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knitter4democracy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-09-05 05:24 PM
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59. We don't know.
Influenza season tends to be from November to April or so (worst in January in February), but it might (hopefully) take a few more years to incubate and spread more easily from person to person.
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  -on CNN they are finally admitting Bird Flu will shut down entire country. sam sarrha  Dec-08-05 02:34 PM   #0 
  - Okay, that's it.  TallahasseeGrannie   Dec-08-05 02:36 PM   #1 
  - Some estimates are for as long as 18 months.  Media_Lies_Daily   Dec-08-05 02:39 PM   #2 
  - Apocolypso Now!  lectrobyte   Dec-08-05 02:39 PM   #3 
  - No, it's Party NOW.... Apocalypso later!  xultar   Dec-08-05 02:50 PM   #12 
     - You dance the Apocolypso at the party. The Apocolypse is much later.  lectrobyte   Dec-08-05 02:52 PM   #13 
        - I thought the The Apocolypse was after you'd stripped nekkid and  xultar   Dec-08-05 06:09 PM   #30 
  - I've got plenty of MREs  Loonman   Dec-08-05 02:41 PM   #4 
  - I've got some frozen dinners and tube of cake icing.  MrMonk   Dec-08-05 07:13 PM   #37 
     - MMM! If the flu hits the fan, I hope you plan to share your cake icing  SpiralHawk   Dec-09-05 04:51 PM   #53 
  - An issue that hasn't even been addressed  DKStreet   Dec-08-05 02:42 PM   #5 
  - Welcome to DKStreet  donheld   Dec-08-05 05:31 PM   #27 
  - When are we expecting this? Jan? Feb? Mar? April?  graywarrior   Dec-08-05 02:43 PM   #6 
  - 2030  leftchick   Dec-08-05 06:58 PM   #33 
  - We don't know.  knitter4democracy   Dec-09-05 05:24 PM   #59 
  - Does everybody still have their duct tape and plastic  MemphisTiger   Dec-08-05 02:44 PM   #7 
  - Gimme a fucking break...  walldude   Dec-08-05 02:45 PM   #8 
  - It is another scare tactic  babsbunny   Dec-08-05 02:47 PM   #10 
     - Exactly...  lectrobyte   Dec-08-05 03:00 PM   #18 
        - HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Swamp Rat   Dec-08-05 06:57 PM   #32 
  - OK now I am SKIRED. The FEAR has finally made it through to me  Vincardog   Dec-08-05 02:46 PM   #9 
  - When someone in this country actually gets it, I'll be concerned.  graywarrior   Dec-08-05 02:49 PM   #11 
  - Not just that, but when *lots* of someones get it  Newsjock   Dec-08-05 02:58 PM   #17 
  - But when you think about it..  TallahasseeGrannie   Dec-08-05 04:15 PM   #21 
     - Remember, the medical community is watching it carefully.  knitter4democracy   Dec-09-05 05:27 PM   #60 
  - I suppose I should be worrying about all those migrating birds  Blue_In_AK   Dec-08-05 02:54 PM   #14 
  - Amen. n/t  tasteblind   Dec-08-05 02:55 PM   #15 
  - Yes we must all prepare for Y2K  jim3775   Dec-08-05 02:58 PM   #16 
  - I actually saw the bird flu disaster preparedness stats for my city  jim3775   Dec-08-05 03:02 PM   #19 
  - I Don't Think That Many Will have To Get Sick  loindelrio   Dec-08-05 03:09 PM   #20 
  - 36,000 people die from regular flu every year  purji   Dec-08-05 04:19 PM   #22 
  - That's because it hasn't mutated enough yet.  knitter4democracy   Dec-09-05 05:29 PM   #61 
  - The problem is huge.  knitter4democracy   Dec-08-05 04:30 PM   #23 
