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Swine flu 2009

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Inky_Wretch, Apr 24, 2009.

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  1. Football_Bat

    Football_Bat Well-Known Member

    Re: Swine flu outbreak in Mexico

    A Richardson, Texas elementary school discovers one student with a confirmed case of swine flu ... and shuts the school down for the rest of the week.

    http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/042809dnmetswineflu.117f21302.html
     
    Football_Bat, Apr 27, 2009
    #73
  2. writing irish

    writing irish Active Member

    Re: Swine flu outbreak in Mexico

    I keep waiting for the local preachers to say that the swine flu is humanity's punishment for disobeying Leviticus on the pork thing, but they're strangely quiet.

    Maybe they loves them some Jimmy Dean sausage!
     
    writing irish, Apr 27, 2009
    #74
  3. DanOregon

    DanOregon Well-Known Member

    Re: Swine flu outbreak in Mexico

    Love the local TV stations, EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT SWINE FLU! Worry about your kids! Do you need to get a mask?

    Well, no reported cases in the area. If you're sick, stay home from school and wash your hands. Back to you, Stu and April.

    Though I could see the Minutemen faction use this to crack down on the border, and I don't know if I'd disagree.
     
    DanOregon, Apr 27, 2009
    #75
  4. JBHawkEye

    JBHawkEye Well-Known Member

    Re: Swine flu outbreak in Mexico

    The cable newsers are loving this story. They were in full panic mode today.
     
    JBHawkEye, Apr 27, 2009
    #76
  5. Smallpotatoes

    Smallpotatoes Well-Known Member

    Re: Swine flu outbreak in Mexico

    Sure enough, right-wing talk radio has found something new to blame on illegal immigrants.
    Michael Savage has even gone as far as to suggest that it's a terrorist plot by Muslims to have flu-infected Mexicans cross the border and infect Americans.
    This guy really has a Ph.D.?
     
    Smallpotatoes, Apr 28, 2009
    #77
  6. NoOneLikesUs

    NoOneLikesUs Active Member

    Re: Swine flu outbreak in Mexico

    He has a Ph.D. in medical quackery AKA homeopathy. I listened to him on the drive home from work tonight and he was advocating people not to vaccinated against the flu.

    What an asshole.
     
    NoOneLikesUs, Apr 28, 2009
    #78
  7. greenlantern

    greenlantern Guest

    Re: Swine flu outbreak in Mexico

    Calling him an asshole is an insult to sphincters everywhere.
     
    greenlantern, Apr 28, 2009
    #79
  8. DanOregon

    DanOregon Well-Known Member

    Re: Swine flu outbreak in Mexico

    Jon Stewart's take on the flu was damn funny.
     
    DanOregon, Apr 28, 2009
    #80
  9. OnTheRiver

    OnTheRiver Active Member

    Re: Swine flu outbreak in Mexico

    Snoutbreak '09?
     
    OnTheRiver, Apr 28, 2009
    #81
  10. Armchair_QB

    Armchair_QB Well-Known Member

    Re: Swine flu outbreak in Mexico

    The CDC is reporting a serious outbreak in Washington, D.C.

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    Armchair_QB, Apr 28, 2009
    #82
  11. 2muchcoffeeman

    2muchcoffeeman Well-Known Member

    Re: Swine flu outbreak in Mexico

    Twitter is now being blamed for spreading swine-flu panic. I learned of that ... via Twitter, of course.

    http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/04/28/000200&from=rss

    Also, xkcd is on the story! :D http://xkcd.com/574/
     
    2muchcoffeeman, Apr 28, 2009
    #83
  12. Iron_chet

    Iron_chet Well-Known Member

    Re: Swine flu outbreak in Mexico

    No swine flu in the resort areas on the Pacific or the Yucatan Peninsula. FWIW most of the Canadian Tour Operators are cancelling their Mexican holiday packages for May.

    If you have not booked yet do a bit of shopping and you may get a fantastic deal as the Canadians and Euros are cancelling.


    http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&t=p&msa=0&msid=106484775090296685271.0004681a37b713f6b5950&ll=32.639375,-110.390625&spn=15.738151,25.488281&source=embed
     
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    Iron_chet, Apr 28, 2009
    #84
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