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WHO Declares H1N1's Spread Officially a Pandemic
juggledean writes "The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared a global flu pandemic after holding an emergency meeting, according to reports. It means the swine flu virus is spreading in at least two regions of the world with rising cases being seen in the UK, Australia, Japan and Chile." Whether it's called a pandemic or not, there's a hopeful note in the story about H1N1's spread: "...there were people who believed we might be in a kind of apocalyptic situation and what we're really seeing now with H1N1 is that in most cases the disease is self-limiting."
WHO Declares H1N1's Spread Officially a Pandemic
I don't know, I'm asking YOU!
I want it to be called swine flu again. That way bacon will be super cheap again.
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... and I DON'T KNOW is on third.
Let's just get that out of the way first and foremost.
But what's the name of the band on stage?
Who.
The name of the band.
Who.
No, I want to know who's on stage.
Yes.
So you're saying Yes is on stage?
No, Yes isn't even at this concert.
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Not to mention, didn't the virus origionaly originate in the US?
I vote we call it 'Freedom Flu'. :)
You can tell if you've got swine flu, because you come out in rashers.
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The "liberal media news is a conservative myth is a liberal media myth" is a conservative myth.
OH NO! WE'VE ENTERED INFINITE RECURSION!
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Don't know if this is just a sick coincidence but....
2007 - Chinese year of the Chicken - Bird Flu Pandemic devastates parts of Asia
2008 - Chinese year of the Horse - Equine Influenza decimates Australian racing
2009 - Chinese year of the Pig - Swine Flu Pandemic kills hundreds of pigs around the globe.
Has any one else noticed this?
It gets worse........
next year......
2010 - Chinese year of the Cock - what could possibly go wrong?
Although it will probably hurt your chances of getting some thick Mexican pipe, consider avoiding the virus entirely and not applying rouge.
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I'm worried about all those too. This store is about H1N1 though. Just because it's not the top of the list doesn't mean it isn't worthy of mass hysteria.
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I believe they are referred to as knock-knock jokes;
Person #1 - Knock knock.
Person #2 - Who's there?
Person #1 - Yes, and they just declared a global flu pandemic after holding an emergency meeting.
...I don't get it.
Clearly, this should have been an "Ask Slashdot"
I've talked to people who still think that you can get it from eating pork products.
We've got to put a stop to this ignorance. You cannot get the disease that way -- but you CAN get revenge!
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