Boyd]

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shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh dont tell them that, I havn't gotten my order in yet!!!

 

[Beau coop]

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You would think that a health care provider would know not to refer to this influenza as Swine Flu but to call it by H1N1.
Using the words swine flu is hurting the pork industry in my state, and family farmers are struggling because of the improper use of terms.

I didn't mean to be insulting- it is just the term most people use-including the head of our health department.

This particular strain of influenza a is a combination of pig, bird, and human strains. Bird flu was already taken.

 

[kagedgoddess]

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i sometimes wonder if people can actually read. i agree that its stupid the name is causing the pork industry to suffer. its like thinking Chickens give you "chicken pox" or going to the zoo and visiting the ape house will cause "monkey pox" perhaps instead of health care reform we could combat obiesity and diabetes by claiming theres a "McDonald's Flu" ?