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Previously on "DOOM - Britain faces 100,000 swine flu cases a day"
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Originally posted by scotspine View Postthat 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?
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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?
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Originally posted by scotspine View Postah, 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.
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Originally posted by Menelaus View PostEvolution - H1N1 will eventually adapt to become tamiflu-resistant.
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ah, good ol' lambo. welcome back. you've been away some time. if anyone ever feels the lack of a conspiracy...
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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.
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Originally posted by Cyberman View PostIt'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.
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Originally posted by PM-Junkie View Post...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
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Originally posted by RichardCranium View PostOne 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.
Pass the Special Brew would you?
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Originally posted by PM-Junkie View Post...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
It causes shedloads of mental health issues, but physically us benchees are generally germ-free.
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Originally posted by RichardCranium View PostHa, 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?
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Swines
Originally posted by DimPrawn View PostNow 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.
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
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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?
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