Reply to: DOOM - Britain faces 100,000 swine flu cases a day

[Andy2]

look at the bright side
Contractor rates will increase because of too many dead contractors

[Lambros]

that is true i guess but don't you think that the workload of testing could overload the hs, perhaps even to the point that results would so postdate the events as to be, to all intents and purposes, useless?


edit: besides, i thought the fact of a pandemic had already been established?

So are you saying that testing is woefully inaccurate and the spread of an epidemic is better monitored by clinical diagnosis?

[scotspine]

that is true i guess but don't you think that the workload of testing could overload the hs, perhaps even to the point that results would so postdate the events as to be, to all intents and purposes, useless?


edit: besides, i thought the fact of a pandemic had already been established?

[Lambros]

ah, good ol' lambo. welcome back. you've been away some time. if anyone ever feels the lack of a conspiracy...

As you say scotspine but testing should be used to verify clinical diagnosis.

Otherwise how will we know if swine flu is a pandemic.

[ThomasSoerensen]

Evolution - H1N1 will eventually adapt to become tamiflu-resistant.

That has already happened in at least 1 case in Denmark.

[scotspine]

ah, good ol' lambo. welcome back. you've been away some time. if anyone ever feels the lack of a conspiracy...

[Lambros]

So why are GP's going to diagnose swine flu over the phone??

Is testing so woefully inaccurate and is the spread of an epidemic better monitored by clinical diagnosis.

[MrMark]

It's a good thing. The more people that get this early version, then the more that will have immunity if the deadly variant arrives at winter-time. A few dead now is a risk worth taking to ensure fewer dead in the future, unless we do really want that cure for unemployment.

I have to say I agree with Cyberman. Yikes! Does that mean I've already caught the flu???

[MrMark]

...or all of those on the bench will catch it and die, leaving those in work to raise their rates because they have suddenly become indispensable

Either way, we'll be able to demand reasonable "market rates" again. I doubt any of us will forget the companies who imposed "from this week your contract is being re-written - take a 20% cut or walk" . These things can work both ways

[Zippy]

One of the perks of being on the bench is not getting sniffles off the permies.

It causes shedloads of mental health issues, but physically us benchees are generally germ-free.

Or smugness poisoning off the working contractors.

Pass the Special Brew would you?

[RichardCranium]

...or all of those on the bench will catch it and die, leaving those in work to raise their rates because they have suddenly become indispensable

One of the perks of being on the bench is not getting sniffles off the permies.

It causes shedloads of mental health issues, but physically us benchees are generally germ-free.

[PM-Junkie]

Ha, ha! All the working contractors will get resistant 'flu and die, and us benched ones will get their gigs!




Did I say that out loud?

...or all of those on the bench will catch it and die, leaving those in work to raise their rates because they have suddenly become indispensable

[sunnysan]

Swines

Now at present it is pretty mild, but if it mutates and the mortality rate goes up, we're looking at a lot of dead bodies.

IANAD but as far as I can tell, the risk of mutation into a lethal strain exists with any flu virus. At present it is pretty mild. A completely different strain of flu could mutate into something deadly.

We dont know and from where I am stting its really does not seem more of a risk than usual. I havent really found any explanation which justifies any massive panic on my part, owing to the fact that nobody seems to have explained why it is so much more lethal than other strains of flu

[Menelaus]

Ha, ha! All the working contractors will get resistant 'flu and die, and us benched ones will get their gigs!




Did I say that out loud?

You're a sick individual.

It's one of the things I like about you

[RichardCranium]

Ha, ha! All the working contractors will get resistant 'flu and die, and us benched ones will get their gigs!




Did I say that out loud?