Swine Flu - We're all going to die

Originally Posted by nuttyturnip

-We're supposed to call it H1N1 flu now, because it's upsetting the Jews/Muslims/Pigs/Others.

The pork industry is pissed because some people are quitting pork over this, which is stupid and will allow me to reap the rewards of discounted bacon.

However, the Jew thing is bullshit. One guy, who is a religious nutjob, is saying that. It's not my fault that he's the deputy Health Minister! I guess Israel didn't think a proper Health Minister would be worth investing in until the last minute, so the Prime Minister of Israel just nominated a guy from the Yahdut Hatora since he owed them a favor or something. He didn't even want the job. He doesn't know anything about health, or about foreign relations either since he blamed the flu on Mexicans.

Anyway, the point is, no one thinks of flus as kosher or not kosher.

Also I think the guy whose desk is in front of mine has swine flu. I will report with additional information as it comes.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Musharraf

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.

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?

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by Musharraf

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?

Some nosepicker from Germany thinks a bunch of doctors and medical researchers from around the world are wrong?

Yeah, that sounds legitimate, I'm gonna go with this guy.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.