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04-24-2009, 04:23 PM
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#1 | | HELP ME PLS!!!
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| new pandemic. swine virial outbreak in mexico / texas
the Swine virus, common in pigs, has just spead to humans near the mexican border... and appears to be spreading human to human. there is no cure. over 1000 found effected, over 60 dead. heathy middle aged people.
the newest world threat is here!.. break out the masks, it'll hit Canada in no time. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,517790,00.html | 
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04-24-2009, 04:38 PM
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FUCK I'M GOING TO COSTCO AND GOING TO STOCK UP ON BACON NOW!!!!
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04-26-2009, 12:23 AM
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#3 | | The RS Anchorman
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| Suspected Mexico flu toll hits 81
The Mexican authorities say 81 people are now thought to have been killed by an outbreak of a human swine flu virus.
People have been told to stay at home to contain the infection, which the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned could become a pandemic.
Confirmed or suspected cases have also been reported in the US and elsewhere.
At least some confirmed cases show a new version of the H1N1 swine flu sub-strain - a disease which infects pigs but only sporadically infects humans.
H1N1 is the same strain that causes seasonal flu outbreaks in humans, but the newly detected version contains genetic material from versions which usually affect pigs and birds.
There is currently no vaccine for the new strain but severe cases can be treated with antiviral medication.
It is unclear how effective currently available flu vaccines would be at offering protection against the new strain, as it is genetically distinct from other flu strains.
The respiratory virus is spread mainly through coughs and sneezes.
Although all of the deaths so far have been in Mexico, the flu is spreading in the United States and suspected cases have been detected elsewhere:
* Eleven confirmed infections in the US
* In addition, eight suspected cases are being investigated at a New York City high school where about 200 students fell mildly ill with flu-like symptoms
* Twenty-two students and three teachers in New Zealand, some suffering flu-like symptoms, have been quarantined and tested for swine flu after returning from a trip to Mexico
* But a UK hospital conducting tests for swine flu on a British Airways cabin crew member admitted on Saturday said the tests proved negative.
Mexico shutdown
In Mexico, public buildings have been closed and hundreds of public events suspended.
Schools in and around Mexico City have been closed until 6 May, and some 70% of bars and restaurants in the capital have been temporarily closed.
People are being strongly urged to avoid shaking hands, and the US embassy has advised visitors to the country to keep at least six feet (1.8m) from other people.
Mexico's Health Secretary, Jose Cordova, said a total of 1,324 people had been admitted to hospital with suspected symptoms since 13 April and were being tested for the virus.
"In that same period, 81 deaths were recorded probably linked to the virus but only in 20 cases we have the laboratory tests to confirm it," he said.
Mexico's President Felipe Calderon has announced emergency measures to deal with the situation.
They include powers to isolate individuals suspected of having the virus without fear of legal repercussions.
'International concern'
In the US, seven people in California, two people in Texas, and two people in Kansas have been infected with the new strain.
video: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8018865.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8018991.stm http://www.vancouversun.com/business...878/story.html
Facts about Swine Flu: http://www.vancouversun.com/Health/F...458/story.html
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04-26-2009, 01:54 AM
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oh fuck.. and canada is right above the US..
we're doomed!! fuck.. this is 2012.. we're all going to die..
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04-26-2009, 08:27 AM
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#5 | | Even when im right, revscene.net is still right!
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great.......im in mexico right now, i guess im done for.
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04-26-2009, 09:36 AM
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#6 | | My AFC gave me an ABS CEL code of LOL while at WOT!
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^^ get tested and get out
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04-26-2009, 11:10 AM
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Heads up: the Mexican Swine Flu is officially in Canada. 2 cases here in BC, 2 in Nova Scotia.
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04-26-2009, 12:34 PM
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#8 | | Say! Say! Say!
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| http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_H1N1_flu_outbreak Quote:
Four cases of swine flu have been confirmed in Nova Scotia and two in British Columbia.[7]
Nova Scotia's chief medical officer, Dr. Robert Strang, said Sunday the National Microbiology Laboratory in Winnipeg confirmed late Saturday, April 25, that four young people in the province are recovering from "relatively mild" cases of the disease. The four all attend King's-Edgehill School preparatory school in Windsor, which held a school trip to the Yucatan Peninsula.[2][51]
B.C.'s Centre for Disease Control on Sunday confirmed two cases of swine flu involving two people from the province who recently returned from Mexico.
