Swine Flu - When will you become worried? [Archive]

Str8 Jacket

16th July 2009, 16:52

http://www.stuff.co.nz/world/swine-flu/2600962/Swine-flu-death-toll-rises-to-ten

Swine Flu death toll is now at 10. I'm still not worried enough to start wearing masks or isolating myself yet...

What will it take for you to become worried?

jim.cox

16th July 2009, 16:53

What will it take for you to become worried?

When otherwise healthy children start dying in large numbers

(Around 400 people die from the usual seasonal flu each year in NZ)

nosebleed

16th July 2009, 16:57

Shit, with those odds they better start putting something in our food chain to combat this rampant pandemic

p.dath

16th July 2009, 16:57

I'll be worried when I am too sick to ride.

Str8 Jacket

16th July 2009, 16:58

Shit, with those odds they better start putting something in our food chain to combat this rampant pandemic

hmmm, maybe its all one big conspiracy! :eek:

Where's my tinfoil hat!

jim.cox

16th July 2009, 16:59

Where's my tinfoil hat!

Your Avatar is wearing it :)

Finn

16th July 2009, 17:01

What will it take for you to become worried?

At the time of this post, Statistics (http://www.stats.govt.nz/populationclock.htm) estimate the population of New Zealand to be 4,319,002. So in answer to your question, I shall be quite concerned when the death toll reaches 4,319,001.

Str8 Jacket

16th July 2009, 17:02

At the time of this post, Statistics (http://www.stats.govt.nz/populationclock.htm) estimate the population of New Zealand to be 4,319,002. So in answer to your question, I shall be quite concerned when the death toll reaches 4,319,001.

So it is true, you DO prefer to masturbate than have sex! Unless you prefer animals... :confused:

ManDownUnder

16th July 2009, 17:03

I shall be quite concerned when the death toll reaches 4,319,001.

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gatch

16th July 2009, 17:13

When this dreaded swine flu kills more people than regular influenza, I might actually listen to the shit about it on the news, otherwise, its just naff.

SPman

16th July 2009, 17:28

On the current stats, I'd rather get swine flu than "normal" flu!

yungatart

16th July 2009, 17:28

Str8 Jacket

16th July 2009, 17:32

On the current stats, I'd rather get swine flu than "normal" flu!
:laugh: so true!

Bring it on, I say!
The more news about swine flu, the less there is about the 'recession'. The less news abiout the recession, the better. People forget we're having one and go back to spending a little more...gotta be good for business...and my pocket could do with some relief right now.

Funny you say that, there are alot of companies, mostly cleaning and hygiene type companies are loving this! As are the chemists, pharmaceuticals (sp?) etc etc. Recession, what recession...

Everyone's so negative...
http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/2600951/Fitch-revises-NZ-outlook-to-negative

Maha

16th July 2009, 17:35

Bring it on, I say!
The more news about swine flu, the less there is about the 'recession'. The less news abiout the recession, the better. People forget we're having one and go back to spending a little more...gotta be good for business...and my pocket could do with some relief right now.

Yip and Yip.....
Swine flu has not killed anyone yet in NZ....it doesn't help getting it when you already have and debilitating illness, but then, any bad case of the good old normal flu kills people each year here in Aotearoa, which is why the Flu Jab was introduced years ago, to keep the death rate down right?...

Yes yes I know....10 have died, but what im saying is, Swine wasnt the cause, it certainly helped though.

kevfromcoro

16th July 2009, 17:38

On the current stats, I'd rather get swine flu than "normal" flu!

Yeah hear what you are saying
But a lot of us get the flu , and most live through it.
If a person gets the piggy flu , is all curtains??

Maha

16th July 2009, 17:39

Yeah hear what you are saying
But a lot of us get the flu , and most live through it.
If a person gets the piggy flu , is all curtains??

So if I get Swine Flu Im dead???........:bye:

slofox

16th July 2009, 17:41

When will you become worried?

I won't...

kevfromcoro

16th July 2009, 17:46

So if I get Swine Flu Im dead???........:bye:

well thats what im asking....??

