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lagerlout2006
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 Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2004 4:31 am Post subject: Just To Scare You... |
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Seriously....they are having some sort of "flu convention" in Toronto. One expert says everyone on the planet should be vaccinated (although not possible) against bird flu virus...
Also they say a pandemic which would kill at least 20 million is overdue and shoud hit within 5 years. This is the longest the world has gone without one in 400 years. It may or may not be the bird virus.
Have a nice day,,, |
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spidey
Joined: 29 Jun 2004
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Location: Web-slinging over Japan...
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Hmmmm...
I'd like to be the CEO of the company that will produce the vaccine.
I wonder who that "expert" works for...?
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extoere
Joined: 23 Feb 2004
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| Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2004 7:18 am Post subject: Just to Scare You |
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Lager, I think the global flue epidemic of the 1920s was "pandemic" in its proportions. Killed millions.
TalkDoc? Surely you must be familiar with this epidemic to which I refer. Was this considered a true "pandemic?"
cheers,
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ls650
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Location: British Columbia
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| Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2004 1:54 pm Post subject: Re: Just To Scare You... |
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| lagerlout2006 wrote: |
| Also they say a pandemic which would kill at least 20 million is overdue and shoud hit within 5 years. This is the longest the world has gone without one in 400 years. It may or may not be the bird virus. |
1) The 'experts' have been talking about an overdue pandemic for decades.
2) The influenza epidemic of 1918 killed dozens of millions; I think that qualifies as less than 400 years. |
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Sinobear
Joined: 24 Aug 2004
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| Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2004 3:36 pm Post subject: |
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Just to make you feel better...
there's over 570,000 organisms on your body right now...eating...eating...eating.... |
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Scott in Incheon
Joined: 31 Aug 2004
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| Posted: Fri Nov 12, 2004 1:01 am Post subject: |
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| The OP doesn't say that there have been no pandemics in the last 400years...just that this is the longest we have gone without one...1918 being the last one...and the 86 years into between being the longest stretch without having another one... |
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spidey
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| Posted: Fri Nov 12, 2004 1:26 am Post subject: |
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Hey Scott,
How's the ole "Incheon Cough"?
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Scott in Incheon
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| Posted: Fri Nov 12, 2004 4:23 am Post subject: |
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Spidey...
after six years in Hong Kong...the old lungs have really toughened up...hardly even notice the air...
and on a real positive note...i work out by the airport...surrounded by trees and greenery....so i can acutally take deep breaths if i want to |
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spidey
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| Posted: Fri Nov 12, 2004 5:31 am Post subject: |
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Yeh...it's quite nice out there isn't it.
I miss hanging out around Pupyong Stn. with all the underground shops. Have you eaten any good Sundubu lately? It's my favorite.
Surprisingly, there aren't so many authentic Korean restaurants here in Japan.
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WYSIWYG
Joined: 17 Oct 2004
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Location: It's good to be in my own little world. We all know each other here!
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| Posted: Fri Nov 12, 2004 8:20 pm Post subject: Re: Just To Scare You... |
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| lagerlout2006 wrote: |
| This is the longest the world has gone without one in 400 years. |
Medicine has changed a lot in the past 400 years too
I never really even gave a second thought to visiting China at the tail end of the SARS deal. I pretty much just dismissed it after a quick thought on the odds of actually getting it.
It's good to be careful, but living life being paranoid could lead to other stress-induced illnesses.
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