Pandemic Flu Thread:3-11-07 Bird Flu deaths increasing

dmcowen674

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This has to be God's work, right?

Why would Bush and the Republicans develop a plan that goes against God's wishes???

Many have said the Hurricanes down here was a way God used to cleanse the sin and decadence out.

Well all the recent population control hasn't been enough so get ready for 2 million Americans to be killed:

10-8-2005 U.S. Developing Plan for Flu Pandemic

WASHINGTON - A super-flu could kill up to 1.9 million Americans, according to a draft of the government's plan to fight a worldwide epidemic.

Officials are rewriting that plan to designate not just who cares for the sick but who will keep the country running amid the chaos, said an influenza specialist who is advising the government on those decisions.

"How do you provide food, water ... basic security for the population?" asked Michael Osterholm of the University of Minnesota, a government adviser who has a copy of the draft plan and described it for The Associated Press.

"This is a much more comprehensive view than has previously been detailed," he said in an interview Saturday.

The Bush administration has spent the last year updating its plan for how to fight the next flu pandemic. While it is impossible to say when one will strike, the fear is that the bird flu in Asia could trigger one if it mutates to start spreading easily among people.

If the next pandemic resembles the birdlike 1918 Spanish flu, as many as 1.9 million could die, Osterholm said. Millions more would be ill, overwhelming hospitals.

The government has on hand enough of the anti-flu drug Tamiflu to treat 4.3 million people. Manufacturing of $100 million worth of a bird flu vaccine just began.

Also being considered is the possibility that Tamiflu will not be powerful enough to treat someone already sick, but could protect against illness if given beforehand.

So who would get the 4.3 million doses?

Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt recently met with Cabinet secretaries to get other federal agencies to determine their role in stemming rioting at vaccine clinics; when to close schools; how to keep gasoline, electricity, food and water supplies running; and how to manage the economic fallout.
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I haven't been a loyal Republican so I know I won't be getting a vaccine shot.
 

XZeroII

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Just another stupid SARS. Everyone in the US is going to start to panic and get all worked up about some stupid threat that has a 1% chance of doing any actual damage, if it does anything at all.

And worst of all, fearmongers like Dave here just spread this stuff like crazy.
 

dphantom

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Originally posted by: XZeroII
Just another stupid SARS. Everyone in the US is going to start to panic and get all worked up about some stupid threat that has a 1% chance of doing any actual damage, if it does anything at all.

And worst of all, fearmongers like Dave here just spread this stuff like crazy.

You got that right. :thumbsup:

Just another excuse to trump up some outlandish claim against Bush.
 

Red Dawn

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This is all happening because of global warming.
I'm surprised you didn't blame it on the Euro's, you blame everything else on them.
 

Pabster

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Originally posted by: XZeroII
Just another stupid SARS. Everyone in the US is going to start to panic and get all worked up about some stupid threat that has a 1% chance of doing any actual damage, if it does anything at all.

And worst of all, fearmongers like Dave here just spread this stuff like crazy.

:thumbsup:

But wait...we missed the memo again...THE SKY IS FALLING!!!!!
 

bamacre

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Originally posted by: dmcowen674
Many have said the Hurricanes down here was a way God used to cleanse the sin and decadence out.


You obviously have a fvcked-up definition of the word, "many."

You see things through some odd eyes.
 

dphantom

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Originally posted by: bamacre
Originally posted by: dmcowen674
Many have said the Hurricanes down here was a way God used to cleanse the sin and decadence out.


You obviously have a fvcked-up definition of the word, "many."

You see things through some odd eyes.

Nah, Dave's just an idiot.
 

CKent

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More needlessly dead Americans? Bush, Cheney & Rumsfeld must've given this one six :thumbsup:
 

dphantom

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Originally posted by: dmcowen674
Originally posted by: dphantom
Originally posted by: bamacre
Originally posted by: dmcowen674
Many have said the Hurricanes down here was a way God used to cleanse the sin and decadence out.


You obviously have a fvcked-up definition of the word, "many."

You see things through some odd eyes.

Nah, Dave's just an idiot.

Correction - Idiot with Tin Foil

Keep sending 'em dave. The humor while working is great. :):beer:
 

NeoV

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the potential for a global outbreak is very real...this isn't a right wing or left wing issue

I for one am pleased that this administration is at least taking the threat very seriously...and I don't compliment them very often.

