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    #11
    "i'm getting better... I feel fine... I think I'll go for a walk"
    "I can put any old tat in my sig, put quotes around it and attribute to someone of whom I've heard, to make it sound true."
    - Voltaire/Benjamin Franklin/Anne Frank...

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      #12
      Originally posted by Cyberman View Post
      As I've said on another thread earlier this week, the death rate in Argentina is almost 2%, so at that rate I would not rule out up to 1 million deaths in the UK. A vaccine will not be ready for months, and with the football season starting next month the spread will surely escalate.
      Oh really.

      http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/04/wo...argentina.html

      Dr. Juan Manzur, the new health minister, said Friday that 44 people had died from swine flu .... Dr. Manzur said that officials now suspect that there are 100,000 cases of swine flu in the country
      How many deaths? 2% of 100,000? Or is the figure closer to 1 in every 2250.

      You're a fool if you think this will kill 1 million people in the UK.
      "I hope Celtic realise that, if their team is good enough, they will win. If they're not good enough, they'll not win - and they can't look at anybody else, whether it is referees or any other influence." - Walter Smith

      On them! On them! They fail!

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        #13
        Originally posted by Incognito View Post
        Oh really.

        http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/04/wo...argentina.html



        How many deaths? 2% of 100,000? Or is the figure closer to 1 in every 2250.

        You're a fool if you think this will kill 1 million people in the UK.



        It's killed 82 out of 2677 cases in Argentina. That is 3%. You are yet another complacent fool.

        http://momento24.com/en/2009/07/10/s...ith-82-deaths/

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          #14
          Originally posted by Bagpuss View Post
          I expect they would want to bum middle class computer programmers first. Jebus, what newspapers are you reading?
          Originally posted by Incognito View Post
          Where are you getting the figure of hundreds of deaths a day? Latest projected figures are for 100,000 infections a day and if fatality rates remain consistent (1 in every 2500) that doesn't quite add up to hundreds.
          It's a hypothetical discussion for crying out loud. Have you forgotten what forum it's posted on? Sheesh, go talk on the NewsNight boards if you want to discuss true statistics
          Originally posted by MaryPoppins
          I'd still not breastfeed a nazi
          Originally posted by vetran
          Urine is quite nourishing

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            #15
            Originally posted by d000hg View Post
            could the government introduce a state of emergency and avoid an election?
            Oh dear.

            If you've thought it, they've thought it.
            My all-time favourite Dilbert cartoon, this is: BTW, a Dumpster is a brand of skip, I think.

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              #16
              Originally posted by Incognito View Post
              Oh really.

              http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/04/wo...argentina.html



              How many deaths? 2% of 100,000? Or is the figure closer to 1 in every 2250.
              You're a fool if you think this will kill 1 million people in the UK.
              Fixed.

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                #17
                In the Long Run - we are all Dead.

                With any 'crises' ask yourself - qui bonum ?

                Who Profits ?

                In this case - follow the money trail - who are the Directors of Tamiflu ?

                Step forward Donald Rumsfield !

                This man sold Saddam chemical weapons - he will do anything for a fast buck.

                "There are a lot of people who lie and get away with it, and that's just a fact."

                Quotation from Donald Rumsfeld
                Last edited by AlfredJPruffock; 16 July 2009, 07:51.

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                  #18
                  If you receive an email from the Department of Health telling you not to eat tinned pork because of swine flu – ignore it.

                  It’s just spam.
                  Brexit is having a wee in the middle of the room at a house party because nobody is talking to you, and then complaining about the smell.

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                    #19
                    Originally posted by AlfredJPruffock View Post
                    In the Long Run - we are all Dead.

                    With any 'crises' ask yourself - qui bonum ?

                    Who Profits ?

                    In this case - follow the money trail - who are the Directors of Tamiflu ?

                    Step forward Donald Rumsfield !

                    This man sold Saddam chemical weapons - he will do anything for a fast buck.

                    "There are a lot of people who lie and get away with it, and that's just a fact."

                    Quotation from Donald Rumsfeld
                    cui bono


                    Apart from that, spot on. Rumsfeld was obliged to divest himself of his holdings in Gilead Sciences Inc when he became Secretary of Defense, but he refused to do so and GW Bush refused to do anything about that.

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                      #20
                      Originally posted by Cyberman View Post
                      It's killed 82 out of 2677 cases in Argentina. That is 3%. You are yet another complacent fool.

                      http://momento24.com/en/2009/07/10/s...ith-82-deaths/
                      You're going under the assumption that every single person that gets swine flu reports it when it's evidenced that quite clearly that isn't the case.

                      http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/...n5132090.shtml

                      Only Friday did Argentina's new health minister, Juan Manzur, raise the country's official death toll to 44. He now estimates that as many as 320,000 people have been stricken with influenza, including about 100,000 with swine flu _ a huge jump in what the government acknowledged previously, and an indication that Argentina's hospitals will remain overwhelmed for months.
                      Seeing how you like producing spurious facts in your incessant deluge of crap, here's one for you.

                      The total of 23 deaths in Argentina since the outbreak began in late April does not worry experts, who point out that seasonal flu kills between 3,000 and 4,000 people a year in this country of 40 million
                      Link

                      Looks like 2009's a good year for them then. Idiot.
                      "I hope Celtic realise that, if their team is good enough, they will win. If they're not good enough, they'll not win - and they can't look at anybody else, whether it is referees or any other influence." - Walter Smith

                      On them! On them! They fail!

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