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Flu + La Nina = Pandemic?

Posted by timothy on from the african-or-european-swallow dept.

New submitter MrEricSir writes with some scary speculation from a BBC article about the confluence of climate and disease: "A correlation between illness and cold weather is nothing new but this one is very specific: La Nina changes the migratory patterns of birds which can (and often does, according to this theory) cause flu pandemics."

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  1. Re:pandemic == marketing hype by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Get the Vaccine.
    It just works out mathematically.


    -1 You suffer pain
    0 Pain and suffering are negligible.
    1 You feel joy
    -1 You get the Vaccine, you still get the flu
    -1 You get the Vaccine, you get autism. :O

    Value of not taking the vaccine.
    1. You don't get the Vaccine and you live in fear of getting the flu: -1
    2. You don't get the Vaccine and you Don't get the flu: 0
    3. You don't get the Vaccine and you get the flue: -1
    4. You don't get the Vaccine and you save like $10: +1


    Sum of Risk vs. Loss is -1


    Value if you take the vaccine.
    1. You get the Vaccine and feel good about being immune: +1
    2. You get the Vaccine and you get the flu: -1
    3. You get the Vaccine and don't get the flu: 0
    4. You get the Vaccine and you spend $10 (Not that much): 0


    Sum of Risk vs. Loss is 0

    FTFY