Pabster...good to see you still have your parrot-like response..."sky is falling, sky is falling"
 

alchemize

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The government really needs to start Tamiflu production/stockpiling. It's the only thing that will work against a "superflu" if the vaccine is missed.
 

Hayabusa Rider

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Ok, enlighten me. There has been priorities given for flu vaccine in the past. Immunocompromised, elderly, those with certain medical conditions and health care workers likely to be exposed. What's left is distributed to the general public. It's done this way for reasons that are painfully obvious to me.

Most likely we will continue to see the same scenario.
 

dmcowen674

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10-8-2005 Romania and Turkey report new bird flu outbreaks

If the Romanian cases turn out to be the deadly H5N1 virus, they would be the first evidence the strain has spread to Europe from Asia.

Experts fear the H5N1 virus could mutate into one which spreads easily among humans, creating a pandemic that might kill millions. The so-called Spanish flu pandemic of 1918 killed between 20 and 40 million people worldwide.
 

Bitek

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Originally posted by: alchemize
The government really needs to start Tamiflu production/stockpiling. It's the only thing that will work against a "superflu" if the vaccine is missed.


Actually that would be Roche who needs to produce more. Too bad Pharmas are da 3vil which the righteous have sued incessantly to punish them from distrubuting their evil wares. Fortunately they have been largely successful driving vaccine manufacture out of this country and out of the marketplace. Pray that they do not waiver in their quest to vanquish Merck and their Vioxx devilry, nor do they stay their hand in undeserving mercy against all their other pharma allies. Do not let yourself be decieved by their claims of "healthcare" and "medicines." These are the lies of the evildoers to test your resolve. Brother Dave and Brother BBDoc has been strong and steadfast in his rejection of these demon goods. He will be the first to refuse to have his precious bodily fluids spoiled by their corruption. Let this be an example to us all.
 

Pabster

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Originally posted by: Hafen
Brother Dave and Brother BBDoc has been strong and steadfast in his rejection of these demon goods. He will be the first to refuse to have his precious bodily fluids spoiled by their corruption. Let this be an example to us all.

Baloney. The circle jerkers would be the first in line for a vaccine. And the first to b!tch when enough wasn't available.
 

Darkhawk28

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I see the right-wing whores are out in force poo-pooing one brand of "scare", yet at the same time prostituting another (terrorism). The hypocrisy is overwhelming.
 

Pabster

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Originally posted by: Darkhawk28
I see the right-wing whores are out in force poo-pooing one brand of "scare", yet at the same time prostituting another (terrorism). The hypocrisy is overwhelming.

Yeah, of course. I mean, I have a better chance of catching this terrible bird flu than a terrorist blowing up a subway... </sarcasm>
 

Darkhawk28

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Originally posted by: Pabster
Originally posted by: Darkhawk28
I see the right-wing whores are out in force poo-pooing one brand of "scare", yet at the same time prostituting another (terrorism). The hypocrisy is overwhelming.

Yeah, of course. I mean, I have a better chance of catching this terrible bird flu than a terrorist blowing up a subway... </sarcasm>

Well, hell, you believe in terrorism so much, it's the cornerstone for any reasoning behind everything you believe.

An ounce of precaution is worth a pound of cure, unless it's something you can't shoot.
 

Pabster

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Originally posted by: Darkhawk28
Well, hell, you believe in terrorism so much, it's the cornerstone for any reasoning behind everything you believe.

An ounce of precaution is worth a pound of cure, unless it's something you can't shoot.

So am I to infer from your statements that you deny the very existence of terrorism? And/or that it is a threat?
 

Darkhawk28

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Originally posted by: Pabster
Originally posted by: Darkhawk28
Well, hell, you believe in terrorism so much, it's the cornerstone for any reasoning behind everything you believe.

An ounce of precaution is worth a pound of cure, unless it's something you can't shoot.

So am I to infer from your statements that you deny the very existence of terrorism? And/or that it is a threat?

No, but the poo-pooing of one threat versus another is the height of hypocrisy.
 

smack Down

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Originally posted by: Pabster
Originally posted by: Darkhawk28
Well, hell, you believe in terrorism so much, it's the cornerstone for any reasoning behind everything you believe.

An ounce of precaution is worth a pound of cure, unless it's something you can't shoot.

So am I to infer from your statements that you deny the very existence of terrorism? And/or that it is a threat?

How many people in the last decaded have died from terrorism. Now find out how many people have died from the flu.