Comments on: have you noticed? http://piscesinpurple.com/2009/04/swine-flu confessions of a reformed tourist Mon, 07 Jun 2010 21:36:51 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: owen http://piscesinpurple.com/2009/04/swine-flu/comment-page-1#comment-2769 owen Thu, 21 May 2009 15:16:42 +0000 http://piscesinpurple.com/?p=1318#comment-2769 swine flu isn’t real
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]]> By: YingYang http://piscesinpurple.com/2009/04/swine-flu/comment-page-1#comment-2601 YingYang Fri, 01 May 2009 02:31:58 +0000 http://piscesinpurple.com/?p=1318#comment-2601 Nuttin' like some anti-fouling, mucky sea-water and "waters" to boost the immune system. People in Greenz already saying "Ah doh care about de pig flu, but we better not have a sal'fish flu!" <abbr><em><abbr><em>YingYang´s last blog post..<a href="http://blahblohblog.wordpress.com/2009/04/21/prez-obama-and-brian-lara/" rel="nofollow">Chuckle for the day - Prez-Obama and Brian Lara</a></em></abbr></abbr></em><div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('2601','YingYang'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('2601','YingYang','Nuttin\' like some anti-fouling, mucky sea-water and \"waters\" to boost the immune system. People in Greenz already saying \"Ah doh care about de pig flu, but we better not have a sal\'fish flu!\"\n\n<abbr><em><abbr><em>YingYang´s last blog post..<a href=\"http:\/\/blahblohblog.wordpress.com\/2009\/04\/21\/prez-obama-and-brian-lara\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Chuckle for the day - Prez-Obama and Brian Lara<\/a><\/em><\/abbr><\/abbr><\/em>'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Nuttin’ like some anti-fouling, mucky sea-water and “waters” to boost the immune system. People in Greenz already saying “Ah doh care about de pig flu, but we better not have a sal’fish flu!”

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]]> By: ultrastar http://piscesinpurple.com/2009/04/swine-flu/comment-page-1#comment-2598 ultrastar Fri, 01 May 2009 00:34:20 +0000 http://piscesinpurple.com/?p=1318#comment-2598 Yes. 2.7 Million new HIV infections per year with a net total (dead - new infections) of 700K worldwide. Yet we somehow push it to the back pages. Swine flu = this weeks news cycle and a way to make tamilfu execs even richer. Isn't that right, Donald (Rumsfeld)? Meh.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('2598','ultrastar'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('2598','ultrastar','Yes. 2.7 Million new HIV infections per year with a net total (dead - new infections) of 700K worldwide. Yet we somehow push it to the back pages. Swine flu = this weeks news cycle and a way to make tamilfu execs even richer. Isn\'t that right, Donald (Rumsfeld)? Meh.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Yes. 2.7 Million new HIV infections per year with a net total (dead – new infections) of 700K worldwide. Yet we somehow push it to the back pages. Swine flu = this weeks news cycle and a way to make tamilfu execs even richer. Isn’t that right, Donald (Rumsfeld)? Meh.
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]]> By: Carlana Charles http://piscesinpurple.com/2009/04/swine-flu/comment-page-1#comment-2595 Carlana Charles Thu, 30 Apr 2009 21:45:44 +0000 http://piscesinpurple.com/?p=1318#comment-2595 Wearing masks does not help?? Tell that to the few people I've seen this week in New York on the trains and in the streets wearing them. Crazy. Yet, like you said, so many people are dying from HIV when they could take action and wear a condom. <abbr><em><abbr><em>Carlana Charles´s last blog post..<a href="http://ciboneyvirtual.com/better-customer-service/" rel="nofollow">Better customer service</a></em></abbr></abbr></em><div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('2595','Carlana Charles'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('2595','Carlana Charles','Wearing masks does not help?? Tell that to the few people I\'ve seen this week in New York on the trains and in the streets wearing them. Crazy. Yet, like you said, so many people are dying from HIV when they could take action and wear a condom.\n\n<abbr><em><abbr><em>Carlana Charles´s last blog post..<a href=\"http:\/\/ciboneyvirtual.com\/better-customer-service\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Better customer service<\/a><\/em><\/abbr><\/abbr><\/em>'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Wearing masks does not help?? Tell that to the few people I’ve seen this week in New York on the trains and in the streets wearing them. Crazy. Yet, like you said, so many people are dying from HIV when they could take action and wear a condom.

