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Target_For_Exterm (540 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-31-06 07:15 PM Original message |
Do you, personally, feel pandemic flu is something to worry about? |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-31-06 07:19 PM Response to Original message |
1. Tens of thousands of Americans die each year from the flu. |
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Feron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-31-06 07:59 PM Response to Reply #1 |
12. Incorrect |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-31-06 08:56 PM Response to Reply #12 |
20. Thanks for setting me straight. I got that number from the guy Thom Hartman interviewed |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-31-06 10:45 PM Response to Reply #12 |
23. How about people who get pneumonia after the flu? |
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NMDemDist2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-31-06 07:22 PM Response to Original message |
2. global climate change will bring microbes and beastie to places they |
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Delphinus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-31-06 07:53 PM Response to Reply #2 |
11. You're right, AZDem. |
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The Velveteen Ocelot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-31-06 07:22 PM Response to Original message |
3. I guess I can add it to my already long list of things to worry about. |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-31-06 07:23 PM Response to Original message |
4. Pandemic flu may be nature's way of dealing with over population. n/t |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-31-06 07:24 PM Response to Original message |
5. More than bird flu. less than people in cars |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-01-07 09:04 PM Response to Reply #5 |
42. 40,000 die in car accidents a year. This scares me more than |
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Kerrytravelers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-31-06 07:26 PM Response to Original message |
6. Because I have weak immunity, I am particularly careful. |
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Strelnikov_ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-31-06 07:28 PM Response to Original message |
7. It Has Happened Before |
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BulletTrain1964 (20 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-01-07 01:15 AM Response to Reply #7 |
24. 1918 was a different world |
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Strelnikov_ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-01-07 02:42 AM Response to Reply #24 |
26. The Bugs Have Made A Lot Of Progress Also |
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BulletTrain1964 (20 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-01-07 06:39 PM Response to Reply #26 |
39. Considering that there have only been 2 flu pandemics since 1918 |
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Strelnikov_ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-01-07 09:10 PM Response to Reply #39 |
43. All Depends On The Degree Of 'Shift' |
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newyawker99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-01-07 11:44 AM Response to Reply #24 |
27. Hi BulletTrain1964!! |
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BulletTrain1964 (20 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-01-07 06:35 PM Response to Reply #27 |
37. Thank you kindly for the welcome! |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-31-06 07:32 PM Response to Original message |
8. Once we are stocked up as our clinic has suggested I will stop |
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sharp_stick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-31-06 07:33 PM Response to Original message |
9. A pandemic will happen |
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Raine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-31-06 07:50 PM Response to Original message |
10. No... |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-31-06 08:01 PM Response to Original message |
13. There is actually hope that another pandemic of flu may be averted... |
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RB TexLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-31-06 08:02 PM Response to Original message |
14. No, nor the bird flu, nor the mad cow, nor the squirrel cold .... n/t |
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Target_For_Exterm (540 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-31-06 08:04 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Oh, now, come on! Do you know how dangerous the |
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BuelahWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-01-07 09:03 PM Response to Reply #16 |
41. But what about the Chipmunk croup? |
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Little Star (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-31-06 08:03 PM Response to Original message |
15. Don't worry, read this... |
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Left Is Write (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-31-06 08:08 PM Response to Original message |
17. No, not really. I don't think about it much. |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-31-06 08:12 PM Response to Original message |
18. Not a threat if you take precautions, |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-31-06 08:18 PM Response to Original message |
19. I think a flu pandemic is inevitable based upon past history and an |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-31-06 09:02 PM Response to Original message |
21. No. |
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GreenEyedLefty (708 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-31-06 10:40 PM Response to Original message |
22. I'll cross that bridge when I come to it. |
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newyawker99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-01-07 11:45 AM Response to Reply #22 |
28. Hi GreenEyedLefty!! |
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area51 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-01-07 01:58 AM Response to Original message |
25. Not exactly. |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-01-07 11:49 AM Response to Original message |
29. No- because worrying won't help. |
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Beelzebud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-01-07 11:50 AM Response to Original message |
30. It's not worth it to worry about. Will an astroid wipe out Earth tomorrow? |
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MorningGlow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-01-07 11:54 AM Response to Original message |
31. I refuse to fear a hypothetical situation |
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MindPilot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-01-07 12:30 PM Response to Original message |
32. I'm much more afraid that the next time I see * on the teevee |
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sproutster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-01-07 12:58 PM Response to Original message |
33. God yes, in idaho 2k + geese just fell dead in one area |
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johnaries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-01-07 01:47 PM Response to Original message |
34. Garlic and L-Lysine. |
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Rosemary2205 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-01-07 01:49 PM Response to Original message |
35. The asteroid one is my favorite. |
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SmokingJacket (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-01-07 01:51 PM Response to Original message |
36. It's a concern, but not a reason for panic. Because how's panic gonna help? |
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qanda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-01-07 06:36 PM Response to Original message |
38. If it will be any worse than the flu I have right now |
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mcscajun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-01-07 07:42 PM Response to Original message |
40. I don't worry about it, but I do think about it. |
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