Dr. Michael Gardam, director of infectious disease prevention and control at Ontario's public health agency, said in an interview with the CBC that an outbreak of swine flu in Ontario, Canada's most populous province, would not be as serious as the 2003 SARS epidemic.[80] In preparing for and dealing with an influenza pandemic, the Public Health Agency of Canada follows the WHO's categories, but has expanded them somewhat.[81] Despite initial reports of two swine influenza cases in a Montreal hospital, an official on the Montreal regional health board confirmed negative results for all quarantined patients at the hospital and that no quarantines were currently in effect at the hospital.[82] On April 26, the Government of Nova Scotia announced, on a live webcast, that four students in Windsor, Nova Scotia have confirmed cases of swine flu.[83]
Canadian laboratories assisted the Mexican government in confirming their eighteen confirmed cases.[29]
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04-26-2009, 12:56 PM
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#9 | | Banned By Establishment
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I seriously think I have swine flu from something I ate in san fran.
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04-26-2009, 01:12 PM
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#10 | | The sound of inevitability
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Left 4 Dead.
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04-26-2009, 01:13 PM
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Originally Posted by MajinHurricane  I seriously think I have swine flu from something I ate in san fran. |
did u eat pork from mexico?
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04-26-2009, 01:16 PM
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Never know. But my stomach is pretty strong and im not coughing.
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04-26-2009, 02:27 PM
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#13 | | God of Unce
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Uh oh.. a couple of friends of mine are in Mexico right now. T_T
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04-26-2009, 02:35 PM
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stop eating pork and don't visit mexico!
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04-26-2009, 02:42 PM
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Damn , this migh ruin my trip to Japan on May 16!
Is it possible for Japan to reject visitor from Canada?
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04-26-2009, 03:59 PM
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#16 | | HELP ME PLS!!!
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now in BC, NS, Ont, France, New Zealand, Spain, Israel, Scotland
(all people recently returning from mexico)
thanks to airplanes a world pandemic was caused in only days.
the world is doomed in 48 hours!
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04-26-2009, 05:23 PM
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natures own way of population control, swine flu, bird flu, next up will be cow flu
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04-26-2009, 05:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Klobbersaurus natures own way of population control, swine flu, bird flu, next up will be cow flu | Ya they will prob call it mad cow disease or somthing like that  | |
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04-26-2009, 05:40 PM
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#19 | | HELP ME PLS!!!
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as an FYI, Obama was in Mexico city 1-2 weeks ago?, the first death was the day after he left, and some of the people who died came in direct contact with obama during his visit...
let the conspiracies start.
someone let the virius go in mexico city trying to kill him?..
Or maybe the US let it go?...
seeing it's a combination of a few different viruses, being man made isn't out of the question.
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04-26-2009, 05:48 PM
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Originally Posted by johny as an FYI, Obama was in Mexico city 1-2 weeks ago?, the first death was the day after he left, and some of the people who died came in direct contact with obama during his visit...
let the conspiracies start.
someone let the virius go in mexico city trying to kill him?..
Or maybe the US let it go?...
seeing it's a combination of a few different viruses, being man made isn't out of the question. | hahahahahhaa wtf
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04-26-2009, 06:53 PM
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I like pigs, but now they're fighting back. I don't know who to cheer for 
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'Yeah, i've been to taco time before, but i got in trouble...I had a Mexican girlfriend who wanted to go to a mexican restaurant for our anniversery, so i took her to Taco Time"
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04-26-2009, 07:37 PM
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#22 | | I Will not Admit my Addiction to RS
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wonderful. i'm supposed to go to mexico in 2 weeks. guess i'll cancel this friday just to make sure. i'm out 1200 bucks...
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04-26-2009, 07:47 PM
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Originally Posted by johny as an FYI, Obama was in Mexico city 1-2 weeks ago?, the first death was the day after he left, and some of the people who died came in direct contact with obama during his visit...
let the conspiracies start.
someone let the virius go in mexico city trying to kill him?..
Or maybe the US let it go?...
seeing it's a combination of a few different viruses, being man made isn't out of the question. | your newsletter, i must subscribe to it.
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04-26-2009, 07:54 PM
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#24 | | Rs has made me the man i am today!
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Originally Posted by marcus32 wonderful. i'm supposed to go to mexico in 2 weeks. guess i'll cancel this friday just to make sure. i'm out 1200 bucks... | that sucks dude.
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04-26-2009, 07:55 PM
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