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there is no fear of the swine flu in Barcelona right now.....Camp Nau is PACKED totally -- nm - Danedukenuuk Apr 28, 11:43 2
- *looks around for my babelfish* -- nm - zork Apr 28, 11:44 1
  - what? -- nm - Danedukenuuk Apr 28, 11:45
I did not know that the 1918 Spanish Flu appeared briefly in the spring, seemed to die out, but then a more lethal strain appeared in the fall. also, - zork Apr 28, 11:38 7
- you need to read my links regarding this - Danedukenuuk Apr 28, 11:40
- and it probably originated at a US army base. -- nm - Reagen Apr 28, 11:39 5
  - Project Blue -- nm - Spawn Apr 28, 11:46
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    - I almost made this joke. -- nm - Reagen Apr 28, 11:44
  - or India :) - Danedukenuuk Apr 28, 11:41
  - Fort Dix. -- nm - loosilu Apr 28, 11:40
BFC vs. CFC in GL tonight....... i'lll root for Barca i think - Danedukenuuk Apr 28, 11:38 1
- CL -- nm - Danedukenuuk Apr 28, 11:38
For Pippy: Pretty boy of the day -- (link) - loosilu Apr 28, 11:36 2
- Oh my my my -- nm - Epiphany Apr 28, 11:38 1
  - he fine. -- nm - loosilu Apr 28, 11:39
Sylar is on Letterman tonight. -- nm - peglegpete Apr 28, 11:36 1
- Thanks. I might try to watch that. I have not seen him in an interview. -- nm - Spawn Apr 28, 11:42
Whoever wins, we lose. -- (link) - ceregon Apr 28, 11:35
LYC: I picked up my Chipacabra prize from the post office last night -- nm - zork Apr 28, 11:29
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- Stuff like that is good news. - TFox Apr 28, 11:33 2
  - Teh bad news is the Yankees hitters don't get to hit against the Yankee pitchers in those situations. - Will Hunting Apr 28, 11:36
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Will: regarding you Q on B2... - musubi Apr 28, 11:28
And I just caught up on the last two episodes of Survivor. These last two seasons have been pretty darn good. -- nm - Dano Apr 28, 11:27 5
- There's too much on Thursday nights. Survivor finally got bumped about 4 or 5 weeks ago. - JaxSean Apr 28, 11:30 4
  - watch it at cbs.com -- nm - Dano Apr 28, 11:36 3
    - I need to catch up on that and on Castle. - JaxSean Apr 28, 11:38 2
      - The one show I don't feel a need to try to catch up with this season is The Amazing Race. -- nm - Dano Apr 28, 11:39 1
        
        it's unique in that among the final 5 teams or so (not really spoiler) - prayformojo Apr 28, 11:43
I wonder if anyone has ever investigated whether the virulence of viruses is affected by altitude, what with deaths being restricted to Mexico, and - Loyola Apr 28, 11:23 12
- heh, read that as "affected by attitude" -- nm - Dano Apr 28, 11:27
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  - Altitude and pollution do not explain to me why it has killed young people rather than the elderly. -- nm - loosilu Apr 28, 11:29 5
    - The influenza strain was unusual in that this pandemic killed many young adults and otherwise healthy victims; - Danedukenuuk Apr 28, 11:35 2
      - exactly what I said this mroning. -- nm - loosilu Apr 28, 11:37 1
        
        the similarities sofar are a bit scary! -- nm - Danedukenuuk Apr 28, 11:42
    - younger may do more sports, thus breathing harder, go out more, getting easier infected -- nm - marcel Apr 28, 11:31 1
      - that is not the point. This pattern does not happen in normal outbreaks. You need to find a condiation that is *different* from other outbreaks. -- nm - loosilu Apr 28, 11:32
  - *feeling unoriginal* -- nm - Loyola Apr 28, 11:26 1
    - I think it is far more likely that there is a regional substrain. -- nm - loosilu Apr 28, 11:27
- technical point: virulence = how contagious it is, not how lethal it is. -- nm - loosilu Apr 28, 11:24 1
  - My bad. Haven't used it in ages, and it shows. -- nm - Loyola Apr 28, 11:25
i hate having to look up sports trivia. if i had to find out which teams hadn't hit a grand slam yet in MLB this year, how would i do this? TIA -- nm - prayformojo Apr 28, 11:20 13
- 10 teams have not... -- (link) - Don Homer Apr 28, 11:23 3
  - excellent. thank you. -- nm - prayformojo Apr 28, 11:25 2
    - May I ask why you needed this info? -- nm - Don Homer Apr 28, 11:27 1
      - sure - prayformojo Apr 28, 11:28
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- nmbl -- (link) - mara Apr 28, 11:21 2
  - Oh, wait, that doesn't show grand slams. Fail. -- nm - mara Apr 28, 11:22 1
    - dumbass -- nm - Dano Apr 28, 11:28
- My least favorite trivia of the season: the Red Sox are the only AL team to have zero HRs from their DH spot. -- nm - TFox Apr 28, 11:21 2
  - Is Papi hitting Ellsbury's weight yet? -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 28, 11:25
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- you'd ask ST of course .. -- nm - marcel Apr 28, 11:20
Two possible swine flu deaths in CA being investigated. -- (link) - mara Apr 28, 11:17 27
- god, it would be so embarrassing to die of pig flu. -- nm - mary land loves mandy lane Apr 28, 11:23 21
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    - that is never going to catch on cause Swine Flu is catchier. - Epiphany Apr 28, 11:33
    - Officially? The testimony I heard on CSPAN in the last hour was "we call it swine because it's got swine DNA and swine flus rarely jump to humans" - Max Apr 28, 11:27 17
      - So "when pigs fly" might be appropriate here. -- nm - Dano Apr 28, 11:29
      - bullshit, sure they do. -- nm - loosilu Apr 28, 11:28 15
        
