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Old 04-29-2009 | 12:18 AM
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not resident evil, 28 days later seems more likely
 
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Old 04-29-2009 | 12:47 AM
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Originally Posted by PColav6
Here's a shot of the swine flu victims
I don't get it. It's just a normal video of Gary Busey. lol
 
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Old 04-29-2009 | 03:51 PM
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Old 04-29-2009 | 04:00 PM
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2 suspected cases here in charlotte as of yesterday. i dont care, if it my time to go oh well. but yeah like soemone mention they got medicine for it so it will be ok.
 
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Old 04-29-2009 | 05:00 PM
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Originally Posted by cpthowdy
not resident evil, 28 days later seems more likely

And my blood is the only one with the cure!
 
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Old 04-29-2009 | 05:06 PM
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And my blood is the only one with the cure!
until you have your eyes pushedback into your head while others vomit there blood non stop on you and beat you .

fyi. 28 days later is one of the greatest films made
 
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Old 04-29-2009 | 08:17 PM
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It was ok, but a lot of military innacuracies.
 
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Old 04-29-2009 | 09:51 PM
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Yeah.. The media coverage of this "epidemic" is a little over the top. IIRC, NORMAL flu kills on average 500k-1 million people per year, so swine flu doesn't even come close. And even if swine flu approached that level, it still wouldn't be as bad as the flu epidemic that struck in 1918. That was a TRUE worst-case scenario, with between 20-40 million dead in one year. In fact, a quick search shows that more people were killed in that year by flu than were killed in the 4 years that the bubonic plague devastated Europe. So this latest "epidemic" with less than 300 dead doesn't worry me one bit. BTW, there is NO vaccine out yet for those that think that one is available. There are medications to treat it yes, but not to get rid of it completely.
 

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Old 04-29-2009 | 10:06 PM
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We're all going to die. CNN & MSNBC said so.






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Old 04-29-2009 | 11:30 PM
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Those people on youtube are ****** serious?
"Zombies! Omgomgomg!!!"
******* IDIOTS..........
 
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Old 04-30-2009 | 07:55 AM
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300 million people, 92 confirmed cases= .00003% of US citizens have swine flu, 36000 people die from the regular flu every year in the us (cnn). its just like the peanut butter scare where your chance of getting sick was .0001%, people just need something to worry about
 
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Old 04-30-2009 | 10:23 AM
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My neighbors daughter is being tested for it in Arizona at the moment.
 
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Old 04-30-2009 | 10:55 AM
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Originally Posted by PColav6
Way too much media hype, once again making way too many people freak out over something that is insignificant.

Just like the killer mold, the staff infection plague, and all of the other bullshit. There's always some kind of OMG END OF THE WORLD pandemic going on.
I do think the media is over hyping it a bit, however it's a real concern because this flu stand is killing people from 25-45 years old whereas the regular flu tends to kill the young and old. The other side is that if the media and Feds didn't say **** about it and people started dropping dead like crazy people would get pissed cause nobody said anything.....we can't have it both ways.

We'll have to see how it plays out. I bet the pharmaceutical company that makes the drug that supposedly cures swine flu is as happy as a pig in ****!
 

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