[Kikuichimonji]

http://news.bbc.co.u...lth/4531500.stm

...basically, we're all going to die :)

Ya know, seeing as I have gone to canada so many times, maybe I should just stay there, heck I could drive there and all by now :P

[TheEnglishman]

Man I'm sure the media are trying to do their best to scare us. Everytime the newspaper mentions bird flu, it sounds as if the world is ending! Most headlines seem to be 'Bird Flu will destroy you all!'

[Platinum Sun]

It's all hype, it says a 109 people died from it over three years that's only 36 1/3 people per year. More people die annualy from accidently suffocating themselves with their sheets while they sleep, but does that make the news? NOoooooo

[Luna]

>> None of these globally-mortal diseases has ever reached Costa Rica... But I didn't know that they could affect cats and dogs as well <<.... If there's a dog disease, THEN we're screwed. You simply can't walk on the streets here without spotting at least ONE stray dog. There's actually one that lives in my street.

[Mars Djinni]

The Philippines is safe? Wow....

I've heard of this during Journalism class in November, but it was a little toned down at that time. All I cna say is "WE'RE DOOMED". :P

[Eugine]

Platinum Sun you're not reading about bird flu, because you honestly don't know the damage it can create.

What's one thing practically everyone eat daily? Some sort of bird right? If you don't eat it daily you at least eat it weekly right? Bird flu is currently mostly occupied in wild birds, but if it is transmitted to the cultivated birds, millions of chicken will be slaughtered, especially if it reaches France's poultry farms. It will have tremendous effects: world wide chicken prices will inflate, everyone will switch to aquatic organisms, their prices will also inflate.
Also, if the virus has an outbreak to the poultry farms thousands of people will die because the virus will be shipped along with the chicken to supermarkets eventually your home, this is like mad cow disease.

The worst case scenario would be if the virus mutates so that it can spread through human to human communication, viruses are pathogens so it can be transmitted like the common cold, or any sexual intercourse. It will become like AIDs. Do you know why AIDs is so rampant now? It's because people reacted to it just as how you posted, they didn't do anything because they thought it would easily die out.

Watch, what I posted is of course the worst case scenarios, don't be scared :P

This post has been edited by Eugine: 09 April 2006 - 09:38 AM

[Gardna]

You just made me think about becoming a vegetarian. Scary... o.O

[TheEnglishman]

I know about the dangers of Bird Flu, but I hate how the media are scaring everyone. In my opinion they're making a bad situation feel worse. Then again if they don't report about it then everyone remains ignorant of the danger. I don't know if the media are helping things or making them seem worse.

[Gardna]

The serious media just give us information about it, but some of them want us to panic. Bird flu sells, you know...

[kate]

There are a billion different diseases that kill thousands yearly. This doesn't even have the mutant strain yet that can cause it to be contagious. Others do. These are rare occurances compared to other things, and the only reason why we hear about it is because of media frenzy. Yes it's a concern, is it as big a concern as the media is making out? no. And I bet you anything many birds are going to be killed needlessly because of people's fear. That's what happened with mad cow disease, and there were only a couple cases of that and america shut down the border with canada, and that's one of alberta's main industries. It was absolutely ridiculous, and when people finally came to their senses, the media was just like "meh, new topic". Same with sars.

on a somewhat different note, but to show how people make things worse than they seem, there is a huge amount of funding for breast cancer. Runs and marathons and drives and everything, it's the best funded cancer research. But did you know breast cancer is one of the least dangerous forms of cancer? why is it so big then? Because everyone survives it and then makes a big deal. the really bad cancers? no one's there to support them because, hey, they're all deadly

media is ridiculous. don't lie awake at night over this people u.u

[Gardna]

The dangerous thing about bird flu isn't the dead people count, but its effectivity. There's only a very small chance to survive it and that's what's scary

[Platinum Sun]

Effectivity... ? Well anyways, what I was trying to say is that there are as many ways to die as there are people currently wandering this planet in their temporary pre-death state. I concede that we should monitor diseases that have that have pandemic potenetial before they become a serious problem, but the reaction to bird flu has been like using a cruise missile to light a cigarette.
The way i see it, you have two choices:
Live in fear or die happy. I choose the latter.
(woah, I am soooo brilliant. That is totally becoming my new signature.)

[TheEnglishman]

It's hard not to worry, when they start saying things like this.

[Nick Presta]

You could come visit me.

[PDM]

Or me. Ahaha, try to survive PDM in REAL life. O:

[TheEnglishman]

Lifeform288, on Apr 10 2006, 02:58 AM, said:

Or me. Ahaha, try to survive PDM in REAL life. O:

I'd rather take my chances with Bird Flu. :P

[My Best Wishes]

Eugine, on Apr 10 2006, 01:35 AM, said:

Watch, what I posted is of course the worst case scenarios, don't be scared :)

Talking to me? No joke.

I'll admit when I heard about bird flu I was like *zomg ark a global epidemic we are all dead* but that was mainly becuase of what the media was stuffing down my throat. I'm cool about it know, Australia is a seperated island, we have the resources to cope with it and the chances of catching it from a well cooked piece of bird isn't likely.

