bird flu from asia?

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Originally Posted by chuck

WHERE'S THE GRAPHICS GUY WITH THE SCROLLING UPDATE - OF EVERYTHING I'VE JUST SAID!!

And I want the graphics exploding across the screen, in a fireball - you know, like the guys at FOX do theirs - because FFS!! That's real mofo news.

my current favourite charlie brooker quote is about news graphics - ''it's like watching tron through a kaleidoscope''

[Deckard]

Originally Posted by chuck

And I want the graphics exploding across the screen, in a fireball - you know, like the guys at FOX do theirs - because FFS!! That's real mofo news.

It's REAL MAN'S news, that's what it is.

Btw, I'm hearing the only way to stop the spread of this outbreak is by plunging a metal spike into the inner cortex of one of the infected. Otherwise, do not approach, I repeat: do NOT approach.

A hanky will also be useful.

[Rog]

Originally Posted by matt

Why let the facts get in the way of the good story?

Especially if it means the Mail can print 'Killer Flu on its way to Britain' in inch high letters on its front page and then have a dig inside at how the Government's lack of preparation could leave millions to die.

LOL! spot on

[Rog]

Originally Posted by Deckard

It's REAL MAN'S news, that's what it is.

Btw, I'm hearing the only way to stop the spread of this outbreak is by plunging a metal spike into the inner cortex of one of the infected. Otherwise, do not approach, I repeat: do NOT approach.

A hanky will also be useful.

Stop everyone from leaving/entering mexico might work..........

[chuck]

Originally Posted by Deckard

It's REAL MAN'S news, that's what it is.

Btw, I'm hearing the only way to stop the spread of this outbreak is by plunging a metal spike into the inner cortex of one of the infected. Otherwise, do not approach, I repeat: do NOT approach.

A hanky will also be useful.

I was told it a "wet" hanky was more effective.

Back during the SARS/bird flu outbreak - there was a run on those 3M paper masks - for people flying to Asia from NZ - chemists were cleaning up.

And you'd see people lining up to check in and boarding the flights wearing said masks. Thing is - if you read the fine print, the masks were only effective at repelling air-borne bacteria/dust/KILLERVIRUSES!!!! for approximately 3 hours.

Which doesn't make much sense - when these potential victims were getting on board a 10 hour flight to Bangkok.

Also - all these potential victims would of course lift the soul-protecting paper mask to their head when their tray of highly ionized food was brought to their seat.

KILLER VIRUS!!! FLYING PIGS!!! HYSTERIA!!

ARMEGGEDON IT.

Where's that one-armed drummer when I really need one?

[chuck]

http://xkcd.com/574/

In a similar vein - I cooked fajitas tonight - and drank a Corona - will that mean I get sick soon?

[the mongoose]

Don't worry, everything will be just swine.

[Deckard]

I notice several cartoonists - such as Martin Rowson and Morten Morland below - are making the link between sick pigs and the sick state of capitalism/fat bankers:





And hot on the heels of anguished-looking traders, I now give you: anguished members of public with masks.



Fajitas and Corona, eh?

[jOHN rODRIGUEZ]

I'm sure the boy in photo #2 is saying "Fk this".

[matt]

Oh dear

JERUSALEM (AP) — The outbreak of swine flu should be renamed "Mexican" influenza in deference to Muslim and Jewish sensitivities over pork, said an Israeli health official Monday.
Deputy Health Minister Yakov Litzman said the reference to pigs is offensive to both religions and "we should call this Mexican flu and not swine flu," he told a news conference at a hospital in central Israel.
Both Judaism and Islam consider pigs unclean and forbid the eating of pork products.
Scientists are unsure where the new swine flu virus originally emerged, though it was identifed first in the United States. They say there is nothing about the virus that makes it "Mexican" and worry such a label would be stigmatizing.
Two Israelis who recently visited Mexico have been hospitalized with symptoms of the flu. Health authorities have not yet confirmed whether they actually have the virus.
The current strain of swine flu is thought to have originated in Mexico where more than 100 people have been killed by the disease so far.
Laboratories in the U.S. and Canada have confirmed that of the samples tested so far, the swine flu virus in Mexico and U.S. appear to be the same.