Goodbye for a while...

[dustpuppy]

Yeah. The media blows everything out of proportion.

Remember mad cow disease?

To hear the reporters tell it, you'd have thought that people were falling over right and left with it. It was on the news every day for 3 or 4 years.

In actuality, as of Feb 2009 there had been a total of 164 people in England killed by it and 42 people in other countries, as per Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mad_cow

That's about 17 per year, for the 10 years we've been hearing about how horrible this epidemic was.

During the same period, around 1000 people were killed by lightning, in the U.S.. About 90 to 120 people a year die from lighning every year, in America: http://www.thunderstruk.com/facts2.htm

By the way, the worldwide anthrax epidemic that was on the news for about 3 years ? It killed 5 people.

Don't believe everything you hear on the 6 O'Clock news.

[laurajaybee]

H1N1 actually exhibits less severe symptoms than the common flu, in most cases, so I personally would rather get it now and get it over with. It really annoys me how much this has totally been blown out of proportion. Everyone is all "Omg, swine flu...", when really it's just the flu. I'm as more at risk than most people, and in my work we've had a fair few people coming in who have or are connected to people who have swine flu, and I'm still standing. Craig is right, with all of his examples. I couldn't have put it better myself, Poochie. Those are all the examples I use when people panic over it. It's.Just.The.Flu! But, yeah, better to get it now and gain some immunity before it mutates into something with more severe symptoms, I say.

Anyway, rant over. Feel better soon SP!

xxxxxx

[dustpuppy]

[kdawg]

[laurajaybee]

[lover]

[laurajaybee]

I know, I know. What on earth was I thinking? I'm so ashamed...

[laurajaybee]

^^ But this one appears to be dire though

[kdawg]

Hey guys. I miss everyone terribly... Love buddy I'm sorry I haven't been on to encourage you or anything with what you're going through, as well as anything else that's probably happened during my absence... I think things are finally about to look up, but I still feel bad, and still miss my friends like crazy... I hope to talk to you guys again soon...

~Kendra