Um, no. To pretty much everyone. Whilst the current strain is less fatal (per infection) than standard flu the rate at which it spread and it’s current all pervasive nature IS a big concern should the virus mutate into a strain that is more deadly (and coincidentally more resistant to existing medication). This is far more likely than any of you nay sayers seem to realise.
Oh, and the poster who said it only affects people who are elderly or already suffering from an illness? That’s also untrue, even here in England where several people have died despite being perfectly healthy before being infected.
However, the risk of mutation occurs with several strains of flu, and, in my opinion, because WHO members expressed concerns (which they are right to do so) about a possible mutation, many people, including news organisations took that to mean that it will mutate.
Also, just becuase it can mutate doesn’t mean it will definately mutate into something deadly. There is strong evidence that it has mutated with H5N1 (Avian Flu) in a region of Indonesia, infecting several pigs in the farmlands there, however, several pigs were tested outside of that region, and all were negative.
What I implied at the end of my post, Flatline, is that, like all medical crisis, diligence is the best method of defence. Sprinting around spouting doomsday theories isn’t.
Additionally, I beleive what Ulvemann43 whas trying to say, is that the young and elderly are more susceptible, (and are more likely to suffer fatalaties) to the disease as their immune systems are lower, this is a fact of immunology.
EDIT: Damn you all, stop replying before I finish typing damn you XD
Yes, the infectiousness of Swine Flu is concerning. But no, people shouldn’t panic. Why? Because mass panic is a bad bad thing; you create problems that didn’t exist in the first place, ranging from as simple as people over washing and wearing surgical masks (which do nothing, just FYI), to people flooding the health system (like what is happening in the UK) and civil unrest.
Swine Flu, for 99% of people, is equal to or less severe than the normal flu. Fact. For the last 1% that have some underlying medical conditions, it can be problematic, and in some extraordinary conditions can cause death. Those people should seek medical assistance if they present flu like symptoms, because they wont just be at risk of Swine Flu, they will also be at risk of other conditions which could be equally as fatal to them. That means that most people shouldn’t be concerned, and by informing the minority of their increased risk, you reduce the risk of deaths from Swine Flu exponentially. And you don’t destroy society in the process.
Firstly, just because the media doesn’t report the underlying cause doesn’t mean its not there. Secondly, just because we don’t know the underlying cause doesn’t mean its not there. Thirdly, just because we don’t know of any contributing factors doesn’t mean there aren’t any. Fourthly, if you are struggling to breathe, generally its a good idea to seek medical attention before you’re forced to call the ambulance. And fifthly, if you have had flu symptoms for 5 days with no improvement, seek medical attention.
The message: Be smart. Use common sense. Have increased awareness, but don’t panic, don’t see your doctor if you have a sniffle, and most of all: Know that you will not die. That goes for you, the BMS team and the morbidly obese man with diabetes, cardiovascular and lung failure. Well maybe not the last guy.
maybe the infection wont kill us,but the panic.immagine a city,where like 10% are infected with swine flu.imagine these were guys like trash man,cops,firefighteres,etc
then thrash would be everywhere,rape/death squads would rape/kill you(proberbly both)and soon or later everything will burn
btw what was this zombie infection thing?i am scared now.remember shoot them in the head,and they stay dead!
Except we failed at medicine back in 1918. :facepalm:
Also, my troll senses are tingling, if someone was seriously worried about a 1918 Style Flu pandemic, I doubt that they would be worrying about a computer game…
I have to confess, I didn’t see that, but then neither of those sentences make a huge amount of sense. And no H1N1 isn’t an avian flu, which is H5N1. Meh.
And I really don’t remember saying that we were all going to die, which has somehow been attributed to me! The flu mutating into a more dangerous virus is a possibility but not a certainty by any means!
well, i’m alost 100 percent sure. there are a norwegian in uk who got it and he just had to do the normal stuff if u get a normal flu. only that he had to be quarantened until he got healthy.
but other than that, the vaccine is more dangerous than the flu itself iv’e heard XD
The discussion on pandemics in general and swine flu in particular is worthy, but I can’t get past this:
The only worth the discussion has is completely independent of the mod, so there’s no reason at all it should be in the BM Cafeteria. [COLOR=‘Red’]I’ll move it to Off-Topic and edit the silly title.
and the strangest thing is, that the swine flu is basicaly just a slightly stronger version of normal flu. only that it is more agressive than normal flu so it kills more ppl
The mod won’t be affected by Swine Flu, unless one of the devs come down with it. And if it spreads all over the world and starts taking lives, get playing people.
Last I am going to say on this topic Do more research we are at a LEVEL 6 that is the highest LEVEL. There is a reason lets just hope the people I spoke with are wrong and there is NO WORRY, I will be happy and will enjoy that thought. But again if it is, I am surprised the people here take a who cares attitude…
Anyway the developers can take the thread for what they want.
As far as I know, the level of pandemic has nothing to do with how dangerous the virus is, it’s just how much it will spread. So basically you’re quite a bit more likely to catch it than “normal” flu, but no more likely to die from it, currently. So while it’s good to take some precautions in case it does actually mutate, I don’t think there’s real point in worrying about it too much. Let the people in charge handle all that.
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