        so this is *a* swine flue, not *the* swine flu? -- nm - mary land loves mandy lane Apr 28, 11:31 14
        
        well, I agree that it's silly to call it swine flu when it is made up of three flus. But there are many, many swine flus. -- nm - loosilu Apr 28, 11:33
        
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        You people are making me crave club sandwich -- nm - con_carne Apr 28, 11:34 5
        
        like with thick peppered bacon and whole wheat bread? smoked turkey - Epiphany Apr 28, 11:34 4
        
        we need to invent a "cheese flu." -- nm - mary land loves mandy lane Apr 28, 11:44
        
        I think it's one of the few sammiches that needs no cheese. That said, swiss. (I am hungry) -- nm - con_carne Apr 28, 11:40
        
        more interesting is:what will be the human factor in the sandwich? - Danedukenuuk Apr 28, 11:37
        
        speaking of bacon, see my linky above. -- nm - loosilu Apr 28, 11:37
        
        Yes. Two human, one swine, one avian. -- nm - loosilu Apr 28, 11:33 5
        
        i thought it was 2 swine, 1 human, and 1 avian -- nm - zork Apr 28, 11:41 4
        
        I think you're right. -- nm - loosilu Apr 28, 11:45
        
        Even if you're right, that would be one plus one plus two plus one, not "one plus two plus one plus one." -- nm - Wadsworth Apr 28, 11:43 1
        
        I *love* you sometimes. -- nm - mary land loves mandy lane Apr 28, 11:45
        
        Loosi is always right. - con_carne Apr 28, 11:42
    - more importantly ... no swine have been found that are sick. -- nm - loosilu Apr 28, 11:25
- First in everything! -- nm - con_carne Apr 28, 11:19
- I hope I don't get swine flu. It sounds so uncool. Why couldn't they call it Mexican flu. -- nm - Loyola Apr 28, 11:18 1
  - Quintana Roo Flu has a nice ring to it -- nm - Beryllium Apr 28, 11:18
- Well fuck a duck. -- nm - TWuG SI Apr 28, 11:17 1
  - Not even if it was the last biped on Earth. -- nm - TWuG Apr 28, 11:18
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~Nothing left to say / And all I've left to do / Is run away / from you / And she led me up, down / With secrets I can't keep...~ -- nm - Don Homer Apr 28, 11:14
so do we think the swine flu panic is mostly media-induced hype, or justified? - kare Apr 28, 11:13 42
- Panic is not jusitifed. Concern is very justified. -- nm - loosilu Apr 28, 11:25
- I still wonder what other event should go unnoticed in this hype - marcel Apr 28, 11:20 1
  - indeed, wag the dog is a fun movie -- nm - Beryllium Apr 28, 11:20
- honestly, until i have a local health organization tell me i have any reason to be worried, i'm just not. - Andie Apr 28, 11:19 5
  - i'm not exactly worried but i wouldn't want to be out of the loop on this either. -- nm - zork Apr 28, 11:21 3
    - no, i think that it's an important story, but instead of saying "ARE YOU AT RISK??" the slant should be 'nobody panic, here's what you need to know." -- nm - Andie Apr 28, 11:22 2
      - come on Andie - its the Media - you know they can't be trusted to behave with stuff like this. -- nm - Epiphany Apr 28, 11:23 1
        