Its a bit like HIV..

Wouldnt like to get again.....

Little Miss Trouble

16th July 2009, 17:50

My doctor thinks I have it and I'm not worried!

For most normal healthy people you will feel like crap for about a week, then go back to normal. Its those with pre existing medical conditions that need to be careful & take extra precautions.

Indiana_Jones

16th July 2009, 17:54

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'Bout That Time Ay Chaps?

Righto

-Indy

Number One

16th July 2009, 18:08

Right now I would take Swine flu over Noro Virus any fricken day!

Its those with pre existing medical conditions that need to be careful & take extra precautions.

As for the swine flu and being worried...I'm not worried about it but I was taking precautions when I was needing to visit the hospital every day last week. I was amazed how I saw practically no one else wearing masks. I strapped one on and made our boy wear one too...swine or not - both of us have those evil 'pre-existing medical conditions' and frankly I don't get enough sick leave to be able to take it too lightly. If I am in an area where it is high risk I be strapping on a shexxy mask for sure!

Madness

16th July 2009, 18:23

My missus had the swine, the results came back the day she started coming right after about a week. I never got any symptoms though, which leads me to think I might be a swine-carrier.

I'll start to worry when it crosses over to pigs and inteferes with my daily bacon intake.

riffer

16th July 2009, 18:24

Brett

16th July 2009, 18:33

It is not that swine flu is more "potent" in its mortality rate, simply that it spreads much more easily than many other 'common' flu's and thus more people will get infected in a shorter time frame. More people get sick = more people die. People die of the common flu all the time.
I am not worried. Don't want to catch it, but if it does then what can ya do really?

nosebleed

16th July 2009, 18:41

Meh.

Had swine flu week before last.

I wouldn't recommend it, but really - it's just the flu.

Get over it people. The only ones dying are the really sick ones.

I have a pre-existing condition (type I diabetes) and it didn't kill me.

The good shit ay? (shooting Novorapid right now)
Did you get the 'standard flu' jab earlier in the year?

Mom

16th July 2009, 19:00

Bring it on, I say!
The more news about swine flu, the less there is about the 'recession'. The less news abiout the recession, the better. People forget we're having one and go back to spending a little more...gotta be good for business...and my pocket could do with some relief right now.

Well said that woman!

My doctor thinks I have it and I'm not worried!

You are kidding right? Did he test you?

Oh well, if we do indeed have swine flu then it is not that terrible, I have some secondary infection that is nailing me flat at the moment, but apart from that I coped :D

EJK

16th July 2009, 19:02

I caught swine flu last week. I'm perfectly fine now.

Maha

16th July 2009, 19:14

I caught swine flu last week. I'm perfectly fine now.

Shouldn't that be 'perfectly swine right now'??....:rockon:

Deano

16th July 2009, 19:19

The Govt is getting rid of their close to 'use by ' date Tamiflu though eh......even though it doesn't work.

kevfromcoro

16th July 2009, 19:21

This thread is not a pisstake is it?

I thought swine flu was quite serious.

And a few KBs have had it ...

boman

16th July 2009, 19:22

Rumor has it, that the same fulla who invented Y2K, also invented swine flu. Musta been getting a bit short of cash ae? Probably owns shares in Tamiflu or summin.

:innocent::wari::shutup:

Maha

16th July 2009, 19:25

This thread is not a pisstake is it?

I thought swine flu was quite serious.

And a few KBs have had it ...

Its serious if you are an obese asthmatic with heart problems.
Swine flu has been here before....1976.

Tink

16th July 2009, 19:26

Grahameeboy

16th July 2009, 19:35

Yeah hear what you are saying
But a lot of us get the flu , and most live through it.
If a person gets the piggy flu , is all curtains??

Bet a lot of smokers are worried about getting Swine Flu......strange world

Little Miss Trouble

16th July 2009, 19:39

You are kidding right? Did he test you?

