WHO Declares H1N1's Spread Officially a Pandemic 368
juggledean writes "The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared a global flu pandemic after holding an emergency meeting, according to reports. It means the swine flu virus is spreading in at least two regions of the world with rising cases being seen in the UK, Australia, Japan and Chile." Whether it's called a pandemic or not, there's a hopeful note in the story about H1N1's spread: "...there were people who believed we might be in a kind of apocalyptic situation and what we're really seeing now with H1N1 is that in most cases the disease is self-limiting."
Obvious (Score:5, Funny)
WHO Declares H1N1's Spread Officially a Pandemic
I don't know, I'm asking YOU!
WHAT's on second (Score:3, Funny)
... and I DON'T KNOW is on third.
Let's just get that out of the way first and foremost.
Re:"H1N1" (Score:5, Funny)
Ya well (Score:3, Funny)
Re:WHAT's on second (Score:5, Funny)
... and I DON'T KNOW is on third.
Let's just get that out of the way first and foremost.
But what's the name of the band on stage?
Who.
The name of the band.
Who.
No, I want to know who's on stage.
Yes.
So you're saying Yes is on stage?
No, Yes isn't even at this concert.
Swine flu rap. (Score:1, Funny)
Re:WHAT's on second (Score:3, Funny)
Re:"H1N1" (Score:5, Funny)
Not to mention, didn't the virus origionaly originate in the US?
I vote we call it 'Freedom Flu'. :)
Symptoms (Score:5, Funny)
Re:"H1N1" (Score:5, Funny)
"The liberal news media is a conservative myth" is a liberal media myth.
The "liberal media news is a conservative myth is a liberal media myth" is a conservative myth.
OH NO! WE'VE ENTERED INFINITE RECURSION!
2010 - Year of the **** (Score:4, Funny)
Don't know if this is just a sick coincidence but....
2007 - Chinese year of the Chicken - Bird Flu Pandemic devastates parts of Asia
2008 - Chinese year of the Horse - Equine Influenza decimates Australian racing
2009 - Chinese year of the Pig - Swine Flu Pandemic kills hundreds of pigs around the globe.
Has any one else noticed this?
It gets worse........
next year......
2010 - Chinese year of the Cock - what could possibly go wrong?
Re:Ya well (Score:5, Funny)
Although it will probably hurt your chances of getting some thick Mexican pipe, consider avoiding the virus entirely and not applying rouge.
Re:Let's play a word game (Score:4, Funny)
While we're talking about animal diseases, what about german measles?
Re:WHAT's on second (Score:3, Funny)
No I don't see The Band, that's a different group entirely.
On stage, Skippy. Look, see the band?
No I don't.
Get rid of those John Lennon glasses and look! There, there's the band!
No, that's not The Band. The Band is performing later on. Who's on stage.
Re:Swine flu rap. (Score:3, Funny)
Re:"H1N1" (Score:3, Funny)
Yeah, you don't get it by eating pork. that's how you get tapeworms. you get swine flu by porking pigs.
Re:"H1N1" (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Obvious (Score:2, Funny)
Re:/. vs. WHO (Score:2, Funny)
The WHO claims they are making this level 6 because it is spreading globally...
Bah. It's now level six because it camped respawn spots and got the required XP to level.
Re:WHAT's on second (Score:3, Funny)
Re:"H1N1" (Score:4, Funny)
I've talked to people who still think that you can get it from eating pork products. People in general are stupid, and these same people are the ones who avoided Toronto when SARS hit.
Over the last 5 years more people have been killed in the US by swine flu than by terrorists. If you buy into terrorism fear-mongering, as so many people seem to do along with just about the entire news reporting industry, it's no surprise people would buy into all kinds of crazy fears about swine flue.
Re:2010 - Year of the **** (Score:5, Funny)
So next year, we should be worried about Tiger Flu.
Don't worry, I hear it's gonna be GRRRRRREAT!
Re:"H1N1" (Score:3, Funny)
"Who Declared H1N1's Spread Officially a Pandemic." is a liberal media myth.
So there.
Re:I work at a hospital... (Score:5, Funny)
I'm worried about all those too. This store is about H1N1 though. Just because it's not the top of the list doesn't mean it isn't worthy of mass hysteria.
Re:WHAT's on second (Score:5, Funny)
Person #1 - Knock knock.
Person #2 - Who's there?
Person #1 - Yes, and they just declared a global flu pandemic after holding an emergency meeting.
...I don't get it.
wrong category for story (Score:5, Funny)
Clearly, this should have been an "Ask Slashdot"
disinformation (Score:5, Funny)
I've talked to people who still think that you can get it from eating pork products.
We've got to put a stop to this ignorance. You cannot get the disease that way -- but you CAN get revenge!
Re:Let's play a word game (Score:5, Funny)
Re:"H1N1" (Score:4, Funny)
At least make it semi-readable.
recText() {
if [ $1 -gt 1 ];
then
i=`expr $1 - 1`
if [ $(($1 % 2 )) -eq 0 ];
then j=`echo \"$2 is a liberal myth\"`
else j=`echo \"$2 is a conservative myth\"`
fi
k=`recText $i "$j"`
echo $k
else echo $2
fi
}
echo "The `recText 10 "liberal media news"`"
Re:Obvious (Score:5, Funny)
CDC?
No. I'm too far inland.
Re:WHAT's on second (Score:3, Funny)