Joe the Revelator
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Sun Apr-26-09 12:35 AM
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| 34. So said a dead relative of yours in 1918 |
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Please bone up on the history of flus and understand that being the "tough guy" in this situation makes you look like you have no grasp of historical context.
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| -1976: Fear of a great plague. |
elocs |
Apr-25-09 05:13 PM |
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One death versus 70 (out of c. 1000 known cases)... |
Spider Jerusalem |
Apr-25-09 05:19 PM |
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Personally, I'm going to shrug it off. |
elocs |
Apr-25-09 05:26 PM |
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Isn't there a middle ground between "panic" and "shrugging it off"? |
MercutioATC |
Apr-25-09 06:00 PM |
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Because these media hype stories always end the same way. |
dem629 |
Apr-25-09 06:08 PM |
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I see, so if you get advance warning you're determined not to use it... |
MercutioATC |
Apr-25-09 06:10 PM |
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I certain there is, but my personal choice is shrugging it off. |
elocs |
Apr-25-09 07:37 PM |
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I, too, bypassed the 1976 flu shot, but I got my first one last October. |
John1956PA |
Apr-25-09 05:23 PM |
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I cannot even begin to remember the last time I had the flu. |
elocs |
Apr-25-09 05:50 PM |
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If you have the flu you know it |
Mojorabbit |
Apr-25-09 06:10 PM |
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Cold versus flu: |
elocs |
Apr-25-09 06:30 PM |
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exactly nt |
Mojorabbit |
Apr-25-09 06:42 PM |
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My point being that it is not simple to tell if you have only a cold or the flu: |
elocs |
Apr-25-09 07:23 PM |
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My two flu bouts gave me an intense DRY cough unlike that of any cold I ever had. |
John1956PA |
Apr-25-09 08:20 PM |
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We are Democrats here and we like choice. My personal choice based upon my experience and opinion |
elocs |
Apr-26-09 12:30 AM |
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Johnny Carson called swine flu, "The cure for which there is no known disease." |
bulloney |
Apr-25-09 05:27 PM |
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I think Dave Barry's Martian Death Flu must have been the '76 swine flu |
csziggy |
Apr-25-09 09:41 PM |
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" I never had a flu shot then and I have never had any flu shot and I won't start now either." |
depakid |
Apr-25-09 05:30 PM |
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No, I don't think so, but you evidently know better about me than I do. n/t |
elocs |
Apr-25-09 05:47 PM |
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I just know about foolhardy people- and what it usually takes |
depakid |
Apr-25-09 05:48 PM |
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I wonder if the local music teacher who got Guillain-Barre syndrome after getting a swine flu shot |
elocs |
Apr-25-09 05:56 PM |
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That also happened to my sister |
newfie11 |
Apr-25-09 06:05 PM |
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Ah, more anti-vaccine nuttery |
depakid |
Apr-25-09 06:34 PM |
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My personal cure for judgmental know-it-alls: IGNORE. It works every time. n/t |
elocs |
Apr-25-09 07:27 PM |
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Perhaps you should get an education. |
newfie11 |
Apr-25-09 07:42 PM |
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That has nothing at all to do with current influenza vaccinations |
depakid |
Apr-25-09 09:25 PM |
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There were problems with the swine flu vaccine |
dflprincess |
Apr-25-09 11:19 PM |
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I remember it too. |
cwydro |
Apr-25-09 05:36 PM |
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The timing is convenient, and the lack of geographic pattern curious. |
TexasObserver |
Apr-25-09 05:48 PM |
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The geographic dispersion is not at all unusual |
depakid |
Apr-25-09 07:48 PM |
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i remember that time vividly |
DianeK |
Apr-25-09 07:02 PM |
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Didn't think it was that long ago. Damn. |
Vidar |
Apr-25-09 07:35 PM |
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We are being attacked just like the Anthrax |
lovuian |
Apr-25-09 09:45 PM |
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Yes, we need to fear being treated like swine. That and "fear itself" |
omega minimo |
Apr-26-09 12:10 AM |
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So said a dead relative of yours in 1918 |
Joe the Revelator |
Apr-26-09 12:35 AM |
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