Oh well, if we do indeed have swine flu then it is not that terrible, I have some secondary infection that is nailing me flat at the moment, but apart from that I coped :D

She didn't test me, said theres not much point - I'll be well again before the results would be back. I did get a bloody good telling off for not going in sooner though

riffer

16th July 2009, 19:48

The good shit ay? (shooting Novorapid right now)
Did you get the 'standard flu' jab earlier in the year?

Yeah - don't you just love the irony in that...

Mom

16th July 2009, 20:04

She didn't test me, said theres not much point - I'll be well again before the results would be back. I did get a bloody good telling off for not going in sooner though

Ha! What a friggen joke that is, I cant even get to see a doctor for 2 days...LOL

Naki Rat

16th July 2009, 21:21

Got laid out big time by a flu that was probably the piggy variety a couple of weeks back. I spent the first 72 hours in bed taking nonstop Panadeine to kill the headache and joint pains, hot/cold and weak as a kitten.

I am due for sinus surgery in a couple of weeks so guess where the secondary infection turned up? Bugger!
A doctor's visit got me antibiotics for the secondary but even though I was 1 of 5 people waiting in the designated 'flu waiting area' no testing was done to confirm/deny Swine. Two weeks on now and my energy levels are just about back to normal.

Mrs Rat's employer and her hubby came back from QLD with it and every staff member there has had it and been decked for 1 - 2 weeks as a result.

Don't recommend this one if you can avoid it but unless you health is otherwise seriously compromised it's just going to lay you out for a while. It's just flu not bloody Ebola!

Kiwi Graham

16th July 2009, 21:37

My 4yr old got sick with flu and because of the contacts I had at work ment they treated him for swine flu. He was crook as for 48hrs and I was fooking scared shitless...............I watched him breath in and out as he slept.

Didn't give it much thought before this, cant say I'm worried about myself I'm fit and healthy (I think) but when your kids get crook!!!!!!!!!!

Brett

17th July 2009, 00:45

This thread is not a pisstake is it?

I thought swine flu was quite serious.

And a few KBs have had it ...

Medical professionals have moved from the quarantine/control stage now onto managing and slowing its spread. It is readily accepted that it has now well and truly established itself here.

Gremlin

17th July 2009, 05:40

Yep... had to be worried already. Client got a couple of cases, which meant we limited contact as much as possible, masks etc.

In the contract services industry, you're a great source of spreading anything... :yes:

Swoop

17th July 2009, 11:37

My doctor thinks I have it...

There is nothing better than a professional who spends 5 years at university, to charge loads of $$$'s for providing nothing more than a guess. Weather forecasters also fall into this category!
Get well soon Miss.L!

Little Miss Trouble

17th July 2009, 11:57

There is nothing better than a professional who spends 5 years at university, to charge loads of $$$'s for providing nothing more than a guess.

Haha Thats the exact attitiude that I had which is exactly why I left it so long before going (thinking I'd get over it myself) and ended up with a bloody chest infection to go with it

Swoop

17th July 2009, 12:04

Haha Thats the exact attitiude that I had which is exactly why I left it so long before going (thinking I'd get over it myself)
Yes. The same thing last year. I hadn't been to a quack for 6-7yrs(?) until then. Came out of the quack's office after getting forms for a list of tests to be done and spent the next 1/2 day getting stabbed, prodded and siphoned.
I was fucking glad the quack didn't ride a Honda! (ass was beginning to pucker...):shit:

Lissa

17th July 2009, 12:04

I am not worried for myself just for my children, I suppose reading about otherwise healthy six year old dieing in England doesnt help.

My eight year old had the flu last week, I just kept an eye on her, basically making sure her symptoms didn't develop into vomiting and breathing problems, other than being vigilant about hand washing and disposing of tissues correctly there isnt much more I can do.

My dad had to go to Wellington Hospital this week for a scan, hes a bit paranoid and took handwashing lotion with him, apparently there were people wearing masks there.

