The CDC did not predict "the end of the world" and I would challenge you to back up this own bit of hyperbole.
If a comment was meant to be backed up, it wouldn't be hyperbole now would it?
Just saying
The CDC did not predict "the end of the world" and I would challenge you to back up this own bit of hyperbole.
Xiang said:But don't call them vague for the sake of a debate.
Another Mom said:You do need to wash your hands thoroughly (20-30 sec) and often, cough or sneeze into your sleeve instead of your hand, refrain from touching your nose, mouth and eyes and stay away from sick people.
Another Mom said:better than ignoring everything because of the media hype, which sometimes does have the benefit of getting people's attention.
CDN Aviator said:You know damn well that i am not quoting anyone but, IMHO, that is the message that is making it to the masses, like it or not.
Of course there is meetings and planning going on. It would be irresposible not to plan. Thats not what i was getting at. My point is that it is possible to prepare for emergencies without feeding public hysteria. The panic in my area is fed by nothing more than ignorance. People here have already demanded that schools be closed this year despite the fact that there has not been a single reported case of H1N1.
Health authorities need to manage information and the media better.
CDN Aviator said:... Have you watched a WHO press conference lately ?
E.R. Campbell said:but I think the messenger, not the message, per se, is the problem.
I don't think the health professions can, ethically, fail to advise, inform and warn.
muskrat89 said:I think however, that I should direct them to this very message board, where the real experts are proclaiming the truth.
muskrat89 said:medical professionals can't even declare with certainty how bad or not bad this will be.
I am no expert but i tell you what the view is from where is it, as an obvious knuck-draging, one eyebrow hick. Your sarcasm aside, this :
CDN Aviator said:The MIR here all but hung a sign at the door that said "if you are sick, go away"
CANADIAN F0RCES said:When they say H1N1 could be similar to the virus of 1918 and such, is it not fair to argue that the conditions in which the virus had/has to spread is drastically different?
CANADIAN F0RCES said:Hey sorry I've finally returned from a little "vaca", and so I want to share another little viewpoint. When they say H1N1 could be similar to the virus of 1918 and such, is it not fair to argue that the conditions in which the virus had/has to spread is drastically different?
CDN Aviator said:Although i have no great wish to get "swine flu" ( or anything else for that matter), this just about sums it up nicely
http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=swine_flu
Michael O'Leary said:One more idiot who shouldn't be allowed to use the internet.