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04/30/2009 11:27:32 AM · #201 |
Originally posted by Simms:
I havent seen this posted anywhere else in this thread, but regular flu kills 50,000+ each year around the world.. 160 (so far) or so is a piss in the ocean in comparison.. |
Mentioned 04/28/2009 12:43:07 PM, and your figure is far too low. "Typically, in a year's normal two flu seasons (one per hemisphere), there are between three and five million cases of severe illness and up to 500,000 deaths worldwide."
ETA- Good info.
Message edited by author 2009-04-30 12:00:24. |
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04/30/2009 11:40:12 AM · #202 |
Originally posted by Simms:
I havent seen this posted anywhere else in this thread, but regular flu kills 50,000+ each year around the world.. 160 (so far) or so is a piss in the ocean in comparison.. |
Actually that number is closer to 500,000... |
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04/30/2009 11:42:13 AM · #203 |
Originally posted by scalvert:
Originally posted by Simms:
I havent seen this posted anywhere else in this thread, but regular flu kills 50,000+ each year around the world.. 160 (so far) or so is a piss in the ocean in comparison.. |
Mentioned 04/28/2009 12:43:07 PM, and your figure is far too low. "Typically, in a year's normal two flu seasons (one per hemisphere), there are between three and five million cases of severe illness and up to 500,000 deaths worldwide." |
Dang. I beat me. |
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04/30/2009 11:46:20 AM · #204 |
Originally posted by DrAchoo:
Dang. I beat me. |
LOL |
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04/30/2009 12:40:17 PM · #205 |
"Never let the facts get in the way of a good story." (not my quote)
The coverage on H1N1 reminds me of a couple of summers ago--every newscast in Central CA led with West Nile Virus, shots of county abatement trucks fogging neighborhoods, overlay maps showing the location of the latest dead bird find, etc. etc. I'm not saying it was blown out of proportion... |
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04/30/2009 12:47:11 PM · #206 |
Originally posted by DrAchoo:
Originally posted by scalvert:
Originally posted by Simms:
I havent seen this posted anywhere else in this thread, but regular flu kills 50,000+ each year around the world.. 160 (so far) or so is a piss in the ocean in comparison.. |
Mentioned 04/28/2009 12:43:07 PM, and your figure is far too low. "Typically, in a year's normal two flu seasons (one per hemisphere), there are between three and five million cases of severe illness and up to 500,000 deaths worldwide." |
Dang. I beat me. |
AH HA!!! I knew you'd admit it. |
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04/30/2009 01:35:17 PM · #207 |
Originally posted by scalvert:
Plan A: Engage brute stupidity. Egypt has announced that it will slaughter every pig in the country (even though there are no reported cases there and it's being spread by human contact). |
"The United Nations said the mass cull of up to 300,000 pigs was "a real mistake" because the new viral strain – a mix of swine, avian and human viruses – has not actually been found in pigs.
Still, on Thursday, the state began confiscating animals anyway.
Police and health officials arrived at Sayed̢۪s house early in the morning Thursday. They threatened to arrest him if he did not surrender the animals, and after hitting him on the head and legs several times, he gave in.
When he arrived at the slaughterhouse with the animals, he received no compensation from the government, instead he was actually charged for the cost of slaughtering the pigs."
Nice. |
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04/30/2009 01:37:29 PM · #208 |
Originally posted by scalvert:
Originally posted by scalvert:
Plan A: Engage brute stupidity. Egypt has announced that it will slaughter every pig in the country (even though there are no reported cases there and it's being spread by human contact). |
"The United Nations said the mass cull of up to 300,000 pigs was "a real mistake" because the new viral strain – a mix of swine, avian and human viruses – has not actually been found in pigs.
Still, on Thursday, the state began confiscating animals anyway.
Police and health officials arrived at Sayed̢۪s house early in the morning Thursday. They threatened to arrest him if he did not surrender the animals, and after hitting him on the head and legs several times, he gave in.
When he arrived at the slaughterhouse with the animals, he received no compensation from the government, instead he was actually charged for the cost of slaughtering the pigs."
Nice. |
Does that mean impending bacon shortage??? I really like bacon :( |
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04/30/2009 02:30:18 PM · #209 |
Originally posted by steefmcbeef:
Does that mean impending bacon shortage??? I really like bacon :( |
I sure hope not
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04/30/2009 02:33:31 PM · #210 |
| Is 549 the total tab or your cholesterol count? |
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04/30/2009 02:39:12 PM · #211 |
Originally posted by Beagleboy:
Originally posted by steefmcbeef:
Does that mean impending bacon shortage??? I really like bacon :( |
I sure hope not |
bahahahahahahahaha now that's my kind of whopper! |
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04/30/2009 02:45:46 PM · #212 |
Originally posted by GeneralE:
Is 549 the total tab or your cholesterol count? |
lol, that is the most ridiculous yet appealing thing I've ever seen! |
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04/30/2009 02:47:20 PM · #213 |
Originally posted by GeneralE:
Is 549 the total tab or your cholesterol count? |
That's a Whopper with Cheese at 5.79, FIFTEEN extra bacons at .60 each, then a Bacon Double Melt Value Meal at 5.49 with medium fries and medium coke, and that's just the part we can see :-) NINE BUCKS of bacon added, lawd spare us...
R. |
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04/30/2009 03:18:16 PM · #214 |
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
... lawd spare us...
R. |
Don't you mean "lawdoons"? :-)
(I saw a needle for these in the thrift store the other day.) |
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04/30/2009 04:02:13 PM · #215 |
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
lawd spare us...
