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Old Oct 15, 2005 | 08:32 PM
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who is crapping themselves? I am .

The world health organisation reckon 50 million deaths worldwide. The uk govt only has contingency plans for 50,000 deaths although the most they estimate in uk as deaths is around 800,000.

Shocking stuff eh

They reckon the virus will bein the uk within next 14 days

The govt onlyhas enought o vaccianate 2 million people (so if u are rich or royalty u are ok)

theother 13 million vaccinations will not be here until sept nexyt year and that will only cover just overhalf of the uk population
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Old Oct 15, 2005 | 08:36 PM
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couldn't give a shit myself.

why worry?

remember China has half the world's population and that's much much nearer to where the epidemic is happening, not to mention that the healthcare here is (bad as it often is) no doubt much worse than most of the population there could ever expect. we're due a major flu outbreak anyway
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Old Oct 15, 2005 | 08:37 PM
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how do you catch it then??
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Old Oct 15, 2005 | 08:39 PM
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don't think you can just yet.
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Old Oct 15, 2005 | 08:39 PM
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mark-they reckon migrating birds to uk will bring it to us

swerv-its a virus, so in theory u dont need to touch a bird ( 2 winged that is ) just somone who may have done etc et c
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Old Oct 15, 2005 | 08:41 PM
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Theres only 200 eaths so far and they are only people who have worked wtih them, Its a load of hyped up shit,

it'll be over in a while, it doesn't worry 1 bit if ur worrying about, just think that a huge metoirite could hit the earth tommorrow and that would be it, gone it will only take a metorite of 8 miles diametor to destroy the earth for a million years.
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hmmm, i get accused with having 'man' flue all the time so really dont want to catch this one
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I understand that, but has it actually mutated into a virus that humans can catch yet?

last i heard it was still "Bird flu" not "super pandemic crazy you're dead if you so much as go near me flu"
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Old Oct 15, 2005 | 08:44 PM
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Its no wonder things like this happen we kinda deserve it feeding asbsolute shite to chickens kept in cages that carn't even turn around, the human race is a fooking shambles if u look at how advanced we are and all the shit going on in the world.
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glad to be a veggie
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Its no wonder things like this happen we kinda deserve it feeding asbsolute shite to chickens kept in cages that carn't even turn around, the human race is a fooking shambles if u look at how advanced we are and all the shit going on in the world.

valid point.. but it's not generally the advanced people causing most of the shit... look at the grief africa is in!
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Originally Posted by swerv
glad to be a veggie

fuck that.... rather take my chance with the bird flu and CJD !!
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I understand that, but has it actually mutated into a virus that humans can catch yet?

last i heard it was still "Bird flu" not "super pandemic crazy you're dead if you so much as go near me flu"
yes first victim of this has died. Was in the papers today, there was also a pic of how it affects humans etc
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I went out for a meal earlier and had cajun chicken
It tasted like shite and i,m sure it was still clucking when it came to the table
When will i die?
will i get a runny nose to start with?
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I understand that, but has it actually mutated into a virus that humans can catch yet?

last i heard it was still "Bird flu" not "super pandemic crazy you're dead if you so much as go near me flu"
yes first victim of this has died. Was in the papers today, there was also a pic of how it affects humans etc
missed all that... still not gonna change my habits though.. didn't for mad cow (not the mrs.. beef for sunday roast was cheap though!) won't for this either.
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Old Oct 15, 2005 | 08:55 PM
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Be worried if you have a weak immune system.

If not, don't panic. It'll be just like having the regular flu, only a wee bit worse.
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what? as in you die?
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Old Oct 15, 2005 | 08:57 PM
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at the moment every sick bird would have to come into contact with every person for it to spread, remember its not as yet spread between humans
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Originally Posted by apples24
at the moment every sick bird would have to come into contact with every person for it to spread, remember its not as yet spread between humans
wrong apples- it has dude. like i said above first 100% guaranteed person has contracted it and died through it. The person worked on the city. Her neice worked on a farm. The neice now also in hospital
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Old Oct 15, 2005 | 09:01 PM
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heres what i think:

You go to the doctors, have the flu jab, jump in ya car drive round the corner and a bus smashes straight into the side of you and kills you outright!

get me?
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Old Oct 15, 2005 | 09:03 PM
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errrrr yeh i get ya. And your point is................................oh right you dont have kids?????????????????????????????????????????????? ?????????????????????????????????????????????????? ?????????????????????????????????????????????????? ?????????????????????????????????????????????????? ?????????????
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is it time to mass order masks and make a fookin killin on ebay ?
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Old Oct 15, 2005 | 09:05 PM
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apples thats an idea dude
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Originally Posted by Matt J
Dont worry mark it's still hard to catch at the minute, I read a qoute from an expert that said you'd have to purposefully dry infected bird shit, powder it up and inhale it to be 100% sure of catching it, all the infections so far are people who come into VERY close contact with birds, the only case's were its been passed between humans are from very close relatives, young sibling children/mother and child etc.

not worrried at all mate... thanks for the tip though... i shall henceforth avoid inhaling powdered dry infected bird shit!
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seriously though

thought it would be all over the news if its finally passed from one person to another?
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errrrr yeh i get ya. And your point is................................oh right you dont have kids?????????????????????????????????????????????? ?????????????????????????????????????????????????? ?????????????????????????????????????????????????? ?????????????????????????????????????????????????? ?????????????
so you lock your kids away in a little cupboard away from everything that can harm them?

its nothing to do with having kids, its about worrying about TOO MUCH!!

Its more likely they will be knocked down by a boy racer in a rs than catch that flu
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so you lock your kids away in a little cupboard away from everything that can harm them?

its nothing to do with having kids, its about worrying about TOO MUCH!!


couldn't agree more!
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m8 if it kicked off and got big styleee id murder to protect my kiddies from unwanted germs
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This some how reminds me of the night of the living dead, well atleast i got my welder if it comes to that i'll just weld some spikes on the car. and go zombie hunting
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Lee me man, yeh i agree with what ya saying dude i really do, i just have other views that at the moment cant and dont wanna post on her for personal reasons,

matt-they reckon it WILL be bigger than 1918

just gauging other peeps view altho sat night after a few beers prob wasnt the right time to ask thois

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well the simple fact that it isnt a massive epidemic were it originated says to me not to panic to much
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SHIT I THINK IVE ALREADY CAUGHT IT ..THATS ME ON THE RIGHT
















































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Lee me man, yeh i agree with what ya saying dude i really do, i just have other views that at the moment cant and dont wanna post on her for personal reasons,

matt-they reckon it WILL be bigger than 1918

just gauging other peeps view altho sat night after a few beers prob wasnt the right time to ask thois

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well fair enough! If ya wont post them i cant comment on them and only say what i think to what you have posted... and that is..i think you are worrying over nothing mate
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http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2...70908,,00.html
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Originally Posted by Lee Reynolds
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Lee me man, yeh i agree with what ya saying dude i really do, i just have other views that at the moment cant and dont wanna post on her for personal reasons,

matt-they reckon it WILL be bigger than 1918

just gauging other peeps view altho sat night after a few beers prob wasnt the right time to ask thois

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well fair enough! If ya wont post them i cant comment on them and only say what i think to what you have posted... and that is..i think you are worrying over nothing mate
aye maybe dude. Just lost enough peeps as it is recently dude thats all
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