: Sun Jul 12, 2009 12:12 pm  

someone has died purely from swine flu the other day, they had no underlying health issues. They were middle aged.

: Sun Jul 12, 2009 1:57 pm  

Ferocious Aardvark wrote:

"of whom I'm normally dead jealous", FFS, man! TRY to set SOME sort of an example to these whippersnappers!

Not jealous, envious.

Didn't they teach you youngsters English at school?

: Sun Jul 12, 2009 3:27 pm  

mystic eddie wrote:

Deacon is safe. He couldn't even catch the swine flu.

Snigger.

: Sun Jul 12, 2009 6:51 pm  

J.I.M wrote:

someone has died purely from swine flu the other day, they had no underlying health issues. They were middle aged.

It's a good job I'm young then.

: Sun Jul 12, 2009 11:02 pm  

debaser wrote:

It's a good job I'm young then.

In the spanish flu pandemic of 1918 the largest amount of deaths occured in young healthy adults.

That's because they had a strong immune system which overreacted creating a ''cytokine storm'' in thge body.

Theres no telling whether this will become a similiar thing, but it's certainly something to ponder and be mindful of.

It's best to keep a close eye on developments.