Bird flu outbreak (Ministry of Health simulation exercise)

**Disco Dan** · 16th May 2007, 17:48

The first official case of bird flu has been reported in Auckland Hospital.

A 19 year old male from the USA has been treated with Tamiflu.

Flights from USA have been cancelled and quarantine measures have been put in place in all airports and hospitals in New Zealand.

There is also a suspected case in Gisbone and Wellington.

*this has only just happend this afternoon*

What you need to do: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/...ectid=10364390

**Grahameeboy** · 16th May 2007, 17:52

On no, we are doomed...........lets cancel cigarette sales......

**Sniper** · 16th May 2007, 17:55

Pah, birdflu, another one of mankinds worries.

**Jantar** · 16th May 2007, 17:57

And the source of this information is ?

**QMOTO** · 16th May 2007, 17:57

I Smell BULLSHITE

**Disco Dan** · 16th May 2007, 17:58

I have contacts in the hospital. The person leaked their confidential email to me.

Let me assure you this is NO JOKE.

**QMOTO** · 16th May 2007, 18:04

Originally Posted by Disco Dan

I have contacts in the hospital. The person leaked their confidential email to me.

Let me assure you this is NO JOKE.

Send it to me then msu@xtra.co.nz

**Disco Dan** · 16th May 2007, 18:06

Originally Posted by QUASiMOTO

Send it to me then msu@xtra.co.nz

PM sent to you.

**Disco Dan** · 16th May 2007, 18:13

FFS, trying to give you guys some important information here and you just cry wolf!

I wouldnt have posted this if it wasnt true.

There is a confirmed case, of bird flu.

farks sake....

**Mom** · 16th May 2007, 18:14

Originally Posted by QUASiMOTO

I Smell BULLSHITE

Is that what the smell is, I thought more horse shit.........

**Grahameeboy** · 16th May 2007, 18:16

Originally Posted by Disco Dan

FFS, trying to give you guys some important information here and you just cry wolf!

I wouldnt have posted this if it wasnt true.

There is a confirmed case, of bird flu.

farks sake....

Such is life.....compared to Malaria, HIV, Yellow Fever etc, Bird Flu is not very exciting.........

**Slingshot** · 16th May 2007, 18:17

I've just called TV3 and they're sending a news team to Auckland hospital now. Might see something on the 10pm news.

**Big Dan** · 16th May 2007, 18:18

My Girlfriend lives in whangarei and is at the Whangarei hospital watching her uncle pass away due to sickness but while she is there noticed that the hospital has closed one of its wards due to a bad flu i dont see this as a coincadence so heed what Dan is saying

I'm not into rasing false alarms on shit like this

**skelstar** · 16th May 2007, 18:19

Originally Posted by Slingshot

I've just called TV3 and they're sending a news team to Auckland hospital now. Might see something on the 10pm news.

Yeah...so did I *snigger*

**LilSel** · 16th May 2007, 18:20

I was in Hong Kong when the Bird Flu thing first came to light...
And SARS too on a prior trip, everyone was wearing surgical masks... we werent tho... n none of us got sick.

Stink buzz for my workmate who's flying out to the US tomorrow, they might not let her back haha... (actually thats not very funny... cuz more work for me to do... bugger!!)

On a serious note tho... hope its not serious