Swine Flu - We're all going to die

I dunno what fucking homo deleted my post, but I still think that people blow this one out of all possible proportions.
So the WHO (the institution, not the band) just decided to make people around the world insecure by jumping to level five. Fuck the WHO, they have no fucking idea what they are talking about.
So there are a couple of swine flu victims in Mexico. Fuck Mexico, their health care system is barely better than the democratic system in North Korea.

Now everyone is jumping around, TV stations drawing worst case scenarios (seriously, fuck those idiots). Geez, you guys all need a large cup of chillax. You CAN shake other peoples' hands. You CAN eat pork. You will NOT die. Okay?

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by a lurker

Yeah, I too don't understand why someone would want to raise awareness of a possible pandemic to allow local authorities to prepare for handling the situation.

Do you also oppose volcano monitoring?

No, I don't oppose volcano monitoring (good comparison by the way, got you some props!) but just in case you haven't noticed yet, there is a pretty huge hysteria about a flu that is probably not any more dangerous than a common cold. It's been the same with BSE, it's been the same with SARS and it's been the same with the bird flu. Why should it be any different this time?

There's nowhere I can't reach.

I guess you got my point.

When the bird flu hit the planet in 2006, scientists went as far as predicting a pandemic that could kill a large fraction of the human population. There was a huge panic, Germany even thought about cancelling the Soccer World Cup. In the end, there have been 421 cases, of which 257 resulted in death. Not exactly a serious pandemic if you ask me. Same with SARS ("we're all going to die"). And what the heck, dude, you know about the health care situation in some Asian countries just as well as I do.

How ya doing, buddy?

Because they spent billions of bucks for research and killed hundreds of millions of birds to try to contain H5N1. What exactly is your point?

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Are you interested in a serious debate?

All I am saying is that it has yet to be proven that the swine flu is as dangerous as many people say it is. When I speak of "mass hysteria", why would I mean spending money for research? Of course - and I guess you know that - I was talking about some people around this planet drawing worst-case-scenarios, which I think isn't really helpful at all. I am very well aware of the fact that spending a lot of money for research can help to contain a flu, and why exactly would I oppose a move like that?

I predict that in a few weeks, nobody speaks about this anymore anyway. Sure, I might be wrong, but then again, that's just my prediction which of course I know not everyone agrees with.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Originally Posted by Bigblah

Adopting a "let's wait and see" attitude would simply be retarded.

I wholeheartly agree, but in my opinion there is a difference between taking the necessary measures and creating a mass panic.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?