A question for Mikaudes

[HylianHero92]

You live in Mexico right? If so, how are things with the Swine Flu? 

[Uximadesk]

OK, to put in a few words, the country is nearly paralized. There is no tourism, the ships barely stop at the port and the tourists are not allowed to get off them. Every industry that is not part of the core and necessary production of the country has come to a halt. There is no school until May the 6th.

As for the flu itself, the fatal cases have not yet reached 200, I'm not sure of the exact number, but the rate at which cases of swine flu have been reported has slowed considerably, even though there are now reported cases in all the states.

You want my opinion, they are making a mountain out of a mole-hill, the reported cases don't even represent 0.1% of the mexican population. The real problem arose because the ones who were infected at first got confident and thought it was just another outbreak of flu. It can be treated and so far 9 out of 10 cases with complications that are treated have had satisfactory results. There is, however the fact that (proportionally) many who get infected die (my calculations say 1 out of every 20 die, but don't take my word for granted).

I hope this whole paranoia over the flu goes away quickly, I mean, it's not worse than the mad cows. What really worries me is that so far only people of mexican nationality have so far died of the virus.

There you have it, but if you want trustworthy information on the subject, search for the news, because as far as I can see things, I could have been given completely biased information. Really, search for news, recent news.

[HylianHero92]

If you want trustworthy information on the subject, search for the news.

I'm asking you because the news hasn't been reliable enough...  ;)

[darkphantomime]

At least one american has died of the  swine flu. I think a girl in Texas.

[Keaton]

http://doihaveswineflu.org/

[alical]

At least one american has died of the  swine flu. I think a girl in Texas.

I'm pretty sure it was a Mexican girl, she was just visiting Texas.

The first U.S. death from the outbreak was a Mexico City toddler who traveled to Texas with family and died Monday night at a Houston hospital.

From Here

[The Glamour Nazi]

My friend says Two people at his school have Swine flu....

Now I'm worried for kate...

[Keaton]

My friend says Two people at his school have Swine flu....

Now I'm worried for kate...

Sounds like a lie to me.  They would have closed down the schools and quarantined the kids.

[The Glamour Nazi]

They said that if there was 5 they'd close them down.

I'm not lying okay?

[Uximadesk]

Davy Jones has a point, as soon as the government had notice of any cases, they would close the whole state.

[The Glamour Nazi]

That's just what I heard from my friends, Multiple friends.

<.< Wait close the state? I'm gonna be quarantined in VA?!

[Keaton]

They said that if there was 5 they'd close them down.

I'm not lying okay?

I'm not saying you're lying, I'm saying your friend was.  The point is that with a "serious" epidemic like swine flu, there's a 5% chance of death, and that's not statistically low enough for them to not close down the school even if it was just one case.

[The Glamour Nazi]

I still don't say it's as bad as it seems actually. I'm really just worried about kate.

[Keaton]

Rest assured, you'd hear about it all over the news long before you you'd hear it from a friend or two.

...not to mention that I'd be supremely impressed if a disease like that could pass all the way from Mexico to Virginia that quickly.

[Uximadesk]

So it really is 1 in 20...
Yes, that is statiscally very high. Still, there have been relatively few cases of it, althought the virus is practically in the whole world (and I want to mark PRACTICALLY, with this sort of thing you can not have the luxury of biassed info)