Obama declares national state of emergency on H1N1?!!

[55hz]

Huh?! Mind boggling...executive order and all....

[mprvise]

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[mdog114]

***NEWSFLASH***

Paulie Shore wins Oscar!

[jaydub69]

Political topics are not recommended by the administrators.

Besides, just griping about something is counter productive. If you are not part of the solution then you are part of the problem. We can all point our fingers at things we see as short of perfect. It takes a special person to offer solutions. And what is your solution? What are your qualifications?

I certainly don't know the answer, but I know enough to keep my mouth shut until I do.

-John

[Jon Silberman]

Swine flu is more widespread now than it's ever been. Health authorities say almost 100 children have died from the flu, known as H1N1, and 46 states now have widespread flu activity.
When a killer of children is known, predictable, and readily preventable yet a year later there is still far less vaccine available as everyone knew at the outset we needed, as a father, I do deem that worthy of emergency action.

[DaveF]

panic!
crisis!
doomsday is here!

[mdog114]

What are your qualifications?

Qualifications are key, we should have thought about that earlier.

[Zelmo]

They closed down the high school ~5 miles down the road from me just yesterday. Half the students (hundreds) and half the teachers are out.

Nobody around here has ever seen anything like it. Doesn't seem too trivial to me....

[mdog114]

panic!
crisis!
doomsday is here!

There has to be a boggy man.

[Flying Panda]

My three kids had it last week. My wife and I are just getting over it. Pretty much every common cold I've ever had has been worse than this.

[55hz]

Ugh.

Sorry. It shocked me so (the executive order, really? We can't get off our asses and make it work some other way?) that I done done posted a political style thread. Well, I apologize although Im still befuzzled.

[yellowecho]

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[WesKuhnley]

In before the lock.

[mdog114]

My three kids had it last week. My wife and I are just getting over it. Pretty much every common cold I've ever had has been worse than this.

:).

[mude]

What are the implications of declaring this an emergency? What happens?

So far, H1N1 seems to be getting much more widespread than the people who thought it was nothing thought it was going to be. And, so far, it has not been as deadly as those that were worried about it thought it would be.

The widespread nature of it is a good reminder that we are not actually very well protected should something like this happen with a more deadly virus.

Evan.

[Sunbreak Music]

We all had it last week. Not much fun, but the lack of "stomach" symptoms put it pretty far down on the list as far as discomfort. I've certainly felt worse.

[Frankee]

It's like the Cabbage patch kids, or Black Friday..........suckers.

[Greggy]

I've been told that there are only 2 vaccine manufacturing facilities worldwide. Is this true? Could help explain the apparent shortages.

[Hamertoe]

http://www.snopes.com/medical/disease/swineflu.asp
http://www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/qa.htm



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[It's Time!]

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[55hz]

Wow! A thread that merits not one, but several larger than usual "in before the lock"'s.

I'm very proud, and blushing actually for those gif's!

I was expecting just the usual: "IBTL". MAYBE with a dancing banana...

Thank you, thank you very much!

BTW, The post is not so much about the Obama-democrat-leftwing type of stuff, but more towards what Jon S. said and my general anger over the fact that ANY party cant seem to get ANYTHING done without doomsday drama.

Oops, that's probably political too.

I wouldn't mind, however, folks discussing their take on sine flu (h1n1)....

[Jon Silberman]

A general thought directed at the nation as a whole, not any individual here.

I know it feels clever to report how you or people you live with or know had the H1N1 flu and it was no big deal but to do so is to miss - or misunderstand - why it's threatening.

From what I can tell, most people don't react horribly to it. A small percentage do. Of these, more than is typical for flu-like illnesses can die. So if you had it and your own immune system kicked its viral ass, by all means, give thanks for your strong body and good fortune. But don't construe from it that the virus is therefore harmless. It's not.

An analogy. I lived in college with several groups of men and women who came down with mono. Some got quite ill. Two, I can recall, had to leave school for the semester and recuperate at home. I never got sick at all and I swapped spit with one of them for months (one of the women so shut up! :) ). I'm thankful my immune system is strong but I would not construe from it that mono is nothing.

[Reeltarded]

I have it right now, this day, this minute. It's no worse for me than most others I have contracted.

Shallow breathing is the worst part. I have had high fevers for the last 48 hours on and off. It was preceded by an overall malaise for 10 days, then 2 recovered days and BAMMO! Fever struck.

People die from illness because of other complications many times. I have no special preexisting conditions that worry me.

The press never reported the giant wasps, or the candycanes that talk. I will be fine.

[guittguy1]

I work in maintenance in a food manufacturing plant. Last week they had me and the other maintainer on the production line because of absences. Something like 12,000 kids stayed home from school in the Treasure Valley (Boise area) last week because of swine flu. They are starting to close down school for days on end to slow the spread.

[telecopter]

How about those Bears!

[55hz]

I meant Jon s. First quote.

[ow my eyes]

I wouldn't mind, however, folks discussing their take on sine flu (h1n1)....

Its a little smoother than saw tooth or square flu. less polarity than the triangle flu.

[Jon Silberman]

I meant Jon s. First quote.

About every 100 posts or so, Jon S. says something noteworthy!

:o

[DGDGBD]

IBTY
(in before the yammering)

[Reeltarded]

haha my eyes

I forgot to report my craving for mud covered trash, and corn.

[Seakayak]

OK, I thought you Americans were being invaded by jellyfish. Heres the top story on Time.com
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1931659,00.html

[sanhozay]

When a killer of children is known, predictable, and readily preventable yet a year later there is still far less vaccine available as everyone knew at the outset we needed, as a father, I do deem that worthy of emergency action.

I stand with Jon on this. Hindsight on gear purchases is far more negotiable & less forgiving when it comes to human health concerns.

[plexistack]

The decision to declare a state of emergency was probably more prudent and better thought out than the decision the OP made when he started this thread. ;)

[ROKY]

It's a money game .

[GuitarsFromMars]

In before the lock...twice in 2 days...

[DaveF]

A general thought directed at the nation as a whole, not any individual here.

I know it feels clever to report how you or people you live with or know had the H1N1 flu and it was no big deal but to do so is to miss - or misunderstand - why it's threatening.

From what I can tell, most people don't react horribly to it. A small percentage do. Of these, more than is typical for flu-like illnesses can die. So if you had it and your own immune system kicked its viral ass, by all means, give thanks for your strong body and good fortune. But don't construe from it that the virus is therefore harmless. It's not.

An analogy. I lived in college with several groups of men and women who came down with mono. Some got quite ill. Two, I can recall, had to leave school for the semester and recuperate at home. I never got sick at all and I swapped spit with one of them for months (one of the women so shut up! :) ). I'm thankful my immune system is strong but I would not construe from it that mono is nothing.

Why don't we get the same panic at the regular seasonal flu, which is more deadly than this?

[Darkburst]

Why don't we get the same panic at the regular seasonal flu, which is less deadly than this?

That's what I'm wondering.

[Frater B]

you mean more?

[DaveF]

That's what I'm wondering.

I meant to say "more deadly".

[Zelmo]

Why don't we get the same panic at the regular seasonal flu, which is less [more] deadly than this?
Perhaps because much of the general population has some acquired resistance to the regular, seasonal flu whereas that does not seem to be the case with H1N1. Like I said, there are massive preventative closings going on all over the place due to - in one case here locally - hundreds of people being affected in one school. Who knows?

[Platypus]

The 'IBTL' posts are growing QUITE long in the tooth.