Swine Flu.

Egypt is apparently killing all their pigs. Despite there being no evidence that pigs are the actual vector of the outbreak. Oh, and there hasn't been a single case in Egypt yet.

Goddamn it, guys. You used to build pyramids. You should be smarter than this.

On that note, I'm coming down with sickness. I'm also not panicking. I'll be doing the same thing I always do---20% more sleep, lots of water and orange juice, and avoid hacking on people. Seriously, guys, if this little blip of influenza is supposed to be a CLASS FIVE EPIDEMIC OMG, then the system is very, very lame. More than 30000 Americans die each year from influenza. Our current death toll from swine flu is ONE. A young child, (who are among the most common victims of EVERYTHING). One who visited Mexico, with a health care system that's kinda...how can put this nicely...shit.

THIS IS NOT A PANDEMIC. THIS IS FLU SEASON.

sdfgsdfgsdfg COCKS

also happy pico day

also holy shit my account didn't get deleted, WHO WOULD HAVE GUESSED? XD

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Cyberdevil 2009-04-30 08:46:13

Hmm, so it seems, a massive slaughter without real reason. Get better, the swine flu isn't as lethal as they say in less ocerpupulated countries with awarness for medial careness.

SlashFirestorm 2009-04-30 08:46:13

The amount of paranoia around the world is astounding and depressing. :-(

leobara 2009-04-30 18:37:03

dude get better man even thou soppusedly there is no cure it is still influenza meaning it is a flu wich a normal flu has a cure they just did'n find try goin online type in spirulina that i said to be "A MIRACLE PILL" oh and good thing your not getting deleted there would of been chaos with no one telling how to prevent spam and other crap and i almost forgot happy pico day

SlashFirestorm 2009-04-30 18:37:03

There's no "cure" for the flu, only vaccines which reduce the chances of catching it and reduce the effects if contracted. Of course, since the flu mutates constantly, new vaccines must constantly be created, since old ones lose effectiveness as the virus changes.

The fact that there's no cure doesn't mean you should be worried, though, since healthy people who get their shots deal with the virus on their own without much trouble.

BenwaHakubi 2009-04-30 19:24:13

I kno. Little kids and old ppl die of everything, even a heat wave can kill them

fuckin pussies >>

SlashFirestorm 2009-04-30 19:24:13

indeed

Dslash 2009-05-01 20:15:25

Holy shit! If the flu goes on like this without medicine, humanity would probrably sooner die, just because of.....MEXICANS!!!!!!! AGH!!!

SlashFirestorm 2009-05-01 20:15:25 (Updated 2009-05-01 20:26:21)

Even without vaccines, the flu is only a minor threat unless you're very young, very old, or very sick. Vaccines help, though, although you need to get the most recent versions (to deal with new and mutating strains) for it to be notably effective.

Hopefully they won't make the same mistake Gerald Ford did, when the swine flu hit in 1976. They rushed out a vaccine without bothering with the proper testing and a number of people got GBS (Guillain-Barre Syndrome); while side effects are unavoidable, they could have been reduced with a bit more patience and study.

leobara 2009-05-02 15:35:40

Well hope fully you get the right vacines well get better dude keep in mind we all here for ya

SlashFirestorm 2009-05-02 15:35:40

Your sympathy would be better given to someone at risk of severe illness, not a 23 year old who shrugs off most sicknesses within a week.

igott 2009-05-02 17:40:34

It's not Flu Season, it's Allergy Season. How do I know this? Why I suffer from pollen.

SlashFirestorm 2009-05-02 17:40:34

plant jizz

lol

igott 2009-05-02 17:44:00

Also, Dslash, Mexicans are the ones that make sure the Emos and Scences don't multiply and damage the avg. of humanity's intelligence and logic. Makes the, Dramacrats', EDiots', Trolls' and /b/tards' jobs easier of holding the newfaggotory down.

SlashFirestorm 2009-05-02 17:44:00

I've been spending a good deal of my Newgrounds time browsing the recent blog pages for swine flu-related posts and letting them know how overblown this "crisis" is. There's a disappointingly high number of people who believe this is the Black Death.

gfsfgsfgs

terex16 2009-05-03 07:34:06

lol. swine flu is a load of bull shi*

SlashFirestorm 2009-05-03 07:34:06

Yes.

igott 2009-05-03 21:05:51

Still, Dead Mexicans = Living Emo kids = Moar work for me.

SlashFirestorm 2009-05-03 21:05:51

I'm starting to hope it DOES go Captain Trips and start killing everyone. All my re-assurances would be wrong, but the people would finally have what they want---mindless panic!

yeah

whitewolf3307 2009-05-04 08:43:43

people are always afraid of what they don't understand look at our history, just kill what you don't know and somehow we'll learn something. Thats just the way people are stupid.

SlashFirestorm 2009-05-04 08:43:43

People are indeed stupid.

BloodofOblivion523 2009-06-07 05:55:55

This whole Swine Flu shit is being blown WAY out of proportion. Yes, it is horrible that those people died but it's because they have little to no immune systems. This flu is just like any other flu and I think we need to treat it as such and not shit our pants when someone gets sick. With the way we act, if someone so much as sneezed we upgrade to Level 5 contamination and we start rounding up anyone who had a sniffle and put them into a camp.
It's exaggerated, I know, but not by much.

SlashFirestorm 2009-06-07 05:55:55

The WHO Pandemic Severity Index is a joke. It should be tossed aside and re-written into something that details both spread AND severity. A class six pandemic should be fuckin' vampirism or something, not this pitiful little case of the sniffles.

Swine Flu.

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