I keep hearing of school closing after school closing…
As martial arts schools, we make physical contact on a regular basis…
Have you started canceling your classes?
Is this being blown out of proportion in the guise of “proactively taking precautions”?
I heard Aloe Vera is on back order with their hand sanitizers! :eek:
Are you kidding?
5 people infected in the UK… One baby dead in the US… 160 dead in Mexico… and 2500 infected… a shame, but no cause for panic at all.
Mexico City is 8 million people, pop density of 15000 per square mile, and the conurbation is 20 mill and 6000… and only 2500 people infected as known so far. Governments seem to be doing the right thing: it’ll blow over as soon as Ebola, SARS and the HK bird flu.
Just don’t go to work if you’re sick with swine flu :eek:
I am hoping to catch the swine flu. I missed all the other deadly epidemics that spread like wild fire killing half the US population; AIDS, SARS, Bird Flu, Mad Cow, the spinach salmonella break, the poisoned Halloween candy, tainted Tylenol, and every serial killer that has existed since Jack the Ripper. :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:
actually mr. punch, there have only been 7 confirmed deaths in Mexico city that are related to the swine flu.
THe other deaths that somehow got lumped in there, no doubt by yet more shoddy reporting and the increasing low standard of what passes for journalism these days, are not related to swine flu.
There are 20 to 30 THOUSAND deaths a year in the USA from influenza of all strains.
Does that panic any of you? You have a better chance of dying in a car crash.
Wash your hands! That’s about all you need to do.
I was listening to the radio on my commute this morning and the guy says “we have been told not to use the word pandemic but now that the WHO has raised the level to 5 we can!”
The very fact that this “journalist broadcaster” is “told” what he can and cannot say makes that media outlet suspect.
One thing is for sure, the mainstream media are not actually journalists anymore and perhaps haven’t been for some time. they are definitely being guided in what to say in order to serve an agenda and that agenda is of course profit and ratings.
The only thing sickening is the mass medias handling of this. They are unworthy.
did you hear abotu the bovine growth hormone scandal in florida where 2 FOX reporters werent allowed to report the links between monsanto’s milk BGH and cancer??
well yeah they refused to lie went to court buty then a few weeks later had to apologise and fox issued a public broadcast saying it was officially not guilty of lying after the court appeal
and the verdict of the trial was overturned not because fox wasnt lying but because it turned out
THERE IS NO LAW IN FLORIDA THAT SAYS LYING ON THE NEWS IS ILLEGAL
so they can legally say whatever they want, at least in florida anyhow :rolleyes:
I’m just waiting to get a good BBQ pulled pork sandwich or BLT on the cheap. Just glad that if I do get a craving for some pork or bacon that I’m not stuck in Egypt.
[QUOTE=golden arhat;932083]did you hear abotu the bovine growth hormone scandal in florida where 2 FOX reporters werent allowed to report the links between monsanto’s milk BGH and cancer??
well yeah they refused to lie went to court buty then a few weeks later had to apologise and fox issued a public broadcast saying it was officially not guilty of lying after the court appeal
and the verdict of the trial was overturned not because fox wasnt lying but because it turned out
THERE IS NO LAW IN FLORIDA THAT SAYS LYING ON THE NEWS IS ILLEGAL
so they can legally say whatever they want, at least in florida anyhow :rolleyes:[/QUOTE]
I heard about that. But I seriously doubt anyone watches the news anymore…
Well I live in Dallas Metro area where they are closing all the schools cause of 2 cases, and other suspected cases.
I am definitely staying way from people that are coughing and sneezing. Just to be safe.
Local news is important…
For global issues, the net is best I think.
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/laurie_garrett_on_lessons_from_the_1918_flu.html
[QUOTE=Xiao3 Meng4;932114]Local news is important…
For global issues, the net is best I think.
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/laurie_garrett_on_lessons_from_the_1918_flu.html[/QUOTE]
yes, i agree with this statement.
I’m going to start looking at air fares for this summer. After Biden said it was unsafe to travel by air I’m sure we’re going to see some good deals!
The flu itself? Not concerned. If I get it I just get it.
The general consensus is that Tamiflu is the best drug to counter the virus.
Sounds like another collaboration of sorts to stimulate Big Pharmaceuticals pockets. Media hype+gullible sheeple= $$$.
[QUOTE=banditshaw;932125]The general consensus is that Tamiflu is the best drug to counter the virus.
Sounds like another collaboration of sorts to stimulate Big Pharmaceuticals pockets. Media hype+gullible sheeple= $$$.[/QUOTE]
The swine flu actually started when the shooter from the grassy knoll teamed up with Elvis and the Men in Black to create a biological superweapon for the sole purpose of discrediting Obama’s first term in office.:rolleyes:
It’s all a bid to kill the Mexican economy so Chrysler and GM can close all their plants there.
Notice how there is no talk in the media about the torture memos anymore too?
But I’ve said too much already.
I vote we call it the mmmmmpocalypse!
I read that swine flu will be worse or stronger than SARS.
mask, washing hand
:eek:
FYI, tamiflu gives your BBQ sauce a nice zing.
Critical Alert: The Swine Flu Pandemic – Fact or Fiction?
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2009/04/29/Swine-Flu.aspx
Best remedy for Swine Flu? H1N1
Thus far, I’ve heard a few differing approaches to managing the H1N1 pandemic. Outside of isolating yourself, washing hands frequently and avoiding touching your face, etc., the two herbal remedies I see everyone stocking up on are:
Jade Screen Formula (Yu Ping Feng San) - known to ‘tighten the pores’ to prevent the entry of exterior pathogens, this formula boosts the body’s immunity to prevent catching colds. A delightfully simple formula comprised of: Huang Qi, Fang Feng, Bai Zhu. In summary, it raises the qi, eliminates wind and dries dampness. This is more of a constitutional formula, i.e. addressing deficiency in one’s constitution.
The other formula taken by my teachers from China is Gan Mao Ling, a common cold remedy. This is more of a modern empirically derived formula that contains Ban Lan Gen (radix isatis), which has been shown to have antiviral effects in the laboratory. This is a “wen bing” or warm febrile disease formula specifically designed to combat strong flu-like influences.
This in mind, my current favorite is Ganmao Tuire Chongi, a granulated formula containing ban lan gen and da qing ye (both from the same plant) in addition to herbs to direct the actions to the lungs and respiratory system. It is usually found in a yellow or green box at the herbalist’s shop, and only costs a few (under 10) bucks. I used this formula with great success last time I got sick, and beat back the cold in 3 days with no lingering phlegm, cough etc. My friends, by comparison, had the same cold and it lasted about 15 days untreated.
how do you prevent colds and flu? How do you battle 'em once you got one?
in health,
herb ox
One thing I still don’t understand, is how a virus mutates, what causes a virus to mutate, or has a newly discovered strain sometimes always been around but just not identified. I understand things like Ultraviolet and cosmic rays, toxic agents, and genetic/genome manipulation can cause or account for some of the mutations, but because viruses are so genetically specific, given they are just shells with DNA or RNA sequences and instructions inside, it just makes me scratch my head sometimes. Are viruses perhaps more than publicly accessible science perceives to know about them ?