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Sennin
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Message 41 of 64

01 May 2009 at 12:26am | IP Logged

TheBiscuit wrote:

Jar-ptitsa wrote:

TheBiscuit wrote:

Calling it Mexican Flu is just ignorant, please don't propagate the use of it. I live in one of
the worst hit areas in Mexico, everything is closed, it's like doomsday when you go out. Yes, patient zero was
here but this is not the first outbreak of swine flu. Naming it after a country/continent is dumb on every
level.

No, not ignorant, but how flu was named during the history of this virus: the country of the begin. In your
opinion, Mexican Flu is ignorant, but Spanish Flu not or Asian Flu?

No, this outbreak of swine Flu is not the first, of course not. the outbreak of Spanish Flu in 1918 was not the first
outbreak of bird flu also.

Tell the ducth and flemish governments that it's dumb on every level: they officially named it "Mexicaanse
Griep". bad luck.

Spanish Flu, Asian Flu, Mexican Flu are all incredibly ignorant - check out the meaning of Asian:

of or relating to or characteristic of Asia or the peoples of Asia or their languages or culture;

Considering the implications, it's not the most sensible name for any virus and very open to misinterpretation.

Arguing about the name is pointless, we will be wiped out anyway :p.

Edited by Sennin on 01 May 2009 at 12:27am
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jbbar
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Message 42 of 64

01 May 2009 at 12:42am | IP Logged

Sennin wrote:

TheBiscuit wrote:

Jar-ptitsa wrote:

TheBiscuit wrote:

Arguing about the name is pointless, we will be wiped out anyway :p.

Ladies first! :P
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Juan M.
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Message 43 of 64

01 May 2009 at 12:43am | IP Logged

I call it simply nature's revenge.
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Jar-ptitsa
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Message 44 of 64

01 May 2009 at 12:59am | IP Logged

jbbar wrote:

Sennin wrote:

Arguing about the name is pointless, we will be wiped out anyway :p.

Ladies first! :P

LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! hahahahaahahaaha. Dat is grappig moet ik zeggen :-)

Ab Osterhaus who's virologist and flu specialist, the head of the European Scientific Working group on Influenza
(ESWI), told in an interview on NOS National Radio 1 of The Netherlands that we have to say Mexican Flu, *NOT*
Swine Flu. he explained: they did NOT find this flu in the swines, but truly it's a BIRD flu, which transmitted to
them, but now tranfser human-human.

Therfore the name Swine Flu is stupid, incorrect and ignorant.

Listen the interview :

autostart=5864
">Virologist flu specialst tells: it's MEXICAN flu, not Swine flu.
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jbbar
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Message 45 of 64

01 May 2009 at 1:22am | IP Logged

I guess it's Mexican only in as far as it is a mutation of an already existing disease known as Swine Flu (itself a variant of the Influenza A virus from what I've read) that was found in Mexico. In any case, that's how I understand it.

This may be of interest:

Virus Outbreak was disaster waiting to happen

The Wikipedia article.

jbbar
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Cander
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Message 46 of 64

01 May 2009 at 2:17am | IP Logged

Hello,

JuanM wrote:

I call it simply nature's revenge.

I would say that there is really something in this if you want to see it that way. When there is getting alot of humans on earth, epidemics like this get more common.
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Williy
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Message 47 of 64

01 May 2009 at 5:15am | IP Logged

Guys, you probably won't believe me, in fact I know you won't - but I have (or had) the swine flu. I am a student at Kings Edgehill School in Nova Scotia, Canada, and I contracted it from one of my friends that visited Mexico as part of a school trip.

I am here to tell you that 3 of my friends have it, and it has been (for us at least) very mild. I honestly believe that although it is quite contagious, there is probably nothing to fear, although I could be wrong.

My regards.
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Earle
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Message 48 of 64

01 May 2009 at 6:49am | IP Logged

I'm in Huntsville, Alabama, USA, one of eleven states in the USA hit so far and the only city in this state. Huntsville is a very cosmopolitan community, with people moving in and out continually from all over the world. It also has a sizable Hispanic minority, including many from Mexico. All of the schools are presently closed. However, as "Williy" says, it's been very mild so far - no worse than the normally-circulating Type A influenzas. Believe me, I know the difference. My freshman (first) year at the University of Alabama, 1957, I caught the so-called "Asian Flu," as part of that pandemic and nearly died. It was, as this flu is, an avian strain...

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