Dude, there's a lot of H1N1 around here...

The junior high, and 2/3 elementary schools in the district I used to go to are all shut down because of the flu. About 700 kids total are home from school. It's pretty crazy. I'm so glad I graduated so I don't have to go to school with all the sick kids. Not many people at my college are out sick yet, so I'm lucky.

How's the situation for you people?

Haven't heard anything about here in Pennsylvania yet. And I'm not worried about it either.

No clue, I don't care about the H1N1 virus.

h1n1 is overhyped... its only as deadly as the regular flu...00-Riddick-00

It's not especially dangerous, but it tends to affect people who are young and quite healthy, which changes our perception of it dramatically.

[QUOTE="00-Riddick-00"]h1n1 is overhyped... its only as deadly as the regular flu...pianist

It's not especially dangerous, but it tends to affect people who are young and quite healthy, which changes our perception of it dramatically.

Well if You keep spraying it into the air with flu mists, and keep getting in touch with people after receiving it, it's no wonder that many people there get ill.
In the city where i live there are 0 cases known.

I don't know if it's H1N1 but there have been quite a few school shutdowns due to poor attendance. More than likely the regular flu though

Only Sprite and chicken soup will save them!

God help us...

I think I might have it right now gonna go to the Dr. god i've felt terrible, soar throat, stuff nose, shaking and sweating, and barfing. IDK might not be H!N! but either way it's the worst i've felt in years

i know a few people that have gotten it

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[QUOTE="00-Riddick-00"]h1n1 is overhyped... its only as deadly as the regular flu...00-Riddick-00

It's not especially dangerous, but it tends to affect people who are young and quite healthy, which changes our perception of it dramatically.

once again the media warps our perception of evolving viruses. It only kills young children and old people, nothing out of the ordinary here, just a new flu strand. and you probably wont need the vaccine unless you are deathly ill, using it to prevent it just makes your immune system more susceptable to other things and medications start to not be aseffective as they were before.

Also, earlier today, I tried to go and get my seasonal flu vaccination, and there's not a drop of it anywhere in the city. I went to several pharmacies that had been advertising for flu shots, I went to my doctor's office, and no luck. No one is even expecting to get a shipment of it until mid-November. :| I'm guessing the H1N1 vaccine is completely out of the question if the seasonal vaccine is nowhere to be found.

I don't get it. I've never seen a shortage of seasonal flu vaccine before. WTF are they doing with it?

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It's not especially dangerous, but it tends to affect people who are young and quite healthy, which changes our perception of it dramatically.

COSMICX815

once again the media warps our perception of evolving viruses. It only kills young children and old people, nothing out of the ordinary here, just a new flu strand. and you probably wont need the vaccine unless you are deathly ill, using it to prevent it just makes your immune system more susceptable to other things and medications start to not be aseffective as they were before.

Not quite. It inexplicably kills otherwise healthy young adults, too. And that, I believe, is a big reason why it has caused such a panic. Nobody is surprised when someone in poor health is killed by the flu, but when a person who is perfectly healthy catches it then dies a few days later, it's going to cause a scare. Thing is, we don't know why that happens. Most people describe it as nothing more than any other flu. It's just the potential for a quick and inexplicable death that makes it more frightening than your average flu bug.

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[QUOTE="00-Riddick-00"]h1n1 is overhyped... its only as deadly as the regular flu...00-Riddick-00

It's not especially dangerous, but it tends to affect people who are young and quite healthy, which changes our perception of it dramatically.

Definitely overblown. But by the same token, you don't want to be the unlucky healthy young person who dies on account of it.

Not quite. It inexplicably kills otherwise healthy young adults, too. And that, I believe, is a big reason why it has caused such a panic. Nobody is surprised when someone in poor health is killed by the flu, but when a person who is perfectly healthy catches it then dies a few days later, it's going to cause a scare. Thing is, we don't know why that happens. Most people describe it as nothing more than any other flu. It's just the potential for a quick and inexplicable death that makes it more frightening than your average flu bug.

pianist

Yeah, that's what most of the concern comes from. It's not just another flu. There wouldn't be 30% of students absent from school if it was just the flu. We're supposed to stay home if we have any symptoms at all, but people completely ignore that and spread whatever they have around. I'm guessing not all of the sick kids have H1N1, but I'm sure a good amount do.

http://cbs2chicago.com/local/flu.school.sick.2.1259960.html ?

The regular flu kills some 30,000+ every year, many of those people were healthy individuals prior to death as well. I still think you're better off without any vaccine and the toxins contained in them. Your statistically more apt to get the piggy flu after you get the shot, so why even chance using it? Just use a good dose of hygiene, supplements and be careful around the ones you know are sick.

Yeah its ALL OVER southern Virginia.

Even I had it, and it killed me for two days. It wasnt actually that bad though, I was able to mow the grass and get stuff done. It was just dizzing to walk with a fever of 104.7 .

I am feeling the onset of a flu at the moment.. not good at all :(

Haven't heard anything about here in Pennsylvania yet. And I'm not worried about it either.

howlrunner13

Well, over here by Harrisburg, at least in my school(Central Dauphin), I've heard ~10 or so cases. Ironically enough, even withthose few cases, out of a school of about 2100, 313 were absent, according to my one teacher.

yeah, but its getting normal here, and specially now cause we just got the vaccine for it here on puerto rico

h1n1 is overhyped... its only as deadly as the regular flu...00-Riddick-00

I think I might have it right now gonna go to the Dr. god i've felt terrible, soar throat, stuff nose, shaking and sweating, and barfing. IDK might not be H!N! but either way it's the worst i've felt in years

Boston_Boyy

h1n1 is overhyped... its only as deadly as the regular flu...00-Riddick-00

Haven't heard anything about here in Pennsylvania yet. And I'm not worried about it either.

howlrunner13

my friend actually got it, he was away from school for 2 weeks. now he's better and he says it was nothing.

well this one girl in my class got it. shes fine right now, to her h1n1 felt like regular flu, except longer.

Only Sprite and chicken soup will save them!

God help us...

mrbojangles25

No reports at my uni, but they've put up dettol foam hand wash dispensers at every entrance to make sure people keep clean, I do know of a few people who have had it already.

A few colleges in my state have had an out break of H1N1. But my college hasn't. I am not worried about it though

260 kids out of 1500 students from my high school were home sick last Thursday. I was one of those students, but I did not have the Swine Flu. I'm pretty sure that the regular flu is much more harmful this year, than it was last year, which is why more people are staying home sick.ChicaQueenWarGa

In our case, the students were told to stay home if they have 2 or more symptoms of H1N1, which has the same symptoms as the regular flu and and some of the common cold. I don't believe that 30% of the students in the school district just have colds though. There's got to be more to it than that. My guess is that a good half the kids out have swine flu.