Carlana Charles´s last blog post..Better customer service

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]]> By: Jared http://piscesinpurple.com/2009/04/swine-flu/comment-page-1#comment-2589 Jared Thu, 30 Apr 2009 19:15:03 +0000 http://piscesinpurple.com/?p=1318#comment-2589 I'm very skeptical about this. Where did you hear it? It sounds way too much like an urban myth. The Wikipedia article on the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_cats" rel="nofollow">History of Cats</a> also claims this, without a source. A little time with Google scholar and Amazon Look Inside don't turn up any relation between cats and plague, or references to cat hunting. But, you know, it was very amusing procrastination.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('2589','Jared'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('2589','Jared','I\'m very skeptical about this. Where did you hear it? It sounds way too much like an urban myth. The Wikipedia article on the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_cats\" rel=\"nofollow\">History of Cats<\/a> also claims this, without a source. A little time with Google scholar and Amazon Look Inside don\'t turn up any relation between cats and plague, or references to cat hunting.\r\n\r\nBut, you know, it was very amusing procrastination.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> I’m very skeptical about this. Where did you hear it? It sounds way too much like an urban myth. The Wikipedia article on the History of Cats also claims this, without a source. A little time with Google scholar and Amazon Look Inside don’t turn up any relation between cats and plague, or references to cat hunting.

But, you know, it was very amusing procrastination.

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]]> By: jdid http://piscesinpurple.com/2009/04/swine-flu/comment-page-1#comment-2588 jdid Thu, 30 Apr 2009 18:59:45 +0000 http://piscesinpurple.com/?p=1318#comment-2588 i think the hysteria, gives us something to worry about besides the economy. i think alot of folk are getting mis-info though. someone in the caribbean told the other day about the thousands who died worldwide and said the way they are reporting it it sounds as if tens if not hundreds are infected in canada. so far total canada numbers 18 all mild cases<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('2588','jdid'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('2588','jdid','i think the hysteria, gives us something to worry about besides the economy. i think alot of folk are getting mis-info though. someone in the caribbean told the other day about the thousands who died worldwide and said the way they are reporting it it sounds as if tens if not hundreds are infected in canada. so far total canada numbers 18 all mild cases'); return false;">Quote</a></div> i think the hysteria, gives us something to worry about besides the economy. i think alot of folk are getting mis-info though. someone in the caribbean told the other day about the thousands who died worldwide and said the way they are reporting it it sounds as if tens if not hundreds are infected in canada. so far total canada numbers 18 all mild cases
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]]> By: maria http://piscesinpurple.com/2009/04/swine-flu/comment-page-1#comment-2587 maria Thu, 30 Apr 2009 18:48:08 +0000 http://piscesinpurple.com/?p=1318#comment-2587 Thanks, Jared. What I said was indeed an oversimplification, and you are of course correct that witchcraft trials were much more common later. It is true, however, that cats were associated with witchcraft, witches and the devil. Some considered cats to be witches in disguise. During the Middle Ages people who kept cats were objects of great suspicion, and in Europe cats were hunted almost to extinction. The resulting lack of rat-hunters was instrumental in spreading the plague, if not in starting it.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('2587','maria'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('2587','maria','Thanks, Jared. What I said was indeed an oversimplification, and you are of course correct that witchcraft trials were much more common later. It is true, however, that cats were associated with witchcraft, witches and the devil. Some considered cats to be witches in disguise. During the Middle Ages people who kept cats were objects of great suspicion, and in Europe cats were hunted almost to extinction. The resulting lack of rat-hunters was instrumental in spreading the plague, if not in starting it.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Thanks, Jared. What I said was indeed an oversimplification, and you are of course correct that witchcraft trials were much more common later. It is true, however, that cats were associated with witchcraft, witches and the devil. Some considered cats to be witches in disguise. During the Middle Ages people who kept cats were objects of great suspicion, and in Europe cats were hunted almost to extinction. The resulting lack of rat-hunters was instrumental in spreading the plague, if not in starting it.
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]]> By: Jared http://piscesinpurple.com/2009/04/swine-flu/comment-page-1#comment-2586 Jared Thu, 30 Apr 2009 18:36:40 +0000 http://piscesinpurple.com/?p=1318#comment-2586 You aren't being serious about the cats, are you? Witchcraft trials were much more common during the Reformation, long after the Black Plague. C'mon, former history major! I have to say I'm more worried about this than most public health scares. Which is to say: only slightly. But this spreads a hell of a lot faster than AIDS.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('2586','Jared'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('2586','Jared','You aren\'t being serious about the cats, are you? Witchcraft trials were much more common during the Reformation, long after the Black Plague. C\'mon, former history major!\r\n\r\nI have to say I\'m more worried about this than most public health scares. Which is to say: only slightly. But this spreads a hell of a lot faster than AIDS.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> You aren’t being serious about the cats, are you? Witchcraft trials were much more common during the Reformation, long after the Black Plague. C’mon, former history major!

