Swine Flu Update

No, Jubal, what has been killing people is secondary infections, especially pneumonia, not excessive immune reaction.

I thought it was ironic that my doctor told me that because of my compromised immune system that I would likely not have as bad a reaction to the H1N1 flu as people with normal immune systems. It is the immune response and its excessive reaction that has been killing normally healthy people.

Woulda been a wise idea to invest in some stock of the company creating the vaccine, I bet they're making a killing right about not.

I had the H1N1 flu, everyone in my house ended up getting it. None of us had the vaccine, first of all because it is impossible to get, and second the flu was not as bad as I thought it was going to be. We had fevers, coughing, sore throat, fatigue, body pain, sweating, and some vomiting. But its amazing what Vitamin D, A, and C can do when you have the flu; along with drinking lots of fluids, chicken soup, juices, water, and using Vicks vapor rub on my chest and around my neck and a dab just below the nostrils to keep the breathing passages open.

All in all the flu lasted a week at my house, and we have 8 people living here.

lets change the name to obamademic pig farmers are really hurting.

'tiger metal!!!!' sounds like a baddass version of metal music.... id listen to it

Pharmaceutical Companies charge an average of 12$ per shot.
Novartis had a 60% gain in 9 months.
Shot the foot the other day when the realization set in.

I was concerned about my seven year old getting this virus because he has had a less than normal medical history. He caught the virus in September and was over it in 24 hours. No one else in our household caught it. Strange..

i had the swine flu last week. it was really no big deal. not that bad at all. not even the worst flu I've ever had. and I was completely over it in less than 4 days.

So, you can email the above details to whoever sent you that silly email, and choose "reply to all" so that all those who received that nonsense can ease their minds. :)

There is no "Year of the Bird" in Chinese Astrology, neither is there a "Year of the Cow".

The Chinese Astrology signs are:

Rat
Horse
Ox
Sheep
Tiger
Monkey
Rabbit
Rooster
Dragon
Dog
Snake
Pig

Furthermore, this year is not the year of the Pig (or Boar):

2006 was the Year of the Dog
2007 was the Year of the Pig (or Boar)
2008 was the Year of the Rat.
2009 is the Year of the Ox
2010 will be the Year of the Tiger

2002 Horse Water 25 Jan 2002 12 Feb 2003
2003 Goat Water 13 Feb 2003 1 Feb 2004
2004 Monkey Wood 2 Feb 2004 19 Feb 2005
2005 Rooster Wood 20 Feb 2005 8 Feb 2006
2006 Dog Fire 9 Feb 2006 28 Jan 2007
2007 Pig Fire 29 Jan 2007 16 Feb 2008
2008 Rat Earth 17 Feb 2008 5 Feb 2009
2009 Ox Earth 6 Feb 2009 26 Jan 2010
2010 Tiger Metal 27 Jan 2010 14 Feb 2011
2011 Cat Metal 15 Feb 2011 3 Feb 2012
2012 Dragon Water 4 Feb 2012 22 Jan 2013
2013 Snake Water 23 Jan 2013 9 Feb 2014

This funny just sent to my e-mail directly after the link to this posting. So I had to pass it along.

"I'm not really concerned about swine flu. Here's my concern.

• 3 years ago, Chinese calendar year of the cow . . . Mad Cow disease.

• 2 years ago, Chinese calendar year of the bird . . . Avian flu.

• This year, Chinese calendar year of the pig . . . Swine flu.

Next year is the year of the cock . . . Anybody else worried?"