tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post5459157163947147392..comments2024-03-03T17:01:57.876-05:00Comments on Montreal Simon: Swine Flu: Deadly Threat or Alarmism?Simonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-24147961841290072492009-04-29T16:02:00.000-04:002009-04-29T16:02:00.000-04:00Well, here in the US, we now have our very first d...Well, here in the US, we now have our very first death from swine flu: a toddler in Texas.<br /><br />Tragic, yes, but certainly not a healthy young adult. In fact a toddler is closer to one of the demographics (that being the very young and the very old) more likely to die from good old regular influenza. This, I think, means one of two things:<br />1. The virus is already mutating into a milder form<br />2. The virus has not yet mutated into a deadly form<br />Doesn't tell us much either way, but it's nothing to panic over yet.<br />Just something to be sad about.The Gay Young Liberalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12557038169464998132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-49960600042314751022009-04-29T13:05:00.000-04:002009-04-29T13:05:00.000-04:00It's good of the wise pundit to dismiss the deaths...It's good of the wise pundit to dismiss the deaths of slum dwellers as being of little consequence. "...and so decrease the excess population" I guess.<br /><br />It's not like overcrowded close living among people with lousy healthcare and a desperate need to keep going out in public while ill is likely to encourage any virus to mutate enough so it can endanger 'worthy' people after all.<br /><br />There's a difference between panic and a hard 'stop, look and listen' when it comes to contagious disease. Our global interconnectivity these days makes the international travel cross-contamination of those dispersing from the Great War look like a glacial crawl.<br /><br />What these S-M-R-T opiners need to do is viciously poopoo the idiot reactions about 'dirty mexicans', 'illegal immigrants', 'deliberate plague let loose to be an excuse for Obama to declare martial law', 'Biblical End Times' and encourage better community disaster plans knowledge so everyone can feel more empowered to help themselves, no matter how lucky we might end up this time.<br /><br />Just for a change.Nileshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04096047389811381098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-81116747267086291872009-04-29T11:05:00.000-04:002009-04-29T11:05:00.000-04:00Even if it only does affect "slum" dwellers with t...Even if it only does affect "slum" dwellers with the fatality rates we're seeing in Mexico, that's going to mean a lot of deaths around the world.<br /><br />There's a curious lack of real knowledge about the Spanish flu (not that nobody knows, but that the people talking about it these days seem not to). Thanks for injecting some facts into the discussion.RevDavehttp://terribledepths.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-40750690009174326352009-04-29T10:43:00.000-04:002009-04-29T10:43:00.000-04:00Oh media, they always make everything bigger than ...Oh media, they always make everything bigger than it is. I even read an article in a local newspaper (obviously written by an ignorant) mentioning Stephen Kings book The Stand and the virus that played the main role in the story, Captain Trips. I mean seriously, out of the 152 deaths in Mexico, only 12 or so have been proven to be caused by the swine flu. Nevertheless, people are panicking all over the globe, pointlessly of course. Anyways, thanks for your article, I must agree with you completely...<br /><br />LorneBank of Montrealhttp://www.prweb.com/releases/2009-4/bmo-aig-canada/prweb2359334.htmnoreply@blogger.com