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Luigison

  • Old Person™
« Reply #15 on: May 01, 2009, 05:32:33 PM »
Number of deaths by leading causes
(Data are for U.S. in 2005)

    * Heart disease: 652,091
    * Cancer: 559,312
    * Stroke (cerebrovascular diseases): 143,579
    * Chronic lower respiratory diseases: 130,933
    * Accidents (unintentional injuries): 117,809
    * Diabetes: 75,119
    * Alzheimer's disease: 71,599
    * Influenza/Pneumonia: 63,001
    * Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome, and nephrosis: 43,901
    * Septicemia: 34,136
“Evolution has shaped us with perceptions that allow us to survive. But part of that involves hiding from us the stuff we don’t need to know."

CrossEyed7

  • i can make this whatever i want; you're not my dad
« Reply #16 on: May 01, 2009, 05:35:19 PM »
Let's all make parodies of these!

"Oh man, I wish being a part of a Mario fan community was the most embarrassing thing about my life." - Super-Jesse

Chupperson Weird

  • Not interested.
« Reply #17 on: May 01, 2009, 05:44:28 PM »
Veiled as harmless parodies, CrossEyed7's rampant misogyny went unchecked for many years.
That was a joke.

Stephzie

« Reply #18 on: May 01, 2009, 05:48:32 PM »
Has anyone in the US even died from it yet?
That was sarcasm. c:

Chupperson Weird

  • Not interested.
« Reply #19 on: May 01, 2009, 05:51:03 PM »
I think one person might have.
That was a joke.

Stephzie

« Reply #20 on: May 01, 2009, 05:58:23 PM »
Hm..

I thought there were no deaths yet....oh well. I'm lucky I don't have it. The day before I found out about all this swine flu nonsense, I was in NYC with my friends. lol
That was sarcasm. c:

Lizard Dude

« Reply #21 on: May 01, 2009, 06:04:51 PM »
The first (only?) US death was a visiting Mexican baby.

This is the lamest plague ever.

Stephzie

« Reply #22 on: May 01, 2009, 06:08:58 PM »
I'm so glad I'm not Mexican right now...they seem to be the only ones taking a major hit from this.
That was sarcasm. c:

TEM

  • THE SOVIET'S MOST DANGEROUS PUZZLE.
« Reply #23 on: May 01, 2009, 07:37:59 PM »
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Glorb

  • Banned
« Reply #24 on: May 02, 2009, 09:50:07 AM »
You just wait until this thing mutates and makes you grow a superlong tongue or turn ultra-fat. Or turns you into a Tyrant.
every

SolidShroom

  • Poop Man
« Reply #25 on: May 02, 2009, 09:58:07 AM »
Quote from: Glorb on May 02, 2009, 09:50:07 AM
You just wait until this thing mutates and makes you grow a superlong tongue or turn ultra-fat. Or turns you into a Tyrant.
That doesn't sound all too bad. Then we can play bass for KISS.

Reading

  • is FUNdamental
« Reply #26 on: May 03, 2009, 01:30:55 PM »
Just today, there was an announcement that two people at my school had this flu. They're shutting the school down until the 13th.

That means no school...no seeing classmates...until the 13th.

Just a few years ago, I would've just been jumping for joy at the fact that I wouldn't have to go to school. Now it's saddening. :(
We went to see them for the first time in 5 years because they were going away for 3 years.

Nintendoobsessed

  • Goomba
« Reply #27 on: May 03, 2009, 01:48:47 PM »
Swine Flu is another over-hyped sickness.

Remember Avian Flu? Wasn't everyone supposed to die?

What about the global panic of AIDS?

People in Mexico are dying because thier health system is...(as my teacher put it)..."Different"...

Luigison

  • Old Person™
« Reply #28 on: May 03, 2009, 02:40:49 PM »
People are dieing because serial killers are... "Different"...

Seriously, more people have died from a single serial killer than from the "swine flu". 

But to give WHO some credit, the initial deaths in Mexico gave the perception that this would be a pandemic.  So far though, the unamed flu of 2003 has caused more deaths. 

(I consider all live precious so please don't use my relativism here to think otherwise.)
“Evolution has shaped us with perceptions that allow us to survive. But part of that involves hiding from us the stuff we don’t need to know."
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