Swine Flu: National Emergency.

[Sparx]

as of today, swine flu was named an national emergency. thoughts?

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33459423/ns/health-cold_and_flu?GT1=43001

 

[Babyjustrun]

I find it a bit ridiculous, but I'm not living in an area where it's growing at a fast rate.

 

[BabyPiglet]

I probably 10-15 people with it, so I'd say it's getting pretty nuts.

 

[Sparx]

i think the "national emergency" label was really just a technicality, from the article. it gave hospitals permission to do extra things to speed up treatment. so i'm not really worried.

 

[DISKATER69]

I had to go to the doctor a few days ago, and there was half the waiting room set up just for flu patients. I would say there was 25-30 people in that section.

 

[DisneyGerry]

bunch of hype

if W was still President they'd be getting on him for more 'Fear'

 

[::Snow_White::]

Not worried. I'm pretty sure half of our junior class had/does have it as of now. They were out for a week and then came back.

 

[DISKATER69]

Deaths from it have reached 1000 so maybe you should be a little bit worried about it. Enough to be more of a clean freak than usual.

 

[BabyPiglet]

Being a clean freak wouldn't help you with the swine flu.

It's spreading around my campus like crazy. We can't even have a conversation anymore without someone mentioning it.

 

[DISKATER69]

Well, not washing your hands and things like that will just make it more likely for you personally to get it.

 

[::Snow_White::]

Deaths from it have reached 1000 so maybe you should be a little bit worried about it. Enough to be more of a clean freak than usual.

I will always be concerned, but I don't worry. I still wash my hands like I usually do and use hand sanitizer after going to a store and I keep up my exercise and diet so that I stay as healthy as possible.

One of my friends is a crazy clean freak. He used hand sanitizer a hundred times a day and he still wound up getting it.

 

[Sparx]

Well, not washing your hands and things like that will just make it more likely for you personally to get it.

partially AIRBORN diseases don't have a whole lot to do with hand washing.

 

[DISKATER69]

I will always be concerned, but I don't worry. I still wash my hands like I usually do and use hand sanitizer after going to a store and I keep up my exercise and diet so that I stay as healthy as possible.

One of my friends is a crazy clean freak. He used hand sanitizer a hundred times a day and he still wound up getting it.

yeah nothing gives you a 100% chance of not getting it. that's why it is important to find a vaccine that we can get enough of and works well. At least most of the cases so far are just mild and don't effect much.

 

[BabyPiglet]

You can't germ-x the air. Sinw Flu is airborne.

 

[Babyjustrun]

Hand sanitizer is useless unless it's used properly.
And most kids in school don't.

 

[::Snow_White::]

Also, I'm curious, if anybody knows how much it costs to get tested for swine flu?

We've only had one confirmed case at our school but my friends were telling me it's $400 or so just to get tested. Yikes. I thought that was interesting. I figured that's why nobody else was confirmed or if they were just assuming it was swine flu since that's what a lot of hospitals are doing.

 

[Babyjustrun]

Here they do not test you. They say it's pretty much likely you have it, but they can't guarantee it. If you feel sick, don't go anywhere.

 

[MickeyisBeast]

Down here it's huge. But, I'm not that worried about it.

 

[MuskratSusie]

I'm not worried about it. At the school I go to we have at least 3-5 cases of it, and the rest just have a different flu that isn't the Swine Flu. But there is a school near by where I live that got hit pretty bad with the Swine Flu. I'm just not really worried about it...don't understand why so many people are freaking out about it.

 

[DramaQueen]

I may sound arrogant but I really am not in any panic about this 'swine flu'
it seems as though most people that die from it are sickly to being with, and a normal, healthy person should be able to get over it just like any other flu.

sure 1,000 deaths sounds like a lot, but in comparison to the regular flu it's nothing, roughly 60,000 people die per year form flu/influenza don't know how reliable this site is, but it's worth a look at the stats.

I think the media is doing what it always does and is fear mongering to make this flu seem to be some crazy epidemic, when really it's killed only a couple hundred people less than the average flu kills PER DAY!