I understand that is very serious. But all this speculating will get us no where. Wash your hands, cover you mouth when you cough take your vitimins and relax. If its going to happen its going to happen. All we can do is live. ^_^ IMHO

Kill all the pigs worldwide and that would be the end of Swine Flu, God Willing.

Thats mean!!! You can't kill off the little piggies.

How do we know thte little piggies didn't get it from humans?

1.  It ain't just the pigs, and I'm sure not going to kill off an entire species just because of some gonzo religion.* I suppose you would kill off all the birds too.

2. It's not doubt a lot of hype, and little substance to date - but there are enough bad indicators that would dictate some attention be paid to it.  Also, that does not mean that people in positions of power, authority or expertise should not be listened to, or prudent measures should not be taken.




* and to me, all religions are gonzo religions

Quote from: tekla on April 29, 2009, 07:35:15 PM
1.  It ain't just the pigs, and I'm sure not going to kill off an entire species just because of some gonzo religion.* I suppose you would kill off all the birds too.

2. It's not doubt a lot of hype, and little substance to date - but there are enough bad indicators that would dictate some attention be paid to it.  Also, that does not mean that people in positions of power, authority or expertise should not be listened to, or prudent measures should not be taken.




* and to me, all religions are gonzo religions

You're going to turn me into a Ts Jihadi!

Americans have had bad luck with all that stuff, 9-11, Jonestown, the Branch Davidians, Heaven's Gate, the KKK.  Rational thought heals, religious thought flies planes into buildings.

Quote from: imaz on April 29, 2009, 07:01:45 PM
Kill all the pigs worldwide and that would be the end of Swine Flu, God Willing.

Actually, this isn't at all true.  Now that the flu can be transmitted between humans, even if you kill all the pigs the flu will still be around in human carriers.  It would make no difference.

FYI, Tekla, it's in San Francisco now.  WOO!

http://www.sfcdcp.org/swineflu.html

Its going to be everywhere, that's why it's a level 5, one step short of a pandemic.  A lot of that is due to what is called 'the airline effect' all you need is one sick person in an airport, and there you have it.

Its all just natures way of trying to balance its self. My two cents worth.

Quote from: tekla on April 30, 2009, 12:03:19 PM
Americans have had bad luck with all that stuff, 9-11, Jonestown, the Branch Davidians, Heaven's Gate, the KKK.  Rational thought heals, religious thought flies planes into buildings.

Come on now Tekla, not all religious people are homicidal. I've never met one who is.

Not all, but far more than enough.  It's not like it forces it, but it sure gives a lot of folk a running head start on the process.

I could reply that your armed forces and the commercial interests behind them have killed hundreds of us Muslims for every one of your Christian lives lost... Somehow I  suspect you would deny these well known facts.

For anyone who is concerned that they may have swine flu, there is a web-based test.


http://doihaveswineflu.org/

Hell no, we depend on it.  The last bunch of idiots who attacked the US got nuclear weapons dropped on them - not once, but twice.  I thought everyone knew that we were overarmed and very violent.  And your wrong, it was not about 'christians' or any other religion.  Its about attacking the US.  We don't care about religion, we care about Americans.

But, we did save a lot of followers of Islam there in the Balkans.  I suppose that as the pope once said, god will know his own.

Quote from: Mister on April 30, 2009, 06:03:02 PM
For anyone who is concerned that they may have swine flu, there is a web-based test.


http://doihaveswineflu.org/

LOL that's great!!!

Regardless of anything else, I'm kind of glad I don't have shows this weekend, I'd just as soon stay out of large indoor crowds.

QuoteCome on now Tekla, not all religious people are homicidal. I've never met one who is.

But the latest polls say that the  majority of religious people have no problem with torture.

Hey Lisa, last time I got dragged into some religious deal having to listen to these fairy tales about some big imaginary friend in the sky who is all about love unless you don't believe in which case, well, that's a smiting, I thought it was torture myself.