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Deadly Mankind threatening virus #31852: Bird Flu

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  • Dirtbox 23 Jan 2004 07:44:53 73,664 posts
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    Yep, it's hard not to get jaded by the constant bombardment of weird and wonderful viruses, bugs and diseases that that pop up every year or two.

    The latest in line is seemingly no more/less worrying than any other but bearing in mind that plagues have wiped out billions of people perhaps we should start taking more notice.

    No?

    Ah you're probably right.

    Edited by Dirtbox at 07:45:17 23-01-2004

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  • BartonFink 23 Jan 2004 08:12:31 34,743 posts
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    Is this the one carried by chickens that's broken out in China.

    Basically the worry is that if a person already has some form of the flu virus (compromised immune system and all that) comes in contact with the chicken flu (can't think of the acual name) the two will combine and mutate into something much worse that we have no way of curing currently. If you thought SARS was bad this would be mental.
  • Shivoa 23 Jan 2004 08:31:37 5,677 posts
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    We're all going to die. Let's just face the cold facts, if the bugs don't get us the out of control military AIs will.

    Oh, and I got a tax form in the post today that asks for all my earnings since Sept 2002 (like I remember all the various payments I've recieved since then, time to traul the bank statments for all money I've handled in the last 18 months) which is a bit rich being as I've been a student and been paying the gov_t £1000 for the privilege (which better be tax deductable from my total earnings as it would just be screwed up for the gov_t to tax me a grand for higher education based on both my parents having jobs and then expect me to pay tax on the money I earn to pay off their student fees) and is also one of the signs of the apocalypse so time to build that nuclear bunker everyone!
  • Blerk Moderator 23 Jan 2004 08:42:59 47,754 posts
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    If we're all going to die then can it wait until Monday? I'd hate to die just before the weekend.
  • itamae 23 Jan 2004 08:50:42 9,722 posts
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    Well, the "common" influenza viri are happily mutating bastards anyway, so I wouldn't worry about them mating with chicken flu. By the way, the common flu usually kills tens of thousands (maybe even hundreds of thousands, don't know the exact figures) of people per year which doesn't seem to worry people too much.

    Now genetically engineered murine small pox, that's a completely different matter... /shudders
  • Blerk Moderator 23 Jan 2004 09:45:25 47,754 posts
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    /feeds vermin rat poison
  • renzo 23 Jan 2004 09:51:27 3,195 posts
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    vermin wrote:
    click this link.. instant death. Ah wait.. you're already there, aren't you?
    /clicks link

    /"Set http://www.spong.com as homepage?"

    /clicks "Yes"

    oooooooooooooooooooooh... roo-mars... spek-koo-lay-shun... bool-shhh-it noose stor-ree
  • kalel 5 Jan 2006 12:50:30 76,454 posts
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    It's official. Europe has bird flu. We're all going to die.
  • UncleLou Moderator 5 Jan 2006 12:56:56 34,665 posts
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    kalel wrote:
    It's official. Europe has bird flu. We're all going to die.

    This hasn't happened in Europe. :p
  • drumbaby 5 Jan 2006 12:58:48 2,688 posts
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    It'll probably mutate into something nice that cures cancer....don't sweat it.
  • kalel 5 Jan 2006 13:05:27 76,454 posts
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    UncleLou wrote:
    kalel wrote:
    It's official. Europe has bird flu. We're all going to die.

    This hasn't happened in Europe. :p
    What continent is that then pray tell? :p

    Edited by kalel at 13:05:41 05-01-2006
  • UncleLou Moderator 5 Jan 2006 13:08:42 34,665 posts
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    kalel wrote:
    UncleLou wrote:
    kalel wrote:
    It's official. Europe has bird flu. We're all going to die.

    This hasn't happened in Europe. :p
    What continent is that then pray tell? :p
    The Republic of Turkey or Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye), is a bicontinental country located mainly in Asia Minor, with 3% of its land located in the Balkans. Its strategic location straddles the Bosphorus straits that separate Southwest Asia from Southeast Europe.

    /pedant and proud of it ;)
  • kalel 5 Jan 2006 13:11:25 76,454 posts
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    Not actually getting to the bottom of the issue though are we ;)

    Asia
    Africa
    America
    Australia
    Europe

    Pick one :p
  • UncleLou Moderator 5 Jan 2006 13:13:44 34,665 posts
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    kalel wrote:
    Not actually getting to the bottom of the issue though are we ;)

    Asia
    Africa
    America
    Australia
    Europe

    Pick one :p
    You got me now! ;)
  • MetalDog 5 Jan 2006 13:15:04 23,448 posts
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    Monday's good for me.
    /bookmarks spong

    -- boobs do nothing for me, I want moustaches and chest hair.

  • AnotherMartin 5 Jan 2006 13:20:00 6,229 posts
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    UncleLou wrote:
    kalel wrote:
    Not actually getting to the bottom of the issue though are we ;)

    Asia
    Africa
    America
    Australia
    Europe

    Pick one :p
    You got me now! ;)
    It's in Eurasia.

  • kalel 5 Jan 2006 13:20:45 76,454 posts
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    AnotherMartin wrote:
    UncleLou wrote:
    kalel wrote:
    Not actually getting to the bottom of the issue though are we ;)

    Asia
    Africa
    America
    Australia
    Europe

    Pick one :p
    You got me now! ;)
    It's in Eurasia.
    No need to be offensive :(
  • AnotherMartin 5 Jan 2006 13:24:30 6,229 posts
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    Soz.
  • ssuellid 5 Jan 2006 13:25:51 19,141 posts
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    It was on the iranian border so Persia. ;)

    Asia really.
  • marilena 5 Jan 2006 13:34:41 8,197 posts
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    Romania is next, I'm sure.

    I don't even mind, it would be better than to live with this freaking breathing problem I'm experiencing. I need air! And sleep!

    /waves 'Sinusitis is Hell' banner
  • DodgyPast 5 Jan 2006 16:03:03 7,863 posts
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    christ what a load of twaddle....

    I was in Asia for SARS and I have been in thailand for the whole of the bird flu thing.

    I wish they'd stop scaring the public with this crap.... does seem like just another ploy to keep you on your decadent dying continent.
  • tengu 8 May 2007 19:54:54 10,295 posts
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  • GiarcYekrub 25 Apr 2009 22:25:54 3,150 posts
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    What number is this swine flu?
  • askew 25 Apr 2009 22:26:46 10,596 posts
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    H1N1

    Outbreak in NYC now :o

    /stocks up on masks, avoids pigs, shit stirs
  • Micro_Explosion 25 Apr 2009 22:27:32 9,695 posts
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    3. Its just been lurking for a long time.
  • paul_haine 25 Apr 2009 22:33:58 4,205 posts
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    askew wrote:
    avoids pigs
    But bacon tastes good. Pork chops taste good.
  • Dougs 25 Apr 2009 22:43:29 59,079 posts
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    Pigs are filthy animals. They eat and root in shit
  • Metalfish 25 Apr 2009 22:44:50 8,280 posts
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    I thought that was Banthas?
  • Fizzog 25 Apr 2009 22:45:27 4,108 posts
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    Talking about deadly viruses, can anyone remember a flash game where you have to make a virus pandemic to destroy humankind?
  • Deleted user 25 April 2009 22:46:04
    This could be what the media were hyping up bird flu to be (60 dead in Mexico, outbreak in New York), but they're all too busy with that singing spinster on their front covers.

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