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Re: Swine Flu
« Reply #105 on: May 01, 2009, 08:17:46 PM »
This is a NEW disease
The flu is not a disease. No matter what the "type".

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and I am sure more and more doctors are learning something new about it every day.
Sure about that?
Yes it is, and yes.  :biggrin:

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Re: Swine Flu
« Reply #106 on: May 01, 2009, 09:37:57 PM »
Well here's one. Well I thought most people think the American media overhypes things. At least in my school during lunch we always talk about how the news handles things.http://blogs.usatoday.com/oped/2009/05/swine-flu-be-ready-but-dont-overreact.html

And I saw Alex's post. :whistling:

"Swine flu: Be ready, but don't overreact"

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Re: Swine Flu
« Reply #107 on: May 01, 2009, 10:25:21 PM »
Influenza is a virus, not a disease.

As to whether they will cure it, that could spark a whole other debate.
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Re: Swine Flu
« Reply #108 on: May 01, 2009, 10:42:53 PM »
Influenza is a virus, not a disease.

As to whether they will cure it, that could spark a whole other debate.

please do fill us in on your knowledge...what is YOUR definition of a "disease"?

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Re: Swine Flu
« Reply #109 on: May 01, 2009, 11:02:56 PM »
Influenza is a virus, not a disease.

As to whether they will cure it, that could spark a whole other debate.


please do fill us in on your knowledge...what is YOUR definition of a "disease"?


Well, here's the dictionary definition:

http://dictionary.reference.com/dic?q=disease&search=search

Seems to me the flu would be a disease.  :thinking:

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Re: Swine Flu
« Reply #110 on: May 01, 2009, 11:36:02 PM »
Influenza is a virus, not a disease.

As to whether they will cure it, that could spark a whole other debate.


please do fill us in on your knowledge...what is YOUR definition of a "disease"?


Well, here's the dictionary definition:

http://dictionary.reference.com/dic?q=disease&search=search

Seems to me the flu would be a disease.  :thinking:

As far as I know it is :blink:

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Re: Swine Flu
« Reply #111 on: May 01, 2009, 11:40:50 PM »
<_< now they're saying that this flu "may be less potent than expected."

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Re: Swine Flu
« Reply #112 on: May 01, 2009, 11:47:33 PM »

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Re: Swine Flu
« Reply #113 on: May 02, 2009, 12:00:12 AM »
You guys just don't seem to get, no matter how hard we drill it into your thick skulls, that WE KNOW NOTHING ABOUT THIS VIRUS AND ARE LEARNING EACH DAY. Its great that they think its not as potent as once thought, but until now WE DIDN'T KNOW THAT.  :rolleyes:

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Re: Swine Flu
« Reply #114 on: May 02, 2009, 12:10:49 AM »
You guys just don't seem to get, no matter how hard we drill it into your thick skulls, that WE KNOW NOTHING ABOUT THIS VIRUS AND ARE LEARNING EACH DAY. Its great that they think its not as potent as once thought, but until now WE DIDN'T KNOW THAT.  :rolleyes:

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Re: Swine Flu
« Reply #115 on: May 02, 2009, 01:35:40 AM »
You guys just don't seem to get, no matter how hard we drill it into your thick skulls, that WE KNOW NOTHING ABOUT THIS VIRUS AND ARE LEARNING EACH DAY. Its great that they think its not as potent as once thought, but until now WE DIDN'T KNOW THAT.  :rolleyes:
Its not that I don't agree with you.. The virus is a threat since we dont know much about it. I'm just irritated over how the information is being told to the public

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Re: Swine Flu
« Reply #116 on: May 02, 2009, 08:23:58 AM »
You guys just don't seem to get, no matter how hard we drill it into your thick skulls, that WE KNOW NOTHING ABOUT THIS VIRUS AND ARE LEARNING EACH DAY. Its great that they think its not as potent as once thought, but until now WE DIDN'T KNOW THAT.  :rolleyes:
Its not that I don't agree with you.. The virus is a threat since we dont know much about it. I'm just irritated over how the information is being told to the public

HJow else would you want it told to us?  :dunno:

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Re: Swine Flu
« Reply #117 on: May 02, 2009, 04:02:18 PM »
You guys just don't seem to get, no matter how hard we drill it into your thick skulls, that WE KNOW NOTHING ABOUT THIS VIRUS AND ARE LEARNING EACH DAY. Its great that they think its not as potent as once thought, but until now WE DIDN'T KNOW THAT.  :rolleyes:
Its not that I don't agree with you.. The virus is a threat since we dont know much about it. I'm just irritated over how the information is being told to the public

HJow else would you want it told to us?  :dunno:
My thought exactly.  What do you want them to say?  I really don't think the media has over-done their coverage.  But I would agree that the media might have caused some kind of panic.

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Re: Swine Flu
« Reply #118 on: May 02, 2009, 07:05:08 PM »
Well, if they WITHHELD information about it, it would become an evil Eugenics plot to "kill the weak and racially inferior" in the minds of some, for all we know.

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Re: Swine Flu
« Reply #119 on: May 03, 2009, 01:32:02 PM »
Didn't the H1N1 Strain cause the bird flu in asia?