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Quote from: Warrior on May 03, 2009, 10:53:12 pmWe're prepared, but not this prepared. If the infection rate gets really terrible, then very few nations are even equipped to handle such a disaster. It's a fucking flu! Like the flu last year. Lets say hypothetically the infection rate gets amazingly large: There's a lot of people with the flu.
We're prepared, but not this prepared. If the infection rate gets really terrible, then very few nations are even equipped to handle such a disaster.
Quote from: Sidoh on May 03, 2009, 10:23:51 pmQuote from: leet_muffin on May 03, 2009, 10:12:10 pmI'm quite familiar with that outbreak.I really don't think it's reasonable to compare our knowledge and methods for handling a flu on an individual basis to those of 1918. People were dying from dehydration, that doesn't really happen anymore in America.I don't think dehydration was what caused all of the deaths. Certainly it was a contributor, but I think it caused an over-reactive immune system as well. I think Influenza can cause a variety of symptoms beyond the mildly obnoxious ones like vomiting, diarrhoea, etc.Regardless of the cause of death, the 1918 pandemic infected up to 50% of the population. I'm not an epidemiologist, but I think that alone is a pretty serious cause for concern. Don't viruses mutate pretty quickly? Doesn't this mean new, more serious symptoms could arise because of this?I think it'd be foolish to prepare for a disaster right now, but it'd be even more foolish to not take steps that prevent one.I wasn't suggesting that everyone died of dehydration, I was just suggesting that our knowledge of how to handle a flu has gotten considerably better over the years.This virus is as prone to mutation as last year's flu, and I would think a very large portion of the population got last year's flu.
Quote from: leet_muffin on May 03, 2009, 10:12:10 pmI'm quite familiar with that outbreak.I really don't think it's reasonable to compare our knowledge and methods for handling a flu on an individual basis to those of 1918. People were dying from dehydration, that doesn't really happen anymore in America.I don't think dehydration was what caused all of the deaths. Certainly it was a contributor, but I think it caused an over-reactive immune system as well. I think Influenza can cause a variety of symptoms beyond the mildly obnoxious ones like vomiting, diarrhoea, etc.Regardless of the cause of death, the 1918 pandemic infected up to 50% of the population. I'm not an epidemiologist, but I think that alone is a pretty serious cause for concern. Don't viruses mutate pretty quickly? Doesn't this mean new, more serious symptoms could arise because of this?I think it'd be foolish to prepare for a disaster right now, but it'd be even more foolish to not take steps that prevent one.
I'm quite familiar with that outbreak.I really don't think it's reasonable to compare our knowledge and methods for handling a flu on an individual basis to those of 1918. People were dying from dehydration, that doesn't really happen anymore in America.
I would like to point out that there is yet to be an American death
Quote from: Towelie on May 04, 2009, 09:17:48 amI would like to point out that there is yet to be an American deathAgain, this isn't relevant. It's under control right now, but it's not impossible that this changes. This is exactly why the WHO is being so cautious.Sure, it's probably not inaccurate to call it an overreaction, but it's still prudent to be cautious.
