Comments on: The swine flu post http://bowilliams.com/2009/05/the-swine-flu-post/ Rarely senselessly vulgar; frequently slightly tacky Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:33:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Bo http://bowilliams.com/2009/05/the-swine-flu-post/comment-page-1/#comment-22828 Bo Mon, 04 May 2009 22:23:29 +0000 http://wmwmsblog.com/?p=2070#comment-22828 I fear the long-term danger here is that we really will have an epidemic/pandemic of a strain of flu (or, God forbid, something less well understood)--something that really is particularly virulent and/or deadly--and too few will take it seriously because of this overreaction. I think I'm going to start calling this the wolf flu. I fear the long-term danger here is that we really will have an epidemic/pandemic of a strain of flu (or, God forbid, something less well understood)–something that really is particularly virulent and/or deadly–and too few will take it seriously because of this overreaction.

I think I’m going to start calling this the wolf flu.

]]> By: BamaDan http://bowilliams.com/2009/05/the-swine-flu-post/comment-page-1/#comment-22816 BamaDan Mon, 04 May 2009 15:00:09 +0000 http://wmwmsblog.com/?p=2070#comment-22816 Limestone County just shrugs and moves on with the school year. Kudos to Dr. Carroll and Matt Scott on that one. It's flu. Drink your liquids, stay in bed, get better. Whoever the PR agent is for this thing has done a bang-up job. Catchy name, check. Slow news cycle, check. Work like "pandemic," check. Presidential murmurs of health care reform, check. Is the CDC up for more Appropriations money? Limestone County just shrugs and moves on with the school year. Kudos to Dr. Carroll and Matt Scott on that one. It’s flu. Drink your liquids, stay in bed, get better.

Whoever the PR agent is for this thing has done a bang-up job. Catchy name, check. Slow news cycle, check. Work like “pandemic,” check. Presidential murmurs of health care reform, check.

Is the CDC up for more Appropriations money?

]]> By: Carey http://bowilliams.com/2009/05/the-swine-flu-post/comment-page-1/#comment-22796 Carey Mon, 04 May 2009 06:19:00 +0000 http://wmwmsblog.com/?p=2070#comment-22796 Dude, I'm still skeptical there are any cases locally. This local H1N1 scare came up early last week when, at the time, there were less than 100 confirmed cases in the whole of the US. Less than 200 WORLDWIDE. Let's look at the best odds on which to book a winning bet we had a local case. The bad odds being somewhere around 6,700,000,000:200. You know I gamble... 300,000,000:100 (I'll leave the reduction of the odds as an exercise to the reader). Mm-hmm... I ain't takin' that bet, hoss. And those were the GOOD odds. If the "lottery odds" have hit and there is a local case. Furthermore, it's in a child... Who was the parent letting their elementary aged child travel abroad? Apparently alone since the parents did not test positive, hence the child didn't get it from mom or dad. Carey Dude, I’m still skeptical there are any cases locally. This local H1N1 scare came up early last week when, at the time, there were less than 100 confirmed cases in the whole of the US. Less than 200 WORLDWIDE.

Let’s look at the best odds on which to book a winning bet we had a local case. The bad odds being somewhere around 6,700,000,000:200.

You know I gamble… 300,000,000:100 (I’ll leave the reduction of the odds as an exercise to the reader). Mm-hmm… I ain’t takin’ that bet, hoss. And those were the GOOD odds.

If the “lottery odds” have hit and there is a local case. Furthermore, it’s in a child… Who was the parent letting their elementary aged child travel abroad? Apparently alone since the parents did not test positive, hence the child didn’t get it from mom or dad.

Carey

]]> By: saintseester http://bowilliams.com/2009/05/the-swine-flu-post/comment-page-1/#comment-22785 saintseester Mon, 04 May 2009 01:02:08 +0000 http://wmwmsblog.com/?p=2070#comment-22785 Well, it is now in our school. At least one of the cases is in my daughter's class (if my info is reliable). So, I must learn to go with the flow, so to speak, since we are supposed to remain closed along with the city elementary schools. I have a sneaking suspicion that if they ever pin point a patient zero in our area, they were at Panoply. LOL. I really, really feel for our principal who will be slammed with parental opinions that must run the entire spectrum. Some are angry at the possibility of extending school. But, my kid will be severely penalized if they don't extend the year, because he's just getting back on track bringing up his grades. He needs his assignments. Well, it is now in our school. At least one of the cases is in my daughter’s class (if my info is reliable). So, I must learn to go with the flow, so to speak, since we are supposed to remain closed along with the city elementary schools.

I have a sneaking suspicion that if they ever pin point a patient zero in our area, they were at Panoply. LOL.

I really, really feel for our principal who will be slammed with parental opinions that must run the entire spectrum. Some are angry at the possibility of extending school. But, my kid will be severely penalized if they don’t extend the year, because he’s just getting back on track bringing up his grades. He needs his assignments.

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