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[Cam]

Is anyone worried that it confirms in your area?

Well since 2003 it has spread across, south asia and europe.

and worldwide killed 98 people, over 3 years.

Ive been sick for 2 weeks now.

First week, Sore throat.
Second week, No sorethroat cough.
And this is the 15th day and its going away But I read if you have a sore throat for about a week a cough persists for days or weeks. And Its going away because of anti-biotics.

Anyway about this birdflu anyone wanna talk about it? It freaks me out hearing the facts.

But anyway.

Discuss

And I live no were near the Birdflu anyway. Hasent hit us and I heard Australia and Canada are most protected/prepared.

[Stryyp]

I'm not too worried about it. Of course it is something that is bad, but I don't live anywhere close enough to birds that it could get to me being undetected Of course, now a pigeon is going to fly through my window and infect me because I jinxed it.

[Tetiel]

Well if it went away from anti-biotics then it was obviously not the bird flu or even a flu at all Probably a touch of strep or bacterial bronchitis

But anywho.. I'm a tad worried that since my immune system has been so down with my current condition that I have... I would be more suseptible. But if that does happen I'll just isolate myself a bit and wait it out. I'll have to be extremely sanitary. I don't think it will ever get so bad though. I'm really not around too many birds thank goodness. However though... it's not birds I should be worried about >_<

[japser_be]

the bird flu is still far away from my door so i dont worry *yet*

[Darkness]

Yeah, I really don't freak out over things like that, that is, unless people around me become sick with it. I'm not to worried unless it comes near.

[Archon]

As long as people around me don't get sick. I live no where near a chicken farm or anything fo that sort.

[Sweeney]

Bird Flu does not transfer between humans. It is non-contageous.

Therefore, unless you like playing around with filthy birds, you won't catch it.
Nuff Said.

Media hype is all it is.

[Punk]

Joe, scientists are saying somewhere in the near future, most probably, it will be spreading human-to-human, causing H5N1 to become a pandemic issue, and then eventually killing millions of people.

Edited by Punk, 20 March 2006 - 01:41 PM.

[Jaf]

I can't wait til they sell cheap chicken in the stores!

[A Silent Soliloquy]

Lmfao yeah I cant wait till that too! Well Im happy Im in Canada and were the most prepared I wish our Prime Minister gets turned into a chicken and then killed because he has the bird Flu.

[amyjia]

I'm soo glad I don't eat meat.. chicken flu and mad cow diease.. ha

[A Silent Soliloquy]

Im so glad that my meat is killed right in front of me How can you live as a vegetarian... I cant go 3 days without eating meat. And that Soy stuff tastes awful!

PS: Are you a vegen or just a vegetarian?

[amyjia]

vegetarian.. omg.. vegan is too extreme..

[hoju]

It is said that for sure within 11-12 months in time the bird flu will be in north america... =O

[Darkness]

Well, they said to watch the milk too. I don't know why, and I don't like chicken anyway

[Sean]

The thing is... It's been 3 years... and only 100 people have died.
That many people die from cigarettes like... every day

[bizzarboy]

I'm a pharmacy student at my college and we've done quite a bit of discussion on this. The fact of the matter is that while bird flu is a threat, it really hasn't been determined just how MUCH of a threat. The cold hard truth is that it's just another disease that the media has taken and ran with. It's being blown far out of proportion, much like SARS as Ali said. As an example, think back to any winter you can remember. Every year the media insists that the up-and-coming strain of influenza is the worst we've seen when that may not be necessarily true.

[ShadowLink64]

And I live no were near the Birdflu anyway. Hasent hit us and I heard Australia and Canada are most protected/prepared.

We're gonna pwn it. That bird flu won't know what hit it.

[Punk]

Ill tell you why to check the milk. Chicken craps in hay. Cow eats hay. Harvests milk, whil crap in system. Milk=death. We kill cow. We eat cow. We get H5N1. We spread H5N1. We die.

[Cam]

Well if it went away from anti-biotics then it was obviously not the bird flu or even a flu at all Probably a touch of strep or bacterial bronchitis

But anywho.. I'm a tad worried that since my immune system has been so down with my current condition that I have... I would be more suseptible. But if that does happen I'll just isolate myself a bit and wait it out. I'll have to be extremely sanitary. I don't think it will ever get so bad though. I'm really not around too many birds thank goodness. However though... it's not birds I should be worried about >_<

Nah I was worried, because I seen "It could be in australia undectected" But it isnt that was posted about 4 weeks ago and I read it 3 days ago.

And since I read the symptons and my arent anywere close

- Joe I think you can catch it off humans :blink:

[Fatal]

meh so far iv seen some pretty wrong facts here i read about it like everyday, im pretty on top of it,



6monthes - hit north america
no current cure for humans yet, except tamiflu, but that hardly does anything if at all, and would only help it cure by like a day or so



its believed the flu will die down and become less dangerous when it his north america


you CANNOT get bird flu from a H5N1-Infected bird, if its welly cooked.



177 people have had bird flu, 98 have died, that results in about 45% of people who get it, die

Edited by Fatal, 21 March 2006 - 07:35 AM.

[Alex]

Im more worried about mad cow disease honestly. I think about it before eating meat everyday