[The Raven]

Uh oh.

[spectre]

Just got my annual flu shot the other day. Guess it isn't for the "big one"...sigh.

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[chance33_98]

"The action we take now will determine how well we combat the next major influenza threat we will face.

I wish they would apply that logic to Iraq, et. al.

[blam]

...And of course we still have this problem lurking around that most doctors haven't even heard about yet!!

Another Polio? Alarming West Nile Fever Risks Emerge

[Overtaxed]

European citizens will expect everything possible to have been done at every level of public authority.

Oh well that makes everything all right. /sarcasm

[not-an-ostrich]

Oh no! Another one of those "Maybe", "What If" "Might Happen" false headlines.

[Lion's Cub]

Good thing I see this story every year. Otherwise, I might think it was a CYA story for hiding a potential anthrax attack...

[buffyt]

I had my flu shot the other day. The nurse told me it will stimulate my immune system against the flu strains in the shot and any thing else that goes around. So the flu shot will still help mae our immune systems ready to fight a new killer flu, too. I had the flu this last winter and spring, I was sick in bed, flat on my back for months. I don't want to go through taht again. I should get tested for West Nile antibodies. It sure didn't seem like the normal flu. I am 51, if I had been elderly and frail, I would not have lived.

[WhiteGuy]

Isn't this part of the plot in Stephen King's The Stand?

[discostu]

Halloween has passed and thus the "killer flu scare that never pans out" season has begun. Every year they say the flu is really nasty this year, terribly scary, many will die... And every year it turns out to be nothing worse than a thick head cold.

Beware the scare.

[EdReform]

BTTT for later...

[dep]

it seems to me that there is an identical story published every year. sooner or later it will turn out to be true, but i see no evidence that it's any likelier in any one year than it is in any other.

dep

[shadowman99]

AAACCCHOOOOO!! *sniff* (excuse me) Everyone relax I'm sure there's nothing to worr -- ahh ACHHHOOO!!!!t -- uh, nothing to worry about...

Thud!

[Geezerette]

There are natural anti-virals like Oil of Oregano, Echinacea, Golden Seal, Sambucol (an elderberry extract developed by an Israeli virologist) and immune system boosters. I am going with those.

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[Cicero]

This headline runs every year about this time. One of these years it will probably happen, but who knows when?

[eno_]

"Antiviral drugs could help during this period, but stockpiles would need to be in place well in advance. This is not yet the case."

Subtext: A stockpile of anti-viral drugs could be useful against bioterror attacks.

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

Looks like the swine flu is back in town {Eyes Rolling}.

[RnMomof7]

Any ideas? I would say IF it happens stay out of crowds..wash your hands EVERY TIME you touch anything that a filthy hand may have touched( like a door knob) and keep your hands away from your face and lastly take Garlic to boost your immune system..Yes ?? No?? Additions??

[MadIvan]

A public service announcement brought to us by Randall Flagg, no doubt.

Regards, Ivan

[Demidog]

Whatever knowledge, technology and skills we develop, eventually it's the policy makers and the politicians that decide what is going to happen

Right. Never the citizens. That would be wrong.

[SSN558]

Cigarette smoking is good for you. Us smokers are just like Heroin addicts, we never get sick. I haven't had a cold or flu in years.