What a complete waste of resources

The same info could be communicated effectively free via tv, newspapers and the web

Yet more rearranging deckchairs on the Titanic

and they are buying zillions of maskswhich are totally useless

There is nothing like spreading total alarm
Who are the 159 people who have died in Mexico City?
It could be they are elderly, very young, very poor etc all of whom have poor immunity anyway and would be vulnerable to any flu virus
No one outside Mexico seems to have died

BTW
I saw yesterday that those of us who have had Flu vaccinations in the UK are NOT covered for this particular virus

am with you there puds. those dead in mexico could be a few of hundreds of thousands who have had it. they don't have our primary care system so the only cases that are heard about are the ones that end up in hospital. loads more are probably at home with a box of paracetamol and some tissues.

but scare stories are so much more exciting (and sell more papers *ninja* )

We're all doomed!

I'm going to clear out all the junk from under my stairs and shut myself in for the next six months with a good supply of tinned baked beans and lemonade.

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Originally posted by Growlybear:
We're all doomed!

I'm going to clear out all the junk from under my stairs and shut myself in for the next six months with a good supply of tinned baked beans and lemonade.

shut in a cupboard under the stairs with nothing to eat but beans???

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Originally posted by Growlybear:
We're all doomed!

I'm going to clear out all the junk from under my stairs and shut myself in for the next six months with a good supply of tinned baked beans and lemonade.

And airfreshener....

I've got a cold....

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Originally posted by electric shepherd:

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Originally posted by Growlybear:
We're all doomed!

I'm going to clear out all the junk from under my stairs and shut myself in for the next six months with a good supply of tinned baked beans and lemonade.

shut in a cupboard under the stairs with nothing to eat but beans???

Hope he doesn't smoke :ninja:

have been watching a few vids on youtube about it apparntly the CIA made it and released it in a Beta test to see how effective it is

I love these conspirey stories

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Originally posted by stonks:
I've got a cold....

Okay Mr Tree is a scientist ... he says don't panic. but take care... we personaly are keeping our kids mostly in (they are 5 months and 2 and the 2 year old has just recovered from a nasty caugh sp that she has had for a month) he says Give it a week and see what happens.

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Originally posted by The Singing Ringing Tree:
Okay Mr Tree is a scientist ... he says don't panic. but take care... we personaly are keeping our kids mostly in (they are 5 months and 2 and the 2 year old has just recovered from a nasty caugh sp that she has had for a month) he says Give it a week and see what happens.

I think Mr Tree is right - remember SARS and birdflu - nowt much happened with them and they told us we were going to die from a pandemic with them

**coughs and splutters***

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Originally posted by Pengy:

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Originally posted by The Singing Ringing Tree:
Okay Mr Tree is a scientist ... he says don't panic. but take care... we personaly are keeping our kids mostly in (they are 5 months and 2 and the 2 year old has just recovered from a nasty caugh sp that she has had for a month) he says Give it a week and see what happens.

I think Mr Tree is right - remember SARS and birdflu - nowt much happened with them and they told us we were going to die from a pandemic with them

**coughs and splutters***

Hey pengy x the thing is often the press report the worst case senario, and when people work hard to make sure it doesn't happen they complaine we didn't all die... like with Aids that was a massive campaigne and it worked... and the press complained as we didn't all die. They like more dead foke so they can intrude on people greif to make headlines.

I was loving GMTV this morning..showing us how to wear a face mask..gawd I could've died not knowing that....

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Originally posted by stonks:
I've got a cold....

Buck your ideas up Stonks

Still snaffling I see stonks

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Originally posted by Oggbad:

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Originally posted by stonks:
I've got a cold....

Buck your ideas up Stonks

I even got sympathy of mr stonks today..I would'nt if there was'nt swine flu around....

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Originally posted by Oggbad:
Still snaffling I see stonks

And what a mighty snaffle it was Oggy even if I do say so myself....

Did you see the Houses of Parliament are being shut down because the risk of swine flu to all the snouts in the trough is quite worrying?

