Reply to: Flue Pantsdemic

[BrowneIssue]

The latest consensus is that we should try to get swine flu because it is weak and we will generate antibodies ready for the next highly virulent strain that will appear in about six months.

Why don't you, AtW and Tay go first...

I expect we could have a whip round for the air fare to Mexico. (You'll have to pay the return bit yourself, I expect.)

[Turion]

The latest concensus is that we should try to get swineflu because it is weak and we will generate antibodies ready for the next highly virulent strain that will appear in about six months. It makes sense to me !!

That makes sense, but the government, drug co's and other official ***** won't like that as they cannot fkcu us up by invoking their emergency powers to look important by saving us by shutting down swaves of the economy and handing out life saving expensive pills so we don't die and we will love them so much for that and trust them to save us from ourselves for ever after and in death....

[Cyberman]

The latest concensus is that we should try to get swineflu because it is weak and we will generate antibodies ready for the next highly virulent strain that will appear in about six months. It makes sense to me !!

[BrowneIssue]

I received the flu leaflet in the post today and binned it. We've have probably squandered a £billion on Tamiflu so far, and it has a shelf life of 5 years. It does little to fight the bug anyway. Boomed.

We got ours today.

I read it with my cynical head on and - much to my disappointment - found I could not really fault it. Simple, sensible, practical advice.

The only criticism I could make is I wished they had included "stop spitting" which would hardly make much difference anyway.

I am so disappointed.

[Menelaus]

Found out yesterday they were making contingency plans in my area to take over the ice rinks to store bodies on.

Solution to the pensions crisis.

[Drewster]

Shut up you nutter!

Busted!

[cailin maith]

What? You don't mean.... it oozes out of your botty????

Thats 'orrible and disgusting!!!!!! But certainly a better trick

Shut up you nutter!

[Drewster]

What? You don't mean.... it oozes out of your botty????

Thats 'orrible and disgusting!!!!!! But certainly a better trick

[minestrone]

Found out yesterday they were making contingency plans in my area to take over the ice rinks to store bodies on.

[cailin maith]

As "party tricks" go - I've seen better!

[Drewster]

When I have a really bad cold and I sneeze, snot comes out of my eye (the left one) and my nose... but it's ok, my glasses stop it going any further

As "party tricks" go - I've seen better!

[cailin maith]

When I have a really bad cold and I sneeze, snot comes out of my eye (the left one) and my nose... but it's ok, my glasses stop it going any further

[realityhack]

Flibble

Get out more.

And <cough in arm>whitespace!</cough in arm>.

[Don Clark]

NHS Communiqués

I heard that the best place to catch a sneeze if the crook of the arm, given no hanky is available. This will save you spreading your germs about and be most considerate to your fellow human beings. I have read many NHS communi on this matter and nowhere is the context or finer detail considered. If one were in ones best suit ready for a job interview would one, in the absence of tissue, sneeze into crook of arm of best suit? One would have to consider the interpretation of resultant snail like marks on ones arm(s). Would the interviewer think that’s good he/she is adhering to NHS policy and being a considerate sort and possibly saving the world from the most catastrophic pandemic since 1918, or are they going to think dirty busturd I don’t think I’m going to employ such a slug? I would suggest the latter. Never mind anyone else, there are soon to be three million unemployed and one does not want to be one due to adherence to sneezing etiquette in unsuitable situations. The government needs one to pay ones taxes and are all in favour of reducing dry-cleaning costs at the same time so I’m sure they would concur. On the other hand if one were down the pub in ones scruffs then the clientele may be considered in the directed fashion. It’s alright if one has a modicum of common sense and can distinguish the two situations and refine ones course of action appropriately, but if not then wanton disregard for the context in official communications can lead to undesirable effects on one’s life. That’s all I wanted to say on the matter.

[sasguru]

That's an ad hominem argument. What precisely is wrong with my reasoning?

If you went to a hospital with cancer and were treated (correctly) by a nurse, would it be an ad-hominem argument on the nurse to insist on a doctor?

As for your "reasoning", it's not, just a series of assumptions/statements e.g. why should a quick and deadly virus run out of hosts if the hosts live long enough to infect others in a chain reaction?

HTH