Don't Sweat Swine Flu... David Jaffe's Doctor Says So

I should care about what David Jaffe's doctor says because... why, exactly?

Meh, like it or not, he's probably right.

And hey, that's coming from someone who's rooting for swine flu. I think we'd all be a lot better off in the long run if it mutated into some super flu and wiped out 2/3 of the world's population.

Although, as a veteran of Pandemic 2, I can tell you right now - at the first sign that's happening, I'm moving to Madagascar. Damn you, Madagascar. Damn you to hell.

Why is David Jaffe such a douchebag?

Oh man, people in Mexico are dying?  Well, this sounds like my problem, just like their drug war and corruption and overall laziness sounds like my problem. 

Seems to me like the bored news services are trying to link all sorts of deaths to this 'swine flu' in hopes of whipping up a frenzy.  You know who wins?  The assholes who make Tamiflu and just sold it to governments all over the for a complete non-issue.  They sold 12 million units or so to the USA alone (and how much does a unit cost, that's what I want to know).  Sounds like a great way to waste millions of dollars all because the news found a new boogeyman.

I want to know when we started taking what happens in Mexico and accepted that it should alter OUR behavior.  Fuck Mexico.  They're not a good indicator of the lethality of a disease, just like they're not a good example of how to run a government.

if i remember reading correctly they are worried about it becuse it not just going to animal to human but human to human which it could mutant into something that worse and the trements might make it a stronger virus in the end.

Thanks Zaruka

Swine flu sucks.  My father talks about a case of it that he got about 30 years ago.  It was the sickest he's ever been.  When you're temperature goes in the "red" and you're shooting out liquids faster than you can replace them, it can get bad.

Granted, he had access to decent medical facilities and took care of his health in general.  Most of the deaths we've heard about so far are from Mexico, which isn't the cleanest place around (don't lecture me, I've visited Mexico City, blech), and doesn't exactly offer the best in health care.

Are a lot of people probably going to get sick all over the world?  Probably.  Heard about Spain this morning on the BBC News.  But is it going to end up killing tens of thousands?  Probably not.  A simple anti-virus seems to work if you catch it in the first 72 hours, and healthy individuals can survive it just fine.

Meh, I keep seeign cases about it on Fox news. This is just further reason as to why that channel doesn't get my ratings.

it's like the regular flu. it is just new and exciting, and fear sells, so the media is hyping it. should be fine. and what's more, if those people in mexico actually died of swine flu, it was probably because they couldn't get access to decent healthcare. how many cases in america are there? and how many of them died? that's right, as long as you can get to a hospital, and afford anti-virals, you will be fine.

It is not murder; I am merely advancing the hands of the clock, just a bit.