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Originally posted by Oggbad:
Did you see the Houses of Parliament are being shut down because the risk of swine flu to all the snouts in the trough is quite worrying?

What about the MET?....

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Originally posted by stonks:

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Originally posted by Oggbad:
Did you see the Houses of Parliament are being shut down because the risk of swine flu to all the snouts in the trough is quite worrying?

What about the MET?....

What about the F artex?

Just going to test summat Stonks

The US has its first death from swine flu, a 2 year old child.
Very sad news, and actually quite worrying.

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Originally posted by Oggbad:

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Originally posted by stonks:

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Originally posted by Oggbad:
Did you see the Houses of Parliament are being shut down because the risk of swine flu to all the snouts in the trough is quite worrying?

What about the MET?....

What about the F artex?

I remember stripping a ceiling..we had to use a steamer masks and strip everybit of clothing into the washer and keep all the artex damp until bagged....

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Originally posted by Oggbad:
Just going to test summat Stonks

Dave....

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Originally posted by JasmineJ:
The US has its first death from swine flu, a 2 year old child.
Very sad news, and actually quite worrying.

Aww thats terrible, I wonder how he contracted it from did it say?....

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Originally posted by stonks:

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Originally posted by Oggbad:
Just going to test summat Stonks

Dave....

You called?

Have you admired my twirly Stonks - its a generation 2

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Originally posted by stonks:

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Originally posted by JasmineJ:
The US has its first death from swine flu, a 2 year old child.
Very sad news, and actually quite worrying.

Aww thats terrible, I wonder how he contracted it from did it say?....

They didn’t say Stonks, I only caught the end of the report.

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Originally posted by Oggbad:
Have you admired my twirly Stonks - its a generation 2

You had to go one better....

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Originally posted by JasmineJ:

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Originally posted by stonks:

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Originally posted by JasmineJ:
The US has its first death from swine flu, a 2 year old child.
Very sad news, and actually quite worrying.

Aww thats terrible, I wonder how he contracted it from did it say?....

They didn’t say Stonks, I only caught the end of the report.

Aww I'll keep an eye out for that..I had to get a cold after my oh's friend got back from Mexico..husband keeps faffing everytime I sneaze....

A 23-month-old child in Texas is the first person known to have died of swine flu outside Mexico, where it may have killed as many as 159 people.

Officials in Washington gave no other details of the patient. Federal health officials had been warning the virus would probably claim lives in the US.

Trying for a 3G

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Originally posted by Oggbad:
A 23-month-old child in Texas is the first person known to have died of swine flu outside Mexico, where it may have killed as many as 159 people.

Officials in Washington gave no other details of the patient. Federal health officials had been warning the virus would probably claim lives in the US.

Fanks Oggy....

Last year all our pork and bacon products were banned and removed from shops *Excuse* contaminated feed to the pigs..November A severe flu that took months to get rid off *attacking the chest*..weird or what?....

I don't eat animals - it would be different if I was a hairy hunter slaying mammoths - at least I would have a fair idea that it had been eating grass.

Farm animals that are naturally plant eaters are fed other animals as well as antibiotics to fatten them up. Natural selection has not provided them with the digestive means to cope adequately with animal proteins.

The farming industry should spend some time reflecting on what it is doing in the quest for profits IMHO.

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Originally posted by stonks:
I was loving GMTV this morning..showing us how to wear a face mask..gawd I could've died not knowing that....

Im waiting to see the first person in public with one on

we had a suspected case in out local hospital which was all over the news yet when the woman was given the all clear...nothing

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Originally posted by JasmineJ:
The US has its first death from swine flu, a 2 year old child.
Very sad news, and actually quite worrying.

I agree. We are keeping in the wee ones ...a bit Parnoid but I want to see what happens over the next week. we will keep visits to a minimum. The deaths are so sad but a two year old.... I don't want to think about it.

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Originally posted by Peachy~Emms:

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Originally posted by stonks:
I was loving GMTV this morning..showing us how to wear a face mask..gawd I could've died not knowing that....

Im waiting to see the first person in public with one on

I read that face masks are useless,as soon as they become moist by breath .You'd have to wear about 40 a day.