Fort Worth School District is closing schools for a week due to the swine flu outbreak.
http://www.fwisd.org/News/Pages/2009-04-29_closed.aspx
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Fort Worth School District is closing schools for a week due to the swine flu outbreak.
http://www.fwisd.org/News/Pages/2009-04-29_closed.aspx
I hope everyone stay claim! It will interesting how this thing plays out! None the less, it will be child care nightmare for those working parents!
That is crazy. I'm not sure what to think about that.
We are hearing that the Collin County districts are holding off for now, but have plans in place to start shutting down soon after the first confirmed case in the county. At the rate it is going, thats a when, not an if.Quote:
Originally Posted by black roadster
EDIT: Just found this on our district's web site:
http://www.communityisd.org/files/Re...%20Release.pdf
OH NO! Let's put "swine" in front of "flu" and make everyone worried for no reason!
More ppl die from regular flu every day than swine flu. Latest media scare tactic: Mad Cow, West Nile, etc.
Very disgruntling.
Swine flu is not as prevalent as other types of flu. I think the concern is that swine flu is more deadly and can travel as quick as other types of flu but with far greater consequences.
They are more conscerned in that this particular strain has never been in the human population before and there is no residual immunity built up to it. This will allow for rapid spread.
But yes, its the flu. With proper care, it's no more deadly then any other type of flu.
I'm gonna go to the grocery store and stock up on bottled water, canned goods, ass-wipe, and some crosswords. Oh, yeah, and a shotgun to keep the mutants away.
+1! ::zomb::Quote:
Originally Posted by jrj512
Cool link! Thanks Ken.
I'm doing my best to stay gruntled.Quote:
Originally Posted by cam76034
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Originally Posted by goofygrin
I've updated my apocolypse/get-out-of-town plan. Needs more shotgun though.Quote:
Originally Posted by jrj512
Chris
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Originally Posted by ken o
Enough said, I'm loading up the family and moving to Wyoming :drive:
Awsome! :clap:Quote:
Originally Posted by Bell
The Tarrant County Health Dept just forced Mayfest to be cancelled this weekend. You'd think the black plague had arrived.
Our leaders continue to fan the hysteria. If my daughter's graduation is cancelled next weekend I will be more than just disgruntled and there's no oinkment that will help that.
Fixed it for you.Quote:
Originally Posted by cam76034
Meh. They are damned if they do nothing as well.
I have no fears of this being the next black plague, but it's not a bad idea to nip this in the bud if possible. And most of these actions are relatively cheap (not including lost tax revenue, which would be greater if people died).
Chris
I just learned from work that most of the Hospitals in the area have already gone to Code Yellow (= internal disaster!). The hospitals are buying thousands of courses of Tamiflu. The bad part is that most of them will not arrive in Dallas until next week. The leaders are hedging their bets by closing schools and canceling events, while trying to keep everyone from panicking. For those in the extremes of age and those have serious/chronic illness (cancer, lung diseases etc.) this is deadly!
Don't think of pandemic disaster to involve instantaneous Ebola-like death. Think of it as a serious strain on healthcare facilities, causing a systemic failure of society.
This is just a taste of what could come. Imagine if 1/10th of the population were ill at the same time. Suddenly, we have a national / global melt-down and no way to treat everyone. This of course stems upon the assumption that H1N1 doesn't mutate into a more severe virus. Imagine if the virus "strengthens" and replicates itself more frequently in the body...then things start getting ugly fast.
The media frenzy is unavoidable, but I think our leaders are handling this properly so far.
Disease is Mother Natures way of thinning the herd when nothing else works.
Eventually a truely nasty version of one of these will hit the general populace and no amount of government intervention will stop it.
Perhaps, this will fix the economy too! Less people to fight for the positions! I know this is the sick way of fixing the mess! I hope everyone and your family on this board stay healthy!Quote:
Originally Posted by HudsonHawk
You know, you can get 10 capsules of Tamiflu for $350. That was this morning. It may have gone up already!
Good website to check out:
http://doihavepigflu.com/
Save your money, I'll rent you the shotgun.Quote:
Originally Posted by jrj512
Hmmmmm....http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/
It's reached Collin County.... 1 confirmed case and 2 probables identified today. Wilson Middle School in Plano is now closed TFN. No word on other schools in the county.
It's The Stand. We're all gonna die. Time to start looting -- I'm hitting TDR. ::Banana::
Bah...
It's a blatant attempt at a newsgasm
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/ar...Swine-Flu.aspx
And yet... Lewisville ISD is closed all next week.