Sickness?!

**Thorpe** · 10-22-2009, 08:17 PM

Originally Posted by TrailerRider

Eat veggies and have lots of sex (exercise) and life will be good.

Lots of sex?!?! Ah crap... My wife must be tring to kill me...

**MonroeMike** · 10-22-2009, 08:18 PM

Dang, I just got a flu shot.

**300rman** · 10-23-2009, 01:26 AM

Originally Posted by DixiePlowboy

I can smell the old data, that's for sure.

Look at the date on the article you posted....April 29.

Try this one on instead....dated Oct. 21. The new number of deaths are over 800.....and I can assure you that Fox News isn't working with the gub'ment to hype the numbers in some sinister conspiracy.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,568838,00.html

oh wow....800. so far, the total deaths from H1N1 dont even trump the 3000 deaths a month from regular old flu......how long has H1N1 been hyped up as an end of the world disease? i can say easily 6 months, so that equals out to be...around 130 a month, but its been going on longer than 6 months, as 150 were dead in april.....

and it comes no where NEAR the amount of deaths smoking causes, around 33,000 a month (assuming smoking deaths have declined since 03-04)
http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2008/r081113.htm

about 410 people die a month from cars hitting pedestrians, so i guess we just shouldnt cross the street anymore either.
http://legalcatch.wordpress.com/2008...nt-statistics/

im not saying H1N1 isnt dangerous, but I think its safe to assume that you have a greater chance of drowning in the toilet than dying from H1N1......i mean, drowning is the second leading cause of injury related death in children 1-14 years old......
http://usa.safekids.org/tier3_cd.cfm...t_item_id=1032

**DixiePlowboy** · 10-23-2009, 07:30 AM

Originally Posted by 300rman

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It's not an end of the world disease anymore than you are a health/safety expert.

Glad you're not concerned about much of anything(other than drowning in the toilet), but to some parents, ANY increased risk of losing a child is one too many to just stick your head in the sand and hope for the best.

**fabiodriven** · 10-23-2009, 09:07 AM

Originally Posted by DixiePlowboy

It's not an end of the world disease anymore than you are a health/safety expert.

Glad you're not concerned about much of anything(other than drowning in the toilet), but to some parents, ANY increased risk of losing a child is one too many to just stick your head in the sand and hope for the best.

Look at the number he's posting. It's in black and white. You really don't think they're putting hype on this stupid flu strain for whatever agenda they may have?

33,000 vs 800 for smoking

3000 vs 800 for the regular flu

H1M1 is only double the threat of me crossing the street? Hmm, seems like I should get really worried and go out to get a vaccine ASAP.

**DixiePlowboy** · 10-23-2009, 05:19 PM

Well, his original numbers were based on a 6 month old article, so I put no faith in his research and about as much in his judgment.

Without a doubt, there is a lot of hype going on. I'm the LAST person to trust the government(I believe there IS an agenda to remake this US into a socialistic/fascist empire), but I do trust local media somewhat when they print the names and pics of dead children.

Depending on where you are in the country, you could be seeing few cases or mass absentees because of H1N1. It broke out faster in the southeast because schools started earlier in this area than most other regions, so we're seeing the effects more than some areas.

You tell me, the first Level 6 pandemic is a big deal or not?

I'm not saying pull your kids from school(just yet), wear a mask 24-7, bathe in chlorine bleach/turpentine every time you come in from the outdoors, but I am saying to PARENTS(...not kids or single folks only responsible for themselves)don't laugh it off and underestimate the danger....or ANY danger to your children...
if you're worth a

as a parent.

Yes, teach them to look both ways before they cross the road, which end of a gun the bullets come out, don't friggin smoke, don't commit suicide by commode, and don't swap spit with someone in their class that's coughing/sneezing/running a fever for God's sake.

Geez people, how hard is it to play it safe and not cry conspiracy? Some want to get into a pissing match because more people die by XXX, when XXY kills too and being a bit proactive might save SOMEone. Isn't EVERY child death one too many? Who, among the parents here, are prepared to say goodbye to their son or daughter while the child is drowning in their own mucus in an ICU?

Worry a little bit for their sakes if you can spare the effort and don't mind being ridiculed on some internet forum for giving a

.

More people die in automobile accidents, but train and plane accidents kill, too. Do you stand in front of an oncoming train or jump on a burning/leaking plane because of what some statistic says?

Use some common sense.

**Kerick** · 10-23-2009, 05:47 PM

I wasnt really even focusing on H1N1 its everything Strep, cold, flu, stomache flu. h1n1....I dont wanna start a fight here just saying there are actully alot of people sick and the ones w/ H1N1 that die are already USSUALLY sick before tht and most are sick for a week and done

**DixiePlowboy** · 10-23-2009, 06:19 PM

Originally Posted by Kerick

I wasnt really even focusing on H1N1 its everything Strep, cold, flu, stomache flu. h1n1....I dont wanna start a fight here just saying there are actully alot of people sick and the ones w/ H1N1 that die are already USSUALLY sick before tht and most are sick for a week and done

Point taken, and you didn't contribute to any argument. No harm, no foul.

Alot of the people that die as a result of H1N1 either have underlying medical conditions(asthma etc....) or have a secondary bacterial infection that complicates the 'swine' flu.

There have been untold thousands of cases of H1N1 in which the "victim" has fully recovered....thankfully.

My point is that statistics don't mean a thing when you're having to bury you child. Hopefully something I've said will lead to someone just reading along looking deeper into this illness and maybe taking a few precautions that spare them or their child becoming a negative statistic. Other than that, I'm done with this thread and wish ALL ya'll and yours good health and the best of fortunes.

**factoryX** · 10-23-2009, 11:55 PM

uh, the last one 300rman posted is correct...people are freaking out, I just got over the swine flu and I did not even go to the doctor. lol here is what 70 percent of swine flu victims receive: Stuffy nose, coughing, 100-104 degree fever, raw throat, weakness, and head aches. And here is the regular fly symptoms: Stuffy nose, coughing, 100-104 degree fever, raw throat, weakness, and head aches. Lmao 30-20 percent have vomiting, diarrhea, no fever which is a real killer(not joking, how do you know your sick?), and a secondary infection in young children which is very deadly. I also just found out the regular flu has some of these uncommon side effects..

**Kerick** · 10-24-2009, 12:04 AM

I had swine a few weeks ago and didnt go to the dr untill after which I got pnemonia...dr said pnemonia is sometimes ann after effet of swine. I dont think swine was any worse than reg. flu

**plastikosmd** · 10-24-2009, 04:15 PM

well now you got yourself a 'national emergency'
cnn today...
http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/10/24...ama/index.html

**hancadam** · 10-24-2009, 04:35 PM

I had it. The flu was no big deal. It was over in 2 days. Everyone else in my family was fine after the two days. Including a 3 yo and 11 mo old. I on the other hand had the bacteria infection/pneumonia. Took antibiotics for 5 days and all good. It didn't help that I went hunting in the rain two days while sick either. I felt fine after the initial sickness, just congested terribly bad, with the worst tasting and smelling mucus I have ever had for nearly a week. My nose kept bleeding out both nostrils so I thought it was just a sinus infection until the Doc checked me out.

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