# Swine Flu **URL:** \ **Category:** Off-topic\ **Created:** [27 April 2009 08:28 UTC](https://londonbikers.com/t/swine-flu/78912 "2009-04-27T08:28:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![andrew\_7](https://londonbikers.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/ebca7d/32.png) [@andrew\_7](https://londonbikers.com/u/andrew_7)\ **Post date:** [29 April 2009 12:56 UTC](https://londonbikers.com/t/swine-flu/78912/21 "2009-04-29T12:56:47Z")
Jesus Christ is the world going completely mad? It’s nowt more than a mild case of flu. People die from flu all over the world, likely every day of the year. Radio 1 'News’beat have just led on this ‘outbreak’ with an interview in which a member of the public said, in a very smug tone “well I’m carrying a packet of tissues just in case” A lot of people really need to get a grip. ---
**Author:** ![Chenster](https://londonbikers.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/b5ac83/32.png) [@Chenster](https://londonbikers.com/u/Chenster)\ **Post date:** [29 April 2009 13:02 UTC](https://londonbikers.com/t/swine-flu/78912/22 "2009-04-29T13:02:21Z")
I phoned the swine flu helpline this morning. what a waste of time, couldnt understand a bloody word…all I got was crackling ---
**Author:** ![andrew\_7](https://londonbikers.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/ebca7d/32.png) [@andrew\_7](https://londonbikers.com/u/andrew_7)\ **Post date:** [29 April 2009 13:04 UTC](https://londonbikers.com/t/swine-flu/78912/23 "2009-04-29T13:04:25Z")
and it’s been pointed out that this is a great chance to wear our Michael Jackson face masks at last. Kev, you first ;-p ---
**Author:** ![Wigglemethis](https://londonbikers.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/9dc877/32.png) [@Wigglemethis](https://londonbikers.com/u/Wigglemethis)\ **Post date:** [29 April 2009 13:17 UTC](https://londonbikers.com/t/swine-flu/78912/24 "2009-04-29T13:17:52Z")
They dident even get this excited about MRSA ---
**Author:** ![alex1](https://londonbikers.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/898d66/32.png) [@alex1](https://londonbikers.com/u/alex1)\ **Post date:** [29 April 2009 13:18 UTC](https://londonbikers.com/t/swine-flu/78912/25 "2009-04-29T13:18:17Z")
> [@](#): > > ## **Chenster (29/04/2009)** > > > I phoned the swine flu helpline this morning. what a waste of time, couldnt understand a bloody word…all I got was crackling That was pig awful :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Stripled](https://londonbikers.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/c68b51/32.png) [@Stripled](https://londonbikers.com/u/Stripled)\ **Post date:** [29 April 2009 13:28 UTC](https://londonbikers.com/t/swine-flu/78912/26 "2009-04-29T13:28:24Z")
We’re all doomed…doomed I tell ye. Or not… ---
**Author:** ![LiM](https://londonbikers.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/59ef9b/32.png) [@LiM](https://londonbikers.com/u/LiM)\ **Post date:** [29 April 2009 13:38 UTC](https://londonbikers.com/t/swine-flu/78912/27 "2009-04-29T13:38:00Z")
> [@](#): > > ## **Giuliano (29/04/2009)** > > As mentioned above - these species hopping flus don’t kill the weak, they kill the people with the strongest immune systems as it is the immune system that does the damage by destroying the deseased lung tissue. The reports from Mexico suggest it is young adults who have been dying, just as this chart comparing Spanish Flu deaths with flu deaths in other years. ![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/70/W_curve.png) Speaking purely selfishly it’s most reassuring to be on the downward slide for once. Finally there is an upside to getting older :). Bit more worried for my son and wife though- both slap bang in the ‘danger zones’. :crying: ---
**Author:** ![BobbyR1](https://londonbikers.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/58956e/32.png) [@BobbyR1](https://londonbikers.com/u/BobbyR1)\ **Post date:** [29 April 2009 13:42 UTC](https://londonbikers.com/t/swine-flu/78912/28 "2009-04-29T13:42:46Z")
In one of the free rags on the tube yesterday they ran a story with expert opinion on how the underground with a couple of hundred thousand people using it daily could spread the flu faster than you could say pig and that no one would know till they got the sniffles a week later. Dont think they were trying to hype the story really … anyway there were the obligatory pics of people wearing Jackson masks and one of a woman with a sign round her neck with the word INMUNE…I then pondered body odour as I really didnt have much choice and on closer inspection of the persons not only invading my personal space but also occasionally rubbing themselves against me, I became distracted, nay fascinated by the small fine hairs that cover our bodies. I then got off at my station trudged up the hill, got indoors poured myself a glass of wine and got on with life. ---
**Author:** ![bobb](https://londonbikers.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/73ab20/32.png) [@bobb](https://londonbikers.com/u/bobb)\ **Post date:** [29 April 2009 14:50 UTC](https://londonbikers.com/t/swine-flu/78912/29 "2009-04-29T14:50:22Z")
This is getting serious. My mate thinks he’s got swine flu - but I think he’s telling porkies:) ---
