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How much do you fear a global avian flu pandemic?
| Hellzapoppin, people. I have purchased a yurt in Utah to retreat to and am liquidating my assets. If you or anybody else try and shelter yourself with me and mine, I will shoot you. | 1 votes |
| I am really scared. | 0 votes |
| I think it could be bad. I know global authorities can offset this but I fear that they can't. | 1 votes |
| I think it could be bad. I know global authorities can offset this and I hope they can. | 4 votes |
| i am aware of this, but I'm confident it can be combatted effectively. | 1 votes |
| Bring it on, beeyotch. | 3 votes |
| Edgy DC Nov 03 2005 11:05 AM |
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| KC Nov 03 2005 11:11 AM |
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I'm holding out for global fire and locusts before I fret too much over this.
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| Benjamin Grimm Nov 03 2005 11:19 AM |
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Even in the worst case scenarios I've heard, about 1 out of 500 people worldwide would die of this. And that would be horrible, of course, but it wouldn't exactly end civilization.
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| Edgy DC Nov 03 2005 11:31 AM |
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Why don't you write more about your ducks?
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| MFS62 Nov 03 2005 11:44 AM |
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KC, that's the kind of solution stuff my company deals in. If you're interested in pursuing it, please PM me. Later
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| metirish Nov 03 2005 11:47 AM |
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I have no fear really, infact I seem to have been eating more chicken the last month....plus I have full faith that our Goverment would be able to handle a major outbreak....
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| Benjamin Grimm Nov 03 2005 12:09 PM |
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I'm sure Bush wouldn't put anybody in charge who wasn't completely qualified.
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| SwitchHitter Nov 03 2005 12:18 PM |
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Yancy, do you believe in the tooth fairy? Just wondering.
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| seawolf17 Nov 03 2005 12:24 PM |
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I voted option four. I'm optimistic that something will be done, but not confident in that optimism. Extra concern for me is that little Seawolf18 is due in February, and I don't want any flu -- bird, monkey, or otherwise -- of any kind coming anywhere near me until roughly 2012.
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| Johnny Dickshot Nov 03 2005 12:48 PM |
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I couldn't find the : "Your government is trying to keep you in a constant state of fear and divert your attention from other matters" button.
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| Elster88 Nov 03 2005 12:48 PM |
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SC? I hope it's high, because this actually made me laugh...then I thought to myself, "Wait, is he serious?"
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| metirish Nov 03 2005 12:54 PM |
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Come on Brownie you know I'm taking the piss....
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| Edgy DC Nov 03 2005 12:58 PM |
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My colleague across the hall says every time there is a terror alert in any city that the government is trying to keep people diverted from the real danger of the bird flu.
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| Willets Point Nov 03 2005 01:07 PM |
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Has avian flu even made the jump from birds to humans yet? I've not read anything about a human being with the disease.
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| metirish Nov 03 2005 01:10 PM |
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I don't think so Willets but I bet pharmaceuticals stocks are up...
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| Edgy DC Nov 03 2005 01:12 PM |
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Last I read, 121 cases have been reported, with 62 deaths. In most cases, they were able to trace the transmission to human contact with
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| seawolf17 Nov 03 2005 01:13 PM |
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But only sexual contact, apparently.
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| Centerfield Nov 03 2005 01:13 PM |
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I guess bird poop is not quite as lucky as has been in the past.
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| Willets Point Nov 03 2005 01:17 PM |
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50% is pretty scary number but as Edgy points out it's not been seen to transmit human to human so it's less of a threat than say the 1918 Influenza. Also, I wonder where those 121 cases were. If they're Chinese peasants going to the bird market with crappy health care, again it's not something the world needs to get hysterical about getting.
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| metsmarathon Nov 03 2005 01:37 PM |
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i feel obligated to vote for any and all poll options that include the word "yurt"
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| Edgy DC Nov 03 2005 01:40 PM |
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Mental note: work a yurt into all my parodies.
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| Willets Point Nov 03 2005 02:23 PM |
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Dr. Marc Siegel thinks it's blown out of proportion.
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