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    Quote Originally Posted by eamo1 View Post
    So the Irish tests came back negative for it this evening.I know the exact headline in the papers tomorrow "IRELAND GETS THE ALL CLEAR FROM SWINE FLU OUTBREAK,FOR NOW!".Then they will procede to tell us how "its only a matter of time before it comes here".Granted in this era of easy travel etc it might come here but its like they are hoping it comes.
    On the basis the WHO have said it can't be stopped travelling at this stage, I would say that's a reasonable accurate, headline.

    Here's hoping it continues to be non-fatal outside Mexico.

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    A 23 month old child died has died from it in Texas apparently. The first fatality outside Mexico.
    Upwards to the vanguard where the pressure is too high.

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    Several thousand people die of the flu every year in the States.

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    Quote Originally Posted by tricky_colour View Post
    You know you have swine flu when you come out in rashers
    I tried to call my doctor but I couldn't get through... I just heard a lot of crackling on the other end of the line.

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    Flu Naming Rights Dispute

    Hoping to calm consumers and protect the pork industry, the European Commission is avoiding using "swine flu" to refer to the virus that has killed 159 people in Mexico and one in the United States, preferring the term "novel flu".

    Despite the Commission's public statements, EU sources said it had sent an internal document in which the term became confused. It referred to "novel flu" in English, "Mexican flu" in French and "swine flu" in German.
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    Ye're all negative b@st@rds. Instead of wasting energy worrying about what it can do, we should be looking for ways cure it.

    Besides, I think I may have already stumbled upon a solution...
    That question was less stupid, though you asked it in a profoundly stupid way.

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    Its a bit long but very good article Here

    If we are to believe what our trusted international media report, the world is on the brink of a global pandemic outbreak of a new deadly strain of flu, H1N1 as it has been labelled, or more popularly, Swine Flu. As the story goes, the outbreak of the deadly flu was first discovered in Mexico. According to press reports, after several days, headlines reported as many as perhaps 150 deaths in Mexico were believed caused by this virulent people-killing pig virus that has spread to humans and now is allegedly being further spread from human to human. Cases were being reported hourly from Canada to Spain and beyond. The only thing wrong with this story is that it is largely based on lies, hype and coverup of possible real causes of Mexican deaths.

    The reporters add, ‘It was confirmed on Monday (April 27 2009-w.e.) that Edgar was the first known sufferer of swine flu, a revelation that has put La Gloria and its surrounding factory pig farms and ‘manure lagoons’ at the centre of a global race to find how this new and deadly strain of swine flu emerged.’6

    In October 2005 the Pentagon ordered vaccination of all US military personnel worldwide against what it called Avian Flu, H5N1. Scare stories filled world media. Then, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld announced he had budgeted more than $1 billion to stockpile the vaccine, Oseltamivir sold under the name, Tamiflu. President Bush called on Congress to appropriate another $2 billion for Tamiflu stocks.

    What Rumsfeld neglected to report at the time was a colossal conflict of interest. Prior to coming to Washington in January 2001, Rumsfeld had been chairman of a California pharmaceutical company, Gilead Sciences. Gilead Sciences held exclusive world patent rights to Tamiflu, a drug it had developed and whose world marketing rights were sold to the Swiss pharma giant, Roche. Rumsfeld was reportedly the largest stock holder in Gilead which got 10% of every Tamiflu dose Roche sold.14 When it leaked out, the Pentagon issued a curt statement to the effect that Secretary Rumsfeld had decided not to sell but to retain his stock in Gilead, claiming that to sell would have indicated something to hide.’ That agonizing decision won him reported added millions as the Gilead share price soared more than 700% in weeks.

    Panic and fear of death was used by the Bush Administration skilfully to promote the Avian Flu fraud. With ominous echoes of the current Swine Flu scare, Avian Flu was traced back to huge chicken factory farms in Thailand and other parts of Asia whose products were shipped across the world. Instead of a serious investigation into the sanitary conditions of those chicken factory farms, the Bush Administration and WHO blamed ‘free-roaming chickens’ on small family farms, a move that had devastating economic consequences to the farmers whose chickens were being raised in the most sanitary natural conditions. Tyson Foods of Arkansas and CG Group of Thailand reportedly smiled all the way to the bank.
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    This little piggy went to the market,
    This little piggy stayed home,
    This little piggy had roast beef,
    This little piggy went to Mexico,
    And went sniffle sniffle sniffle all the way home.

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    Quote Originally Posted by OneRedArmy View Post
    On the basis the WHO have said it can't be stopped travelling at this stage, I would say that's a reasonable accurate, headline.

    Here's hoping it continues to be non-fatal outside Mexico.

    I dont think we should be looking to musicians for advise on this.


    Anyway its confirmed in Ireland now.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Longfordian View Post
    A 23 month old child died has died from it in Texas apparently. The first fatality outside Mexico.
    A mexican child taken over the border for treatment.

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    BBC News

    There has been a small outbreak of “zombism” in London due to mutation of the H1N1 virus into new strain: H1Z1.

    Similar to a scare originally found in Cambodia back in 2005, victims of a new strain of the swine flu virus H1N1 have been reported in London.
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    Quote Originally Posted by pete View Post
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    Crazy!
    There's a reason why all them zombie films such as 28 Days Later and I Am Legend have been wrote!

    Preparing us for something, there have been more and more of these films lately!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by pete View Post
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    Crazy!
    Ha ha Good one pete. Nice link. I wonder how many fell for it.
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    Word of advice, don't bother calling the swine flu helpline set up, the line is so bad all you get is crackling!
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    This is really journo heaven at the moment, and there is more hot air more than common sense.

    Swine Flu isn't killing anyone outside of Mexico. Still, it gives the WHO something to do for a while.

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    Quote Originally Posted by mypost View Post
    Swine Flu isn't killing anyone outside of Mexico. Still, it gives the WHO something to do for a while.
    It allows the WHO to justify their jobs.

    Martial law bill passed in Massachusetts

    It took corporate media swine flu hysteria to ram through a martial law bill in Massachusetts. S18 gives the Governor the power to authorize the deployment and use of force to distribute supplies and materials and local authorities will be allowed to enter private residences for investigation and to quarantine individuals.
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    Pete you really are providing some dodgy links.
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    Quote Originally Posted by NeilMcD View Post
    Pete you really are providing some dodgy links.
    He's Galtee as charged
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