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Swine flu killed like 50 mln people just around 100 years ago and there were no airplanes to spread it around quickly back then... -
Originally posted by BrilloPad View PostDidn't they sat that birdflu would kill off most of us and then Sars?
Both proved to be damp squids : when are we going to get a decent killer virus?

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Although I will always now think of you when I hear this expression.
Knock first as I might be balancing my chakras.Comment
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US Homeland Security: Public Health Emergency declared in the US, according to Sky.
Who makes Tamiflu? They're going to clean up.
Just thought. If this is a Survivors scenario, it may pay to be on the bench. Just stay indoors and avoid all visitors. Then take over a week or two later.Speaking gibberish on internet talkboards since last Michaelmas. Plus here on TwitterComment
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Blimey, it's reached Scotland already!




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A true contractor will still go in to work coughing, sneezing and projectile vomiting. Permies hate that.Comment
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Exactly. Just one mention of flu, and everyone has a fit of the vapours.Originally posted by TimberWolf View PostA true contractor will still go in to work coughing, sneezing and projectile vomiting. Permies hate that.
In any case I'm sure I must have had pig flu before, and it wasn't that bad.
(During the bird flu hysteria, I cleaned up on half-price ducks in our local Sainsburies. Looks like this time the freezer will be full of price-reduced pork.)Work in the public sector? Read the IR35 FAQ hereComment
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And what will you be buying during black plague hysteria?Originally posted by OwlHoot View Post(During the bird flu hysteria, I cleaned up on half-price ducks in our local Sainsburies. Looks like this time the freezer will be full of price-reduced pork.)
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Cheap 'Rat'atouille....Originally posted by AtW View PostAnd what will you be buying during black plague hysteria?

Did you see what I did there?
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Oinkment?Originally posted by AtW View PostAnd what will you be buying during black plague hysteria?
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Pig flu is small potatoes compared to regular flu and not all that deadly outside Mexico it seems. It is even crappier than bird flu so far. Mention it again when death rates approach some tiny, minuscule fraction of deaths from heart disease, cancer or road kill, until then we've got more important things to get hysterical about
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