Posted on 11/02/2005 9:12:05 PM PST by neverdem
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Ah, the NY Slimes. A day late and a dollar short.
Too bad they don't read FR. It's all right here.
Yeah, yeah, yeah....
And global warming will melt the polar icecaps, raising the ocean level, drowning us all next week.
More doom and gloom bullsqueeze from the Birdcage Liner of Record.
It's just a scare, nothing to worry about.
Wrong Prescription (Jumping on avian vaccine spending wont help matters.)
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An outbreak of the avian flu virus in the United States could infect one-third of the population and kill as many as 1.9 million people, according to an analysis by the federal government released today.
Probally kill 1.9 mil in Los Angeles.
Economic dispuption would really damage the country.
Most of the rest of the world would be toast.
The places that are already toast would likly disappear.
Hope I'm wrong.
Is this the strain the vacinee will protect against or a different one? If its the same im going for a shot tomorrow when im at the college heather center.
Wasn't W supposed to give a warning of a flu pandemic yesterday? Did that happen? I got a flu shot. Am I saved?
It's a different one but for various reasons, because of them both, go ahead and get your flu shot this year.
"Over the weekend there were a total of 7 accidents reported on local roads which brings the monthly total to 18. The Highway Deptartment says it's expecting a total of 60. YOU'RE NOT TRYING FRIENDS!!!"
Any of this stuff sound familiar to anyone else?
One of these days we will get a pandemic flu. They've happened in the past, and they will happen again. Will it be the Avian flu? Maybe. Maybe not. I am thankful the President is taking steps to be prepared just in case.
I figure if we just wash our hands more often and cook our poultry before we eat it we should do just fine.
""And when you hear of wars and tumults, do not be terrified; for this must first take place, but the end will not be at once." Then he said to them, "Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; there will be great earthquakes, and in various places famines and pestilences; and there will be terrors and great signs from heaven. But before all this they will--persecute you," (Luke 21)"
It does but that prophecy from Luke is one of the vaguer ones in the Bible. When in history have we not had wars, earth quakes, plagues, and famines?
Only 1.9 million? That isn't a pandemic!!
How many million die from the flu now? Does this mean we have been having a pandemic going on for decades? Is this in addition to those pandemic numbers?
Or is the WHO just looking for more money so they can live luxurious lives and drive nice SUV's on African safari's?
That's probably the most realistic things to do: wash hands and cook poultry thoroughly. LOL!
LOL! You have to wonder why the MSM is pushing this meme so hard.
Yep - sounds familiar - been happening for thousands of years now...
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