Are you scared of the new strain of swine flu?

Hey dragon54u,have you ever watched the movie "The Stand "I myself think its something like what is going on now.

Hi, dragon54u! I am glad that you posted this discussion! I myself believe that someone is behind this plague! It is odd that people can just catch the Flu right under our noses. I believe that someone is using something to radiate this illness to spread. I will take as much steps to avoid this illness as much as possible. I really don't know all of the side effects just yet, but you best believe that I will be taking exreme precaution against this illness. Something is amist here, and someone that is scientifically smart should get to the bottom of it. I do know that the pigs were in infected with it, and human cells were visible in the bloodstream. So, I am thinking, how in the world is that possible??? Someone is contaminating the pigs and using cells from an humans body to make this illnesss widespread. That what makes me really believe that someone is behind this. It is scary and I hope that it does not spread. Protecting ourselves seems the only safe plan that we can implement.

I'm not really scared of it. I read that it hasn't killed the old, infirm people or infants. That sounds like the bird flu of 1918. It wasn't the flu itself that killed as much as it was the body's defense of it (fever, congestion, etc). But it's too early to tell whether it's really going to be a problem, or something that sweeps through and is gone, with few deaths. Our living situation is different here from Mexico besides the level of health care and response time, so at this point, no, I'm not afraid.

i know very little information about this kind of flu. here we call it as flu babi (pig) it's combination from flu in human and flu from the pig. well, is it really dangerous or it's just like the normal flu we have already?

I do believe that it is a natural occurrence. Some have likened it to the flue outbreak during world war I. Public health officials are taking it very seriously. Public meetings have been canceled or postponed, including regularly scheduled church services. On the 5 o'clock news, it was announced that every school in our school district is closed for at least one week.

I thought only pigs got swine flu or those that ate pork but after doing a little research I've discovered that humans can be affected too. I live on the east coast of the united states so it's not something too many are worried about. I'm already a bit of a fanatic when it comes to washing my hands and things of nature due to other outbreaks around here. I will continue doing what I have been to protect myself along with going 'green' - my daughter suffers from terrible allergies which I know is linked to some environmental factor like most strains and the like. I'm hoping this 'green' thing will work and keep the both of us happy. For some reason, the swine flu is making me think of mad cow disease...hmm I'll have to do a bit more reading on this for sure.

NO I am not at all. Maybe Mexico seems so far away from my island... but up till now I am not alarmed about the swine flu scare.

I am not scared of it. I had my flu vaccination but it could be a flu variety that jump species just as I am certain that AIDS virus did. I wonder with all the genetic engineering feeding cattle grain products mixed with meat by products has made it easier to this to occur. I do not know if it is a biological attack, but if it is, well who is doing it?

I just heard about the outbreak of this flu today. I am not sure of what I think about it. I feel that a lot of these virus's are caused by a lot of the chemicals that we put in our bodies with food, cleaning supplies, etc. It is sad and we need to think about what we will do if it does strike a nationwide attack.

I only briefly heard about this on the news and would have to look it up more, but the idea of 3 flu viruses merging wouldn't be too outlandish...mutations, usually stronger strains of virus and bacteria are occurring all the time which is why you now have many viruses resistant to antibiotics,like that MRSA virus that started in all places....hospitals! Sometime back there was a report that wasn't made out to the general public how they were planning to aerial spray parts of the US-Mexico border with one of the worst and deadly toxic herbicides going..and both sides would have been affected by it and god knows what health problems that could trigger and would also affect all the wildlife there...have to see if I can find an update on it....the govt kept it real hush, hush--did a whole discussion about this. as for our government "experimenting" on us..take a lot at this LONG listing....our govt has been experimenting on its citizens from as far back as 1900 http://www.chemtrails911.com/docs/human_experiments.html (Warning: NOT a referral link but to an article) As for getting flu shots...nope. Back in the 1980s was a swine flu scare. My mother knew a woman whose daughter got the shot...whatever happened the daughter became a wheelchair bound vegetable and due to that shot....those vaccines can actually do MORE harm than good and many of the flu vaccines still contain thermisol which is mercury...nice, huh? Other ingredients in vaccines include formaldehyde and Gardasil contains roach killer. Sheesh. All I know is that when my mother didn't get the flu shot, she was fine..the two times she did get it....guess what? She got the flu and led her getting pneumonia---have I ever had a flu shot? NOPE...haven't had the flu since I was eleven

I hear 'ya Dragon loud n clear thru the winder to the walls. And after channeling George Clinton, I have to say that yes, while checking my yahoo email, I was really alarmed after reading the new headlines that it has already reached the NYC high school. Now just 2 days ago they were saying that travel was OK b/w airports and that they were not preventing travel b/w nations. Um....wtf? Who knows. I did read that swine flu usually goes away in hogs, and the only poeple affected are usually those with contact in the pig industry. Hmmm, I just got done mediating at a Qigong convention, to be alarmed at lunch break to the headlines. Hmm reality check. Oy!

I for one am very worried about the swine flu, and the fact that it is NY now, just down the road from me, basically. I am going to stock up on food and supplies so that I can stay in my apartment for a long time if it gets really bad. I feel like this could go global and kill millions of people like in the 1917 outbreak if it isn't controlled. The flu is killing people age 20-40 and that is exactly how that other outbreak, which killed millions, started.

Yes its pretty scary. I think I may have had it in the 70s and ended up with pnemonia for a month. I was just a kid then and I was always told I had the swine flu.

I faced SARS in 2003, so once I heard about the swine flu, I can only think of protecting myself from it by keeping my personal hygeine more seriously. I really hope this disease would not spread like SARS before, hope every one would be fine.

I did read about this breaking out into a possible epedemic which could cost the nations something around $3 trillion to control. How scared or how true the information is , i think time will tell.

Sure it's a biological attack - by mother nature herself. Look at all the natural disasters & freaky weather we've been having. We've pissed her off & she's fighting back.

Yes today only i heard of swine flu thing. but i am not much worried as i dont eat pork. i have never tasted it and dont think i will even taste it ever. I am just a fan of chicken i just love it yes i was a bit worried in between when it came to bird flu sometimes back, but yes this swine flu is obviously i have heard for the first time, hope everyone out here take extra care before cooking them.

I hope that I do not come across as being "uppity" (because that is not my intention), but no, it does not scare me because I do not eat swine. The meat from a pig is not a part of my diet. :-) I was raised "swine free" and only eat fish, chicken, and beef. By the way, do you know what causes swine flu? This seems like a really serious outbreak. :-)

I agree with you on the conspiracy theory of it. When I first heard it, I thought, "There goes the government again".

How funny that now in 2020 there are people saying the same thing about Corona 19 except this one didn't start in Mexico.