I have to say I’m more worried about this than most public health scares. Which is to say: only slightly. But this spreads a hell of a lot faster than AIDS.

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]]> By: Debra Snider http://piscesinpurple.com/2009/04/swine-flu/comment-page-1#comment-2585 Debra Snider Thu, 30 Apr 2009 17:59:35 +0000 http://piscesinpurple.com/?p=1318#comment-2585 Well said! This whole frenzy is ridiculous - to put swine flu further into perspective, tens of thousands of people die every year of "regular" flu. I'm amazed by people's tendency to get unnecessarily (and lamely) hysterical. And the WHO, as well as the media, should be acting responsibly instead of pandering to hysteria. <abbr><em><abbr><em>Debra Snider´s last blog post..<a href="http://debrasnider.blogspot.com/2009/03/ersatz-wisdom.html" rel="nofollow">Ersatz Wisdom</a></em></abbr></abbr></em><div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('2585','Debra Snider'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('2585','Debra Snider','Well said! This whole frenzy is ridiculous - to put swine flu further into perspective, tens of thousands of people die every year of \"regular\" flu. I\'m amazed by people\'s tendency to get unnecessarily (and lamely) hysterical. And the WHO, as well as the media, should be acting responsibly instead of pandering to hysteria.\n\n<abbr><em><abbr><em>Debra Snider´s last blog post..<a href=\"http:\/\/debrasnider.blogspot.com\/2009\/03\/ersatz-wisdom.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Ersatz Wisdom<\/a><\/em><\/abbr><\/abbr><\/em>'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Well said! This whole frenzy is ridiculous – to put swine flu further into perspective, tens of thousands of people die every year of “regular” flu. I’m amazed by people’s tendency to get unnecessarily (and lamely) hysterical. And the WHO, as well as the media, should be acting responsibly instead of pandering to hysteria.

Debra Snider´s last blog post..Ersatz Wisdom

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]]> By: omi http://piscesinpurple.com/2009/04/swine-flu/comment-page-1#comment-2584 omi Thu, 30 Apr 2009 17:37:17 +0000 http://piscesinpurple.com/?p=1318#comment-2584 i just made a similar statement today...it's crazy. i think it's because certain diseases have been "labeled" ("only gays, junkies and whores get aids..."), while we all know the flu is universal and rather haphazard. hence denial on one end and panic on the other.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('2584','omi'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('2584','omi','i just made a similar statement today...it\'s crazy. \r\n\r\ni think it\'s because certain diseases have been \"labeled\" (\"only gays, junkies and whores get aids...\"), while we all know the flu is universal and rather haphazard. hence denial on one end and panic on the other.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> i just made a similar statement today…it’s crazy.

i think it’s because certain diseases have been “labeled” (“only gays, junkies and whores get aids…”), while we all know the flu is universal and rather haphazard. hence denial on one end and panic on the other.

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]]> By: Joely Black http://piscesinpurple.com/2009/04/swine-flu/comment-page-1#comment-2583 Joely Black Thu, 30 Apr 2009 17:26:11 +0000 http://piscesinpurple.com/?p=1318#comment-2583 Excellent point! I noticed the papers were saying today "A PERSON HAS DIED OF SWINE FLU!!" Wow. Big deal. More people have already died this year due to freak accidents involving household appliances. Hmm! <abbr><em><abbr><em>Joely Black´s last blog post..<a href="http://isabeljoelyblack.wordpress.com/2009/04/30/answering-questions/" rel="nofollow">Answering questions</a></em></abbr></abbr></em><div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('2583','Joely Black'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('2583','Joely Black','Excellent point! I noticed the papers were saying today \"A PERSON HAS DIED OF SWINE FLU!!\"\r\n\r\nWow. Big deal. More people have already died this year due to freak accidents involving household appliances. Hmm!\n\n<abbr><em><abbr><em>Joely Black´s last blog post..<a href=\"http:\/\/isabeljoelyblack.wordpress.com\/2009\/04\/30\/answering-questions\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Answering questions<\/a><\/em><\/abbr><\/abbr><\/em>'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Excellent point! I noticed the papers were saying today “A PERSON HAS DIED OF SWINE FLU!!”

Wow. Big deal. More people have already died this year due to freak accidents involving household appliances. Hmm!

Joely Black´s last blog post..Answering questions

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