How bout you all come vist me :P

[Aquamarine]

There has been an outbreak not long ago here where I live(south-central Europe) and press is all like "Beware the mighty Bird Flu", but nothing has actually happened yet. Except those kids in Turkey dying... AAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!! I'm near Turkey!!!! Well, sought of...

But, on a more serious note, I am a bit afraid of the Bird Flu and I'm not ashamed to admit it. I think everyone should be a bit scared, just to make them more alertrful. Also, it's not only humans I'm afraid for, it's all the animals. I love animals and am very much against any killing them, for any reason, but I understand that there's no real choise...

[Toasty]

Eugine, on Apr 9 2006, 08:35 AM, said:

Also, if the virus has an outbreak to the poultry farms thousands of people will die because the virus will be shipped along with the chicken to supermarkets eventually your home, this is like mad cow disease.

But Mad Cow disease isn't deadly to humans. The theory was that if you ate the cow brain you could get sick or something. There wasn't any real threat at all. But that link didn't work for me. It didn't fully load. AGAIN...............Man I hate my computer sometimes.

And about the bird-flu. Seems kinda like another black death or something to me. But there hasn't been anything in the news up here yet. The worst thing that I ever caught was a bad fever. I had a temp. of 103 F, but it was only for about a minute. There's a tea that they sell in stores in the US that can bring down a temp in seconds, I'm not sure if it's sold anywhere else though, not sure. But I'm not that scared of the bird flu since there hasn't been an out break in the US EVER to my knowledge.

[Gardna]

You could never know what's in the "steak" you buy o.o

[Sea of Time]

I don't think that the bird flu will become a pandemic. By the time there is a strain that can harm humans, I believe that there will be a cure because there is a lot of time still before it evolves.

Mad Cow is a whole other story. In Canada, we had one infected cow and the U.S. closed their borders to all beef.

[TheEnglishman]

I remember the damage that foot-and-mouth disease had on the UK a few years ago. Loads of animals had to be killed and it was horrible. I doubt bird flu will be as bad as that though.

[Kikuichimonji]

Mr.T, on Apr 13 2006, 06:49 AM, said:

But Mad Cow disease isn't deadly to humans. The theory was that if you ate the cow brain you could get sick or something.

Mad Cow Disease (BSE) does not affect humans, just cattle. However, BSE is known to cause various forms of CJD. Now CJD, IS dangerous to humans.

Also you can catch it from not only eating the cow brain (ewwz), you can get it from eating any part of a cow.

But the chance of you getting CJD is really unlikely so :D

Anyway onto bird flu, well... I'm actually not that scared. I mean I still eat chicken without thinking "This might be my last meal D:"

[TheEnglishman]

Kikuichimonji, on Apr 14 2006, 05:39 PM, said:

Anyway onto bird flu, well... I'm actually not that scared. I mean I still eat chicken without thinking "This might be my last meal D:"

Imagine thinking that as you sat down to eat Turkey on Christmas Day.

[Mathak Kraven]

Funny thing is I live in a country right next to a hive. well not a hive, but an infected country.

[Gardna]

You should lock the door twice every night ^^

[Neon]

As long as you cook your chicken it's all fine. If you're into the whole raw chicken skin and all deal, then I'm pretty sure some sort of food poisoning will kill you before the bird flu does :o

[Gardna]

Blah i hope nobody is doing such things o.o

[Lightning Star]

The bird flu is actually quite serious. Once the string infects a human, it becomes possible for humans to pass it to humans. How? by coughing in public and not covering your mouth. even then, you still have to be careful. we dont' have any vaccines against this, so basically, yeah. because of the inconsdirate-ness and stupidity of the world (aka people who don't cover their mouth when they cough), We're all going to die <_<

[Aquamarine]

Oh well... We would have died one day anyway, so I guess it's better sooner than later. The only thing I'm gonna regret is not playing Twilight Princess before my death. :P

[Someone Else]

What a loser. *cough* hee hee.


All I can say is:

I don't get sick easy.

[Lemontime]

I hear Tamiflu stops ya' gettin' it.. I think..
Anway, Australia being seperated from the rest of the world, I feel, sorta anihalates all chance of us getting it. Then again, we're right next to Indonesia, and all them boat people must get pretty sick. And anyway, what'll happen to the Chicken tonight ads when bird flu DOES kill millions?

Also, Watch, Who the hell would want to go to Melbourne?! Melbourne is possibly one of the WORST places on earth! Right alongside Canberra. Then Adelaide.. Then maybe Broken Hill.. Damn, Australia has some rl rl carppy places ;D

Also, I wouldn't suggest Vegas ;D

[Ivan is my name]

Oh no. All I can do for now is eat a lot of oranges, and hope that I die AFTER Super smash bros Brawl. I probably will. After all, I do spend half my life eating oranges. Yay! No disease for me!! I remember this vaguely from science the other day:
" Bird flu is like sound. The further it has to travel, the weaker it gets."
So i'm guessing, now that it's reached the UK, it shouldn't do much damage. But as it progresses, it actually builds up immunity to certain antibodies and crap in you blood. So I guess all we have to do is sit back and wait.

[Aquamarine]

My mum bought a stash of Tamiflu for the whole family, even my dog! When we hear someone died close to my city, we'll all get our shots, even though we're all sceptical about whether this works or not. But hey, if it might save my life then it must be worth a chance!