Str8 Jacket

17th July 2009, 12:35

Bet a lot of smokers are worried about getting Swine Flu......strange world

Why? <assumptions> <assumptions>

Trudes

17th July 2009, 13:30

I had to go to the doctor today.... the place was deserted and the few people I did see 3 of them were wearing masks, then my doctor tells me that because of the type of medication I'm on that if I get any of the symptoms that I have to get in within 24 hours to see her so they can look me over and give me tamiflu.... bugger... maybe I won't go to any swine flu parties! ;)

RiderInBlack

17th July 2009, 15:15

Just finished having the Flu. Had the flu injection earlier in the year as I work as a Nurse so it was most likely Swine Flu and not one of the normal season flu's. Has cost us four days off work, but as front-line health workers, we have got Tami flu free. This helped big time. The flu was not too severe. Did have me sleeping most of the day for two days and went off my food then too. Temp was 39.1 C at the worst (panadol helped keep that in control). Headaches and body aches. Just had to rest-up and drink lots of fluid until our bodies felt better. We stayed at home to help stop the spread. So all-in-all no worse than having a normally seasonal flu, which kills some effected people too.

My advice is Don't Panic. Avoid contact if you can. If ya get cold and flu symptoms, stay at home (don't give it to others by taking it to work). Rest-up. Drink heaps. Stay warm. Ring ya Doc only if the symptoms get bad (eg: difficulty breathing) or don't improve after a few days.

davebullet

17th July 2009, 17:07

As health and safety rep on the floor at work, I have an armoury of masks. I think most people have grabbed them so they can use them as sanding or dust masks generally.

People who should be worried about any influenza strain (swine flu is no different) are those in at risk categories - fat, diabetes, low immune system abilities etc.. (sorry for the overly technical medical explanation). A lot of bourbon can be used to counteract and fight said ailments (or 'ale'ments if you prefer).

Str8 Jacket

17th July 2009, 17:08

As health and safety rep on the floor at work, I have an armoury of masks. I think most people have grabbed them so they can use them as sanding or dust masks generally.

What people fail to realise is once those masks have been owrn for about 10 minutes they are then rendered useless!

awayatc

17th July 2009, 17:26

I want to root in the mud......
Should i get worried?......

Must be swine related surely.....

cambridgedan

17th July 2009, 18:00

funny that the symptoms for it are exactly the same as the normal flu

Grahameeboy

17th July 2009, 19:02

Why? <assumptions> <assumptions>

Because they don't want to get swine flu but happy to get cancer....
</assumptions></assumptions>

Str8 Jacket

17th July 2009, 19:03

Because they don't want to get swine flu but happy to get cancer....
</assumptions></assumptions>

I wasnt happy to get cancer.

BTW - I also smoke and am a severe asthmatic and I am still not "worried" by the thought of getting swine flu.

Grahameeboy

17th July 2009, 19:06

I wasnt happy to get cancer.

BTW - I also smoke and am a severe asthmatic and I am still not "worried" by the thought of getting swine flu.

Well you are being realistic....I was generalising....

Str8 Jacket

17th July 2009, 19:07

Well you are being realistic....I was generalising....

My point exactly! ;)

Grahameeboy

17th July 2009, 19:08

My point exactly! ;)

You knew what I was getting at you you scoundrel......

Paul in NZ

17th July 2009, 19:32

Well OK I'll buy into this having just written our business continuity plan for infectious diseases....

As a type 1 diabetic which is an auto immune disease (supressed immune system) I get seriously fucked off with the coughers and snotties. A well heeled gent copped my ire after he hoiked on the street (dirty cunt) yesterday..

Soap kills this, fer christs sake, a bit of BASIC common sense would stop 75% of illnesses...

Str8 Jacket

17th July 2009, 19:33

Paul in NZ

17th July 2009, 19:56

I'm just annoyed 'cos I work with Mr cough cough and mr snot snot who both seem immune to sickness and determine to share every illness their poxy kids pick up.... Totally disregarding the possibility it could bloody kill me... oh well, least I'll leave a good lookin corpse...

awayatc

18th July 2009, 01:06

Soap kills this, fer christs sake, a bit of BASIC common sense would stop 75% of illnesses...

condoms take care of the rest........:yes:

just getting over swineflu now, and it is indeed a pig of a thing to end up with......
May try that soap thing next time......
panadol didn't do that much good.....