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eIn07912 · Joined: 06 Dec 2008 Location: seoul

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=abCN9aBVJIkg

bassexpander · Joined: 13 Sep 2007 Location: Someplace you'd rather be.

Dude Ranch · Joined: 04 Nov 2008

I bet whoever makes the money from the company that gets the order to produce the millions of vaccines is going to be a very happy person

eIn07912 · Joined: 06 Dec 2008 Location: seoul

brainfreeze · Joined: 04 Jul 2009

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orosee · Joined: 07 Mar 2008 Location: Hannam-dong, Seoul

SOOHWA101 · Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2009 2:26 am Post subject:

English Matt · Joined: 12 Oct 2008

Even 90,000 deaths, whilst obviously tragic, is not something to get concerned about. The USA's population stands at well over 300 million. 90,000 is something like 0.3% of the population...hardly apocalyptic. My sister has already had swine flu and survived.

The idea that it may mutate in the future is a little concerning, but again if you live in a world of 'what if's' and 'maybes' you'll never run out of things to get worked up about. Actually I'm more interested to see how the public concern about the virus is going to play out here....will people start being more hygenic (stop spitting, place soap in the public bathrooms, actually get the schools cleaned professionally with warm water and cleaning chemicals, rather than the piss soaked mops and rags that the students currently drag round my school twice a day, etc.).....will we see a closure of the school system as per Japan in the spring.

So, no. I'm not dropping a brick....there's nothing to get my knickers in a twist about....yet

PatrickGHBusan · Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2009 4:06 am Post subject:

Ok...thats 90 000 out of 6 billion people.....

Then consider where the deaths are more likely to occur and who is more likely to die from this strain of flu.

Now clean your shorts and calm the heck down... Laughing

Drop a brick? Ahhh sorry but no.

Take normal precautions against seasonal flu in the fall....bingo.

Moldy Rutabaga · Joined: 01 Jul 2003 Location: Ansan, Korea

Smoking (estimated): 443,000 a year in the USA (1.2 M in China).

This of course exaggerates things a little, because smoking sometimes just accelerates the deaths of aged smokers who have other diseases, but in perspective 30-90,000 isn't so bad. Humans are funny people. Our governments freaked out over airplanes flown by terrorists which killed 3,000. To be really cold, that's a pittance.. about the same number which might have choked on hot dogs.

What concerns me more is the statistic that 1.8 M might be hospitalized. Where? In what beds? Where will these patients fit, whether it's the USA or Korea?

Ken:>

PatrickGHBusan · Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2009 7:13 am Post subject:

Most people who contract H1N1 are not hospitalized.....they are stuck home while they have the flu.