Bird flu has entered the European borders, and says Britain is at risk.......
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Bird flu has entered the European borders, and says Britain is at risk.......
*puts down leg of chicken*
When and where did you find it out? I thought they'd managed to get rid of it
its all over the news, America isnt in the story, but the outbreak is all over turkey, and it could travel to British if were not careful.
And it, atm is still an animal virus, but its could spread to People as well.
This is bad.....
Yeeeeeeah, i've heard about that.
Oh, it can already hit people. Fatality rates are stunning- right up there with Spanish Influenza. This stuff could quite possibly kill 1 in 10 people who catch it. Which, if it hits a couple metropolitan areas, means it can eventually infect every developed nation in the world. Figure that there are a few immune to it, and a few that'll get EXTREMELY lucky, the conservative estimates are that this "bird flu" could kill hundreds of millions of people.
On the plus side, it frees up some real estate. It'll also be a natural self-correction of the human race. No matter what we claim, we're not yet above natural law. All-in-all, we're getting screwed in this deal.
This is one of those things where it is better to try and kill all the birds at risk and take the finacial hit. Don't let stuff develop. Kill before it gets to that point.
Why does udsuna make me feel like the plague is coming again?
Bird Flu? Whats the effects? Can one die from it? UK? Crap!
Minor remedies for the bird flu have been developed, The UK was bracing itself since last year.
Pfft... you mean the Bubonic plague? Outbreaks of Bubonic happen occasionally in every city in the world- rarely even make the news. That stuff was child's play in comparison. Ask yourself what would happen if the common cold was capable of killing. Everyone who ends up having to take more than two days off from school or work, instead ends up dead. That's what this bird flu is capable off. Airborn, fast-acting, deadly. But NOT so fast acting that it kills before it has a chance to spread, and not so deadly that it knocks it's hosts out of commission before they expose others to it.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Summoner of Leviathan
As for symptoms: exactly like normal influenza (aka- flu virus). Not the current weak strains, but the REAL influenza strains. I'm running off the Spanish Influenza model, which is about what this bird flu looks like- it could be a little less deadly (which might be worse, it means many millions more could be exposed before the disease runs its course and burns out). And it could be slightly more deadly (harsh as it sounds: this could be a blessing, it'll burn out faster, sparing millions from exposure in the first place.)
First day: no symptoms, not yet contagious.
Second day: contageous, a little tired feeling.
Third day: REALLY sick, headaches, nausia, throwing up, fever all that jazz.
Fourth day: even more sick, same symptoms, however you're weak from the strain of the prior day.
Fifth day: if it's anything like other high-power flu strains, the fever would probably cause mild hallucinations by now- the weakest of those infected (young children and the elderly) are in real danger, and some may already have died.
Sixth day: now many adults are in danger- those more vulnerable due to other illnesses, at least, are at serious risk.
Seventh day: if you're healthy, and lucky, the fever should break, if not: you're probably going to die.
Eighth day: if you made it this far, you've survived the flu, and should be forever immune to its effects in the future. It'll probably be several more days before you've recovered: it's been almost a week since you've been able to keep any food down, and you've probably been losing almost all of your water to sweating. And you're almost surely still contagious. For a couple days or so, at least.
I meant it the sense that a good porportion of humanity could be killed.
hope this dosent turn into another foot and mouth.......
On THAT, we most avidly agree. Although the Bubonic's 1/3 of the population of Europe record will probably not be reached. It has an edge, of sorts: you can only catch a strain of flu once. After that, you're immune until a sufficiently mutated version finds you, and even then you're more resistant- which is why current flu's are little more than an annoyance. Bubonic is a bacteria- it can infect the same host many, many times over. Eventually it WILL get you, if you're constantly getting repeat exposure. And since it's rats and fleas that are carriers, you get PLENTLY of exposure. At least, in medieval europe where people didn't bathe.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Summoner of Leviathan
I get the impression you're over reacting. http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=2084042005 Over reacting for now anyway.
I doubt it will be that big of a deal, but it's still a good idea to prepare.