Trench, is that a looming global pandemic that’s killed over sixty people in the last two years? I think not. Your disease is way wussier than the Killer Avian Bird Flu Thingy.
Name really wasn’t catchy enough. That’s why I’m firmly in support of the Killer Avian Bird Flu Thingy as the next Global Pandemic. I mean, that really flows right off the tongue, doesn’t it?
SARS was good and contagious. It just wasn’t as automatically fatal as originally assessed.
There is a very real threat of Avian Influenza hitting this year, in that it has spread among birds through Europe’s migratory flocks...meaning it will come in contact with more human influenzas to give it an exponentially increased chance to switch genetic info and become human-to-human transmissable. However, there is no guarantee it will do so this year, or the next...or even within 100 years.
It could happen at any time, or never. But the reason for the attention is that its scope among migratory birds has increased dramatically this year.
"SARS was good and contagious. It just wasn’t as automatically fatal as originally assessed.”
Not as contagious as influenza. Also, it’s thought that SARS patients aren’t contagious until they show symptoms, so by the time they’re a danger to others they’re probably at home in bed. Flu victims can walk around for a few hours shedding virus without even knowing they’re sick.
Matt,
I’m not disparaging SARS as dangerous. However, that was 10% of the known cases. How many people got a mild case and didn’t get reported?
The same thing will happen with the Avian Influenza. There are probably hundreds of people already exposed to the non-human transmissible form of H5N1 that didn’t get sick enough to report it. So that actual morbidity of H5N1 is actually far lower than currently reported. It’s one of the reasons (there are others) that morbidity rates fall as the pandemics spread.
Clearly correct, but perhaps you should reexamine the connotations of “nobody”. Unless you have previously unacknowledged self-esteem “issues”, of course.
Besides, I suspect that you actually have medium pox, f-bola*, or the darkish-gray plague anyway.
(Sorry for the lack of specificity; it can be so difficult to remember what pandemic is killing us this week.)
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I believe you, man. You can have a seat in our post-apocalyptic rocket car, provided you get vaccinated first.
I have the Rockin’ Pneumonia and the Boogie-Woogie Flu.
Oooo, post-apocalyptic rocket car. I’m so in.
Trench, is that a looming global pandemic that’s killed over sixty people in the last two years? I think not. Your disease is way wussier than the Killer Avian Bird Flu Thingy.
No Tamiflu for you.
Wasn’t SARS supposed to be a looming global pandemic? What happened there?
Name really wasn’t catchy enough. That’s why I’m firmly in support of the Killer Avian Bird Flu Thingy as the next Global Pandemic. I mean, that really flows right off the tongue, doesn’t it?
SARS wasn’t really all that contagious. Influenza, on the other hand, will infect us all in, like, two hours.
WE’RE ALL GOING TO DIE.
Captain Tripp’s Disease.
Well, when Denver dies, you can all blame me.
I think I brought it with me from the beach.
And just when pot was made legal.
I’ll see your rocket car and raise you an auto-gyro.
[sinister opening strains of a well-known Blue Oyster Cult song]
Wait...you mean Godzilla is coming to Denver.
Damnit, I’m so not prepared for that.
Mmmm, umlaut rock.
Dammit ZB you beat me to the Godzilla joke.
(Godzilla Flu? That would suck.)
Dude, I don’t know if I can compete with an auto-gyro. Damn.
Dude, I don’t know if I can compete with an auto-gyro. Damn.
I mean, really, who can?
Sorry, Trench. I knew I had to move quick for that one.
I would offer some Benadryl that I just bought but I have to tell ya’… Benadrothra vs. Godzillavian doesn’t sound too thrilling...or even helpful.
Die already...you’re a zomby for goodness sakes.
I’d like to be a Zomby pirate with an auto-gyro when I grow up.
SARS was good and contagious. It just wasn’t as automatically fatal as originally assessed.
There is a very real threat of Avian Influenza hitting this year, in that it has spread among birds through Europe’s migratory flocks...meaning it will come in contact with more human influenzas to give it an exponentially increased chance to switch genetic info and become human-to-human transmissable. However, there is no guarantee it will do so this year, or the next...or even within 100 years.
It could happen at any time, or never. But the reason for the attention is that its scope among migratory birds has increased dramatically this year.
Two points:
1) eat more natural licorice and dishes prepared with anise seed.
2) “Nobody understands my pandemic”...have you been listening to the Smiths too much lately or something?
But licorice tastes all licorice-y. Isn’t there a more booze-related cure?
Heheh. I like the Smiths.
Funny you should ask.
It’s not what I would consider ideal, but it’ll just have to do…
"SARS was good and contagious. It just wasn’t as automatically fatal as originally assessed.”
Not as contagious as influenza. Also, it’s thought that SARS patients aren’t contagious until they show symptoms, so by the time they’re a danger to others they’re probably at home in bed. Flu victims can walk around for a few hours shedding virus without even knowing they’re sick.
Oh, and SARS killed around 10% of people it infected. That’s plenty fatal to me.
ZB,
[shrug] Rush a miracle man, get bad miracles.
Matt,
I’m not disparaging SARS as dangerous. However, that was 10% of the known cases. How many people got a mild case and didn’t get reported?
The same thing will happen with the Avian Influenza. There are probably hundreds of people already exposed to the non-human transmissible form of H5N1 that didn’t get sick enough to report it. So that actual morbidity of H5N1 is actually far lower than currently reported. It’s one of the reasons (there are others) that morbidity rates fall as the pandemics spread.
"Nobody understands my pandemic.”
Clearly correct, but perhaps you should reexamine the connotations of “nobody”. Unless you have previously unacknowledged self-esteem “issues”, of course.
Besides, I suspect that you actually have medium pox, f-bola*, or the darkish-gray plague anyway.
(Sorry for the lack of specificity; it can be so difficult to remember what pandemic is killing us this week.)
* One step beyond ebola, of course.
Oops, sorry, for “connotations”, read “denotations”. My apologies for the egregious misuse of English-major jargon.
I’ll do three sonnet cycles and a James Joyce later for penance.
How about some Jagermeister then, instead of Tamiflu? C’mon Z, I know you like that kind of licorice-y taste.
Brother, now you’re speaking my language.
That should chase f-bola right away.
I’m with Z. Licorice- ewwwwwww. Anise? Sounds like a popular Scandinavian male name.
Maloris Anisette?
It’s like a wedding on your rain day
snicker...