R. |
Isn't that LARD spare us? |
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04/30/2009 04:04:20 PM · #216 |
Originally posted by DrAchoo:
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
lawd spare us...
R. |
Isn't that LARD spare us? |
See my post, previous.
A lardoon is a slender cylinder of fat, inserted into a piece of meat with a big, hollow needle. |
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04/30/2009 04:09:17 PM · #217 |
Originally posted by GeneralE:
Originally posted by DrAchoo:
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
lawd spare us...
R. |
Isn't that LARD spare us? |
See my post, previous.
A lardoon is a slender cylinder of fat, inserted into a piece of meat with a big, hollow needle. |
I'd have called it a lardon, but I checked and both forms seem fine. Lardoon *may* be more generic than lardon, as lardon refers specifically to pork fat, at least in French cuisine. And we use lardons in salads quite often, actually: the less lah-di-dah among us refer to them as "bacon bits" :-)
But to get back to the point, yeah the lawd/lard/lord pun was what I was after, he said in his best Hahvadd accent...
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04/30/2009 04:11:07 PM · #218 |
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
Originally posted by GeneralE:
Originally posted by DrAchoo:
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
lawd spare us...
R. |
Isn't that LARD spare us? |
See my post, previous.
A lardoon is a slender cylinder of fat, inserted into a piece of meat with a big, hollow needle. |
I'd have called it a lardon, but I checked and both forms seem fine. Lardoon *may* be more generic than lardon, as lardon refers specifically to pork fat, at least in French cuisine. And we use lardons in salads quite often, actually: the less lah-di-dah among us refer to them as "bacon bits" :-)
But to get back to the point, yeah the lawd/lard/lord pun was what I was after, he said in his best Hahvadd accent...
R |
Bear you really need a hobby... or you gota get out more ;) |
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04/30/2009 04:21:48 PM · #219 |
my best friend and my 2 year old godson were supposed to come out to my school last night for a photoshoot. My friend had said that he hadn't been feeling well but she thought he just had allergies because he is normally very healthy. Well, the last couple days he has started having constant diarrhea, a sore throat and a 102 fever. And did I mention that his dad came back from Mexico last week? Eek! So she said "we can still make it if you leave right now" and I was like "ummmm, nooo, that's ok. go to the Dr." The doc took a test sample and gave him a shot of antibiotics which he was none too happy about.
here's some pics of him. He's probably just got a regular flu, but wish him well please!
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04/30/2009 04:37:33 PM · #220 |
Originally posted by Blue Moon:
my best friend and my 2 year old godson were supposed to come out to my school last night for a photoshoot. My friend had said that he hadn't been feeling well but she thought he just had allergies because he is normally very healthy. Well, the last couple days he has started having constant diarrhea, a sore throat and a 102 fever. And did I mention that his dad came back from Mexico last week? Eek! So she said "we can still make it if you leave right now" and I was like "ummmm, nooo, that's ok. go to the Dr." The doc took a test sample and gave him a shot of antibiotics which he was none too happy about.
here's some pics of him. He's probably just got a regular flu, but wish him well please!
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If the doctor gave him a shot of antibiotics, it's probably not the flu. Antibiotics don't work on viruses. (as has been noted) |
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04/30/2009 04:46:45 PM · #221 |
I hope they got a blood test. They'd know quickly if it were the bad strain.
They've already closed one school here. |
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04/30/2009 04:54:04 PM · #222 |
Originally posted by dknourek:
Bear you really need a hobby... or you gota get out more ;) |
Cooking IS my hobby, Dave :-) Ask your gal Juliet... Or, for that matter, Generale, Kirbic, Pawdrix, Ray Ethier, Beetle, Melethia, and others I'm sure I've forgotten to list.
R. |
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04/30/2009 05:04:05 PM · #223 |
you are correct - i was thinking fungi... :)
Originally posted by DrAchoo:
Decent question. I don't know the answer, but I don't think "virii" is a word... ;) |
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04/30/2009 05:12:24 PM · #224 |
i didn't say antibiotics SHOULDN'T be used - i said they are overused... that's a bit different.
i'm glad the docs caught the issue early enough to be treated... or i'm glad the docs knew what they were prescribing, and for what...
Originally posted by vawendy:
Considering that my husband has rocky mountain spotted fever. Considering that untreated, it has a 30% mortality rate. I like antibiotics. Are the being over-prescribed? Yes. Are they probably being over-prescribed for rocky mountain spotted fever? yes--urgent care prescribed them early--they didn't wait for the week long test. Was this good? yes, in my husband's case. Instead of having to be hospitalized, like a large fraction of the cases--he was just very sick. |
you are, however, over simplifying the whole situation. farm animals are given antibiotics when they aren't sick. why ? so they don't get sick... what comes of that ? well swine flu for one IMO...
i've had 5 or more deer ticks on me at a single time. i didn't get sick. could your husband be more susceptible to infection because of past antiobiotic use ? just a question. not a jab.
Message edited by author 2009-04-30 17:13:22. |
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04/30/2009 05:16:19 PM · #225 |
Originally posted by soup:
i've had 5 or more deer ticks on me at a single time. i didn't get sick. could your husband be more susceptible to infection because of past antiobiotic use ? just a question. not a jab. |
i've never had a flu shot and i've never had the flu either. my anecdotal evidence sort of supports yours. then again, i have a rock that supposedly scares away tigers and i've never been bitten by a tiger ;) |
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