**Author:** ![Chenster](https://londonbikers.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/b5ac83/32.png) [@Chenster](https://londonbikers.com/u/Chenster)\ **Post date:** [29 April 2009 15:49 UTC](https://londonbikers.com/t/swine-flu/78912/30 "2009-04-29T15:49:40Z")
> [@](#): > > ## **lessismore (29/04/2009)** > > > [@](#): > > > > ## **Giuliano (29/04/2009)** > > > > As mentioned above - these species hopping flus don’t kill the weak, they kill the people with the strongest immune systems as it is the immune system that does the damage by destroying the deseased lung tissue. The reports from Mexico suggest it is young adults who have been dying, just as this chart comparing Spanish Flu deaths with flu deaths in other years. ![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/70/W_curve.png) > > Speaking purely selfishly it’s most reassuring to be on the downward slide for once. Finally there is an upside to getting older :). Bit more worried for my son and wife though- both slap bang in the ‘danger zones’. :crying: i’m just more impressed with the fact that this graph looks like a set of boobs…:w00t: ---
**Author:** ![johnp](https://londonbikers.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/db5fbb/32.png) [@johnp](https://londonbikers.com/u/johnp)\ **Post date:** [29 April 2009 18:49 UTC](https://londonbikers.com/t/swine-flu/78912/31 "2009-04-29T18:49:16Z")
If it does become an epedemic i hope the goverment doesn`t make a **pigs** ear of it.😃 ---
**Author:** ![car\_eater](https://londonbikers.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/7feea3/32.png) [@car\_eater](https://londonbikers.com/u/car_eater)\ **Post date:** [29 April 2009 20:32 UTC](https://londonbikers.com/t/swine-flu/78912/32 "2009-04-29T20:32:23Z")
i remember in 1977 when i got disco fever from them bloody bee gees ,used to make me sweat ,took 3 years to get it out of my system:D ---
**Author:** ![jonlukgil](https://londonbikers.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/c4cdca/32.png) [@jonlukgil](https://londonbikers.com/u/jonlukgil)\ **Post date:** [29 April 2009 21:21 UTC](https://londonbikers.com/t/swine-flu/78912/33 "2009-04-29T21:21:12Z")
> [@](#): > > Could be natures way of killing off the weak? To back up Giuliano’s post, the 1918 outbreak killed more people than the the First World War and predominantly hit the young & healthy - there was nowhere to hide, even Arctic explorers/residents died (and their frozen corpses later gave lots of useful information). You young virile bikers, be afraid, very afraid. That said, beware of newspapers pushing a story to sell newspapers! ---
**Author:** ![oldguy](https://londonbikers.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/o/3bc359/32.png) [@oldguy](https://londonbikers.com/u/oldguy)\ **Post date:** [29 April 2009 21:50 UTC](https://londonbikers.com/t/swine-flu/78912/34 "2009-04-29T21:50:03Z")
Borrocks! I’d just got over reading about my ASI score (accident survivability index) indicating that I was pretty much doomed if I came off the bike and now I turn up on the steeply rising curve of flu deaths. Don’t look like I’m going to be around to have a holiday this year at this rate. ---
**Author:** ![Jetstream](https://londonbikers.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/8797f3/32.png) [@Jetstream](https://londonbikers.com/u/Jetstream)\ **Post date:** [29 April 2009 22:08 UTC](https://londonbikers.com/t/swine-flu/78912/35 "2009-04-29T22:08:49Z")
We have Tamiflu and are willing to sell to the highest bidder. List price £27. Reserve price £35. And the bids start at…😉 ---
**Author:** ![Giuliano](https://londonbikers.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/ec9cab/32.png) [@Giuliano](https://londonbikers.com/u/Giuliano)\ **Post date:** [29 April 2009 22:17 UTC](https://londonbikers.com/t/swine-flu/78912/36 "2009-04-29T22:17:50Z")
You mean it isn’t the prize in the treasure hunt? ---
**Author:** ![Jetstream](https://londonbikers.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/8797f3/32.png) [@Jetstream](https://londonbikers.com/u/Jetstream)\ **Post date:** [29 April 2009 22:28 UTC](https://londonbikers.com/t/swine-flu/78912/37 "2009-04-29T22:28:21Z")
No winners, no prizes but its a pig of a ride if you can`t read a map. Take it easy and don`t get gravel rashers!😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ducati\_Pete](https://londonbikers.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Ducati\_Pete](https://londonbikers.com/u/Ducati_Pete)\ **Post date:** [29 April 2009 22:59 UTC](https://londonbikers.com/t/swine-flu/78912/38 "2009-04-29T22:59:43Z")
At the weekend my gurl warned me I’d be at risk from swine flu. “Because I travel a lot?” “No, because you’re a complete pig.” - Delivered deadpan without a trace of a smile. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![dannyboy](https://londonbikers.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/85e7bf/32.png) [@dannyboy](https://londonbikers.com/u/dannyboy)\ **Post date:** [30 April 2009 08:31 UTC](https://londonbikers.com/t/swine-flu/78912/39 "2009-04-30T08:31:58Z")
> [@](#): > > ## **Ducati Pete (29/04/2009)** > > At the weekend my gurl warned me I’d be at risk from swine flu.“Because I travel a lot?” > > “No, because you’re a complete pig.” - Delivered deadpan without a trace of a smile. ☹ My sister sent that to me in a text this moring - the cheek or it:w00t: ---
**Author:** ![Tom](https://londonbikers.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tom](https://londonbikers.com/u/Tom)\ **Post date:** [30 April 2009 08:57 UTC](https://londonbikers.com/t/swine-flu/78912/40 "2009-04-30T08:57:28Z")
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