        oh, i know, -- nm - Andie Apr 28, 11:25
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- Panic is never justified. That said, I'm not seeing any panic. -- nm - mara Apr 28, 11:17 3
  - it does sound like panic in Mexico City to me. but if anything it sounded like they're not getting nearly *enough* info. -- nm - kare Apr 28, 11:19 2
    - quarantining a million city is kinda panicking though -- nm - marcel Apr 28, 11:23 1
      - you really can't quarantine Mexico City. -- nm - loosilu Apr 28, 11:39
- hopefully any panic will reduce the number of cases due to people taking precautions -- nm - Lurch Apr 28, 11:17
- panic???? the is no more tape, plastic and face masks in the stores ? -- nm - Danedukenuuk Apr 28, 11:15
- YSMIM -- nm - Epiphany Apr 28, 11:15
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- Is there a panic? People are buying masks. -- nm - con_carne Apr 28, 11:14 4
  - maybe panic was too strong a word. though i think if people are buying/wearing masks, it's close. how about: do we think the level of coverage is - kare Apr 28, 11:16 3
    - Part of it was certainly slow news. It's already off the headlines right now with the Specter news from today. -- nm - Don Homer Apr 28, 11:20 1
      - IMO, the Specter thing is even less newsworthy than the roo flu -- nm - Beryllium Apr 28, 11:21
    - What ML said -- nm - con_carne Apr 28, 11:17
- Media-driven panic. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 28, 11:14
- Hype. No US deaths, no Canadian deaths. -- nm - TWuG Apr 28, 11:14 4
  - because nobody else counts, right? ;-) -- nm - Lurch Apr 28, 11:15 3
    - Shut up, Lurch. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 28, 11:17
    - Of course they do. The level of concern is way out of proportion to the threat in the US and Canada. - TWuG Apr 28, 11:17 1
      - i think they are -- nm - Danedukenuuk Apr 28, 11:19
- Until I hear a single live person worried about it, I can't call it "panic" yet. -- nm - TFox Apr 28, 11:13 13
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    - since she's pregnant, this makes snese. -- nm - loosilu Apr 28, 11:30
    - Plus, wearing a mask does no good, unless you already have it. -- nm - Spawn Apr 28, 11:30
    - My local authorities are saying the masks are almost useless, and washing our hands often is the best thing we can do -- nm - con_carne Apr 28, 11:29 2
      - Yeah, if you have it they will contain your cough/sneeze, but that is the only good they do. -- nm - Spawn Apr 28, 11:37
      - the good masks are N95, not the ones with the string ties. -- nm - loosilu Apr 28, 11:30
    - she's pregnant. I might, in her shoes. or just not go out. -- nm - mary land loves mandy lane Apr 28, 11:24 1
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    - I like that it's both being covered up and blown out of proportion. -- nm - Reagen Apr 28, 11:22 3
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        i wish i could find the story i heard on NPR. several mexicans were interviewed, all unanimously feeling as though the govt is certainly - kare Apr 28, 11:27
        
        well, no. But just the way people's minds work in these situations. -- nm - Reagen Apr 28, 11:25
    - I actually think there may well be more cases in Mexico than have been reported, but not more deaths. The things is, that would lower the mortality - mara Apr 28, 11:20
that's effed up that you have to select a different page on that map to see other results - zork Apr 28, 11:12 1
- I know. I was complaining about the same thing on a backboard. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 28, 11:16
You rang. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 28, 11:10 6
- banana phone -- nm - Epiphany Apr 28, 11:15
- "potato" -- nm - kare Apr 28, 11:13
- I loved that it wasn't a question. And also that you don't view that scene as too over the top, but the you do then ending. :-) -- nm - TWuG Apr 28, 11:12 2
  - There wasn't anything in that scene was places it beyond the reality of the show. - Will Hunting Apr 28, 11:13 1
    - The Intersect is a completely ludicrous concept. - TFox Apr 28, 11:15
- Mr. Addams? Uhhhhhhhhhhhh. -- nm - Lurch Apr 28, 11:12
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I liked Anna more as a hot drunk on Studio 60. -- nm - David Apr 28, 11:10 10
- THAT'S where she's from. -- nm - Remlik Apr 28, 11:11 8
  - Did anyone really come from Studio 60? - TFox Apr 28, 11:13 7
    - Hee -- nm - con_carne Apr 28, 11:23
    - "Let you die!" -- nm - David Apr 28, 11:18
    - Sarah Paulson. -- nm - Remlik Apr 28, 11:17 4
      - Wouldn't she need to do something since of note to come from it? - Will Hunting Apr 28, 11:19 3
        
        She was the female lead in The Spirit. -- nm - David Apr 28, 11:36 1
        
        Which bombed. (nm) - Will Hunting Apr 28, 11:42
        
        Ah! Good point...I figured she was getting some notices from Cupid. -- nm - Remlik Apr 28, 11:29
- you said the same thing about Chandler -- nm - Beryllium Apr 28, 11:11
[An error occurred while processing this Agent of FULCRUM.] -- nm - Beryllium Apr 28, 11:09 1
- "I'm not FULCRUM." -- nm - Mop (236 lbs) Apr 28, 11:10
An error occurred while processing this request, dumbass. -- nm - Diva Apr 28, 11:09

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