Then swine flu farce...

Nothing compared to a SHARK !!!!!!

 

Let me tell you, a shark is a pussycat compared to a pig. Wild hogs are vicious and extremely dangerous. They'll rip you open as soon as look at you. I'd much rather encounter a grizzly than a wild pig. And sharks are downright tame compared to either.

 

I highlighted text in red that you cited that seems to indicate the decision on whether to test or not is up to the clinician. The clinician made the call not to test. As to what drove the decision not to test, I don't know. The medical center that I went to is the Palo Alto Medical Foundation in Palo Alto California. URL: Palo Alto Medical Foundation Regional Page

I wouldn't be surprised if California Dept. of Health sent a notice out directing testing be done only on people that are presenting symptoms when seen by a clinician - the state is insolvent; any expense that can be spared is being spared. amm0bob can better explain how insolvent the state is - he is experiencing the sharp end of the stick as it were.

 

The media has to have some crisis to push. It's June, and the next thing we'll hear is how many hurricanes are going to hit Florida this summer. In truth, hurricanes aren't much of a threat until Aug-Sept.

 

Flu is a winter illness. Watch what happens in southern hemisphere over the next couple of months to know how serious it will be overall.

 

Yes, but a Hippo Virus is too big to get into most peoples noses.

Tom

 

Thanks Cliff.

 

What about people with large noses (and a baby version of the hippo virus)?

 

That's not how it works: The hippo bites you and sucks your blood, and the virus gets into you through its saliva. Not many people know that female hippos need human blood in order to be able to lay their eggs. When the eggs hatch, the larval stage of the hippo emerges, which is a duck. Not many people know that ducks are larval hippopotamuses, because in temperate climates they are unable to form cocoons and metamorphose into hippos.

 

Yes, it does not spread so easily, but it can be a lot nastier, severity of symptoms vary from person to person but nose bleeds are a fairly common occurence.

 

I've always found domestic pigs to be quite friendly and curious. At least the ones on my grandparents farm were.

Ever been chased by an angry gander? Geese are very mean birds

 

Except for breeder sows. Those big females can be very nasty. I remember retrieving model rockets and airplanes from a neighboring farm when I was a young lad in Indiana. You had to keep a wary eye out for the sows.

Tom

 

Geese. Nothing compared to chickens. Chickens are possibly the only life form more vicious then SHARKS!!!.

I'm flashing back to that childhood encounter with a chicken again. The memory makes my nose throb.

I think chickens were just getting started when they developed the Avian Flu.

 

Teddy bears are more vicious than sharks. Mother Theresa is more vicious than sharks. A sock puppet of Dr. Livingstone is more vicious than sharks.

 

You must not spend much time around bodies of water that are frequented by sharks. If a Great White decides to confuse a human in a wetsuit with a seal, it is pretty much over for the human in a wetsuit.

 

Peacocks.
Stupid, vicious, will kill their own young.
But then, so will swine (the males, mostly, will kill and eat piglets if they get a chance).

Prevention is the best policy. Wash your hands.

 

My grandmother's mother was killed by the 1918 flu. My dad says it spread so much because as soldiers were coming home and got sick on the trains, they got kicked off where ever they happened to be at the time.

I have always feared pandemics, but this one has served to immunize me from my fears. Ironic, eh?

Will get whatever flu shots are out in the fall, but not worried in the least,
Patricia

 

Hmmmm. On my grandparents farm, even when a sow was about to farrow, she was usually pretty calm. If I recall, about a half day before the farrowing, she'd get nervous but *never* mean

Maybe the sows were angry with you because your model rockets were landing almost on top of them???

 

Those traumatic childhood memories are the worst to overcome. For me it was an angry gander, for you it was an angry chicken