  - Well Kitter if your hubby is loosing sleep over this he is probably in  Vincardog   Dec-08-05 05:25 PM   #24 
  - Thanks for the insight.  knitter4democracy   Dec-08-05 05:30 PM   #26 
     - OK my bad. He should plan and prepare for the worst but hope for the best,  Vincardog   Dec-08-05 06:03 PM   #29 
        - It's the only thing he does most of the time.  knitter4democracy   Dec-09-05 06:35 AM   #41 
  - Your hubby's far more likely to die in a car wreck tomorrow...  Enraged_Ape   Dec-09-05 07:11 AM   #45 
     - Wow. You're so nice!  knitter4democracy   Dec-09-05 04:45 PM   #50 
        - I think your husband's probably a great doctor  Enraged_Ape   Dec-09-05 06:23 PM   #66 
           - I wouldn't suggest such a thing.  knitter4democracy   Dec-09-05 06:45 PM   #67 
              - I don't get why people are so "it'll never happen"  renate   Dec-09-05 08:24 PM   #69 
                 - I don't get it, either.  knitter4democracy   Dec-10-05 08:05 AM   #70 
  - Do we have any Epidemiologist around here?  Protagoras   Dec-08-05 05:27 PM   #25 
  - Just a doctor's wife's research on New England Journal's site.  knitter4democracy   Dec-08-05 05:43 PM   #28 
     - Thanks, Knitter, for bringing up some salient points.  bmbmd   Dec-09-05 07:20 AM   #46 
        - Hi!  knitter4democracy   Dec-09-05 04:43 PM   #49 
        - Thank you to knitter and you too bmbmd!  AZBlue   Dec-09-05 05:48 PM   #65 
  - I just saw Frist give his little speech where he outlined the  bullwinkle428   Dec-08-05 06:54 PM   #31 
  - Duct tape...check...... candles.....check.....  mmonk   Dec-08-05 07:03 PM   #34 
  - Just wait until they find out about poison ivy.  BuyingThyme   Dec-08-05 07:03 PM   #35 
  - Won't someone think of the chickens?  MrMonk   Dec-08-05 07:10 PM   #36 
  - The BS in this thread sickens me.  Odin2005   Dec-08-05 07:26 PM   #38 
  - AND  WindRavenX   Dec-08-05 07:48 PM   #40 
  - That's what happened in 1918, though.  knitter4democracy   Dec-09-05 06:39 AM   #42 
     - You're correct that H1N1 was avian-->human transmitted  WindRavenX   Dec-09-05 04:26 PM   #48 
        - Have you ever run a code on one of them?  knitter4democracy   Dec-09-05 04:48 PM   #52 
           - codes? vents?  WindRavenX   Dec-09-05 04:57 PM   #54 
              - Sorry.  knitter4democracy   Dec-09-05 05:19 PM   #56 
                 - agreed that it is worse than normal  WindRavenX   Dec-09-05 05:23 PM   #57 
                    - I hope you're right.  knitter4democracy   Dec-09-05 05:31 PM   #63 
  - Thank you.  knitter4democracy   Dec-09-05 05:30 PM   #62 
  - It's the new SARS  yankeedem   Dec-08-05 07:31 PM   #39 
  - Oh, my God, you mean...we're ALL GONNA DIE!!!!??  Enraged_Ape   Dec-09-05 07:03 AM   #43 
  - or the FEAR of bird flu.  HypnoToad   Dec-09-05 07:06 AM   #44 
  - It's not a neocon issue.  knitter4democracy   Dec-09-05 05:23 PM   #58 
  - Simple Answer: Kill or poison all the Birds, everywhere. We don't need  KoKo01   Dec-09-05 07:30 AM   #47 
  - Start with the rats with wings-pigeons.  graywarrior   Dec-09-05 04:47 PM   #51 
  - Hey! Not my bird!  Ladyhawk   Dec-09-05 05:08 PM   #55 
  - Read this and weep  HypnoToad   Dec-09-05 05:32 PM   #64 
  - Unless your a chicken farmer  Geek_Girl   Dec-09-05 08:09 PM   #68 
 

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