Thread: Swine-flu Pandemic reality or.....

May I assume you are refering to the 'Spanish Flue'.. as in big one, that claimed 40 million lives? It maybe harsh, but what is 40 million deaths on a population of 6 billion? It's not that much is it.

The 1918 Spanish flu pandemic lasted from March 1918 to June 1920. Estimates of the total deaths vary between 20-100 million. The total world population at the time was 1.8 billion (less than a third of what it is now). That's my version of "perspective".

To be honest, many Balinese have more trust in local medicines..strange I know, but many don't have the money to pay for a consult with a doctor. Secondly I doubt the docters here would give a proper diagnose

A big Bravo for those Balinese who (still) trust their "local medicine". Have you ever seen and wondered why so many doctors'/specialiasts' "clinics" are full of patients every night of the week? Balinese have been dying of dengue fever, rabies, AIDS, asthma, etc, for quite a while now. Perhaps the "local medicine" doesn't work and many of the "doctors" are actually charlatans.

Regarding anti-viral drugs such as Tamiflu. It has to be taken within two days of symptoms appearing for any real effect. Some studies suggest that because most people suffering from symptoms of bird flu only get it later, (if at all), it's next to useless.

What do you do if you get a normal seasonal flu attack? Rush out and try to buy Tamiflu and start taking it? I would hope not, and that's part of the problem with these drugs.

Probably better to save your money for a cremation ceremony or a down-payment on a new villa for your kids' futures.

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So cute! Or perhaps you should ask George Clooney to get rid of his pet pig.

No swine's here yet ! Still waiting ! Been holding my breath for ages :oops: cant hold it much longer ........... :o Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr......... thats better nothing like polution to clear the cobwebs :mrgreen:










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Looks like swine flu appears to stabilising and the panic was just that. The other "regular flu viruses" seem to be more dangerous. I hear some pigs in Canada have now contracted the virus? So they apparently can't spread the disease but can actually catch it? The Egyptians are destroying all their pigs just incase.

A plane arriving from Bali in Perth this morning was held up for 2 hours when a passenger, when asked by immigration officials, complained of flu symptoms. The passengers, Garuda plane, all had to sit on the plane until she was cleared. it appears a lot of confusion occurred, and many disgruntled passengers. :roll:

Originally Posted by Jimbo

Just watched the BBC morning news. Not a mention of swine flue

Just watched our ABC evening news swine flu did not rate a mention here either. I think our Channel 10 had a brief report late in their bulletin.