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LIR, repost because a couple of people have asked me. My quick n dirty explanation of why Mexican swine flu is something to be concerned about. -- (link)

Posted by loosilu (aka loosilu) Apr 24 '09, 19:43

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yeah this one is real. All flus can and do mutate. The danger is remixing when it gets into swine.

loosilu (aka loosilu) Apr 24 '09, 19:35

swine can catch many kinds of flu, unlike us. If a pig gets double infected, the viruses can recombine. That's what probably happened here, with three viruses -- one human, one swine, one avian. Because of the human component, we can catch it easily. The other components are foreign to us so they are more dangerous.

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two words: bacon shortage -- nm - mafic Apr 24, 21:38
also: The avian flu that was going around Asia was not spreading human-to-human, but this one appears to be. - loosilu Apr 24, 19:48 30
- just let us know when to duct tape our windows - Epiphany Apr 24, 19:51 29
  - I should be drinking more too. -- nm - Diva Apr 24, 19:55 3
    - We were doing shots out of penis shot glasses that lit up from the bottom - Epiphany Apr 24, 20:04 2
      - only you. -- nm - loosilu Apr 24, 20:12
      - *laughing* -- nm - Diva Apr 24, 20:09
  - hey, I think your package arrived. Have to go pick it up tomorrow. -- nm - loosilu Apr 24, 19:54 9
    - Um, yeah about that - the rinds may have exploded inside. be careful. I taped them. - Epiphany Apr 24, 20:04 8
      - I have a box of exploded pig rinds waiting for me? cool. -- nm - loosilu Apr 24, 20:13 7
        
        wellllll....I'm just sayin - they *might* be exploded, they could be intact. Who knows these things? look at your post man with suspicion - Epiphany Apr 24, 20:35 6
        
        my postman is a cultured Korean lady. -- nm - loosilu Apr 24, 20:50 5
        
        Mususbi?? I bet she knows where Khimchee is sold. - Epiphany Apr 24, 20:51 4
        
        I was thinking skags. -- nm - loosilu Apr 24, 20:55 3
        
        LIR - about Super Natural - look at this quote from EW - Epiphany Apr 24, 20:58 2
        
        luckily, - loosilu Apr 24, 21:01 1
        
        He'd better stay *spoils* is all I am sayin -- nm - Epiphany Apr 24, 21:27
  - i'm just going to wear a hazmat suit everywhere -- nm - pigby Apr 24, 19:52 14
    - you don't need to buy a facemask ... yet. -- nm - loosilu Apr 24, 19:55 13
      - I disagree, the more of pixie's face that is obscured, the better off society is. (nm) - musubi Apr 24, 20:04 4
        
        true, but not likely to make us safer from swine flu -- nm - pigby Apr 24, 20:09 3
        
        I maintain that we can't know that definitively, so every precaution should be taken. (nm) - musubi Apr 24, 20:11 2
        
        d'oh. i've failed you once again -- nm - pigby Apr 24, 20:16 1
        
        All will be forgiven when the first drop of Frosty hits my parched throat. (nm) - musubi Apr 24, 20:18
      - Where do you even buy facemasks? - ty97 Apr 24, 20:03 7
        
        most pharmacies have them. They don't have the good ones, though. - loosilu Apr 24, 20:09
        
        Amazon, of course. -- (link) - mara Apr 24, 20:09 2
        
        AHA! close. but what you need is an N95 mask. -- (link) - loosilu Apr 24, 20:10 1
        
        dammit mara, you weren't wrong! your mask is an N95 mask as well. -- nm - loosilu Apr 24, 20:12
        
        We need to buy stock in the US company that makes/markets them - Epiphany Apr 24, 20:07 2
        
        that'd be 3M. -- nm - loosilu Apr 24, 20:10 1
        
        dually noted -- nm - Epiphany Apr 24, 20:11

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LIR, repost because a couple of people have asked me. My quick n dirty explanation of why Mexican swine flu is something to be concerned about. -- (link)

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