Flu Pandemic (in Italy?)

[Griffin NoName]

Maybe it will only infect bankers?

[stellinacadente]

Italy Makers of Parma ham have issued a statement to say their product is safe to eat

If the Italians are affraid of their prosciutto they can send it to me...




Edited for a missing end quote ~ Griffin

can I get some too please??? we have already been contaminated over here LOL

[Sibling Zono (anon1mat0)]

I'll divert some to you. 
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I think people in the US generally have better health care than in Mexico, and that's why not as many US folks have suffered as badly.

My personal hypothesis is that the victims in Mexico were of high risk due to either age or poverty. Up until now there is only one victim in the US and is a 20 month old, which so far makes sense.

At this point I'm not so worried about the virus coming up the Mexican border but down to Central and South America, where it is likelier to kill more people.

[Pachyderm]

I just heard that Egypt slaughtered all 350,000 pigs inside it's borders.

I am now slightly curious as to why Egypt had 350,000 pigs.

Classic knee-jerk overreaction, as far as I can see.

My new plan is to get everywhere else to follow suit, then announce the presence of Fundie fever....

[Kaliayev]

I've been mocking the panic on Twitter.  Check out the #swineflu and #baconflu hashtags for a laugh, if you have the spare time.

xkcd really sums it up:

[Griffin NoName]

Possibly there is no swine flu. It's just another plot - like the credit crunch etc - to convice people we now live in a global world.....

when did global start anyway?

[Kaliayev]

About 400 BC.

Give or take 200 years.

[Griffin NoName]

So....why is it such a new concept ? 

[Kaliayev]

It gives sociologists with political ambitions (Anthony Giddens) and Thomas Friedman something to do in their spare time which earns them cash.  Plus the end of the Cold War sent some people kinda crazy.  Plus alot of the talk on globalization basically amounts to fellating and water-carrying for international business leaders, and they always like that.

Actually, if we look at certain factors, for instance global trade, which was much higher a century or so ago then it is now, you could argue the trends are reversing.  I just think the effect of technology makes the outcomes of living in a global world more obvious.

[Griffin NoName]

I just think the effect of technology makes the outcomes of living in a global world more obvious.

I agree. Even if archaeologists don't use mechanical diggers.