I dont think anyone would agree with you Cath. Dead child - frowny face. Trivial?

So a :-( is a frown?

So when you are sad you frown is that what you are saying?

sparkmaster read back tonights posts you might learn something.

No Dobbo you little dosser we won't get back to basics, I don't want to talk to you on this matter.

You think a :-( face is a frown and accuse me of being happy about a death. You are a pathetic man

No need to back anything, what I've been saying is happening, read back, you'll learn a thing or two.

Complete idiot Dobbo, you are talking rubbish you know you made a mistake with your accusation and are now taking a step back.

Night.

Can you point out that step back Cath? I think you are a shallow moron who trivialises a potentially serious situation for her own glory. You repeat the news like vomit

There was actually 6 sparky 3 confirmed and 3 suspected

Cath?

I'll go for not then

Now she has gone to bed can any regular contributors expain why this idiot gets house room?

No, Tommy owns the pub. He bought it off Don Giovani for a leap, a fart and a whistle. Didn't you do history?

Had a tad of a sore throat today, am I in trouble?

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sibaroni 28 Jun 23:45

Swine flu is as likely (or unlikely) to mutate than any flu.

This statement is true. The problem is that it is misleading. Swine flu is an entirely new variant of the flu virus and so the vast majority of people do not have any resistance to it as they would from other strains. Luckily that doesn't matter because it is not particularly virulent.



just to add my 50p into this discussion. The virus would only become very dangerous if a mutated form resistant to neuraminidase inhibitors (e.g tamiflu) occured. Whilst mutations occur readily in the flu virus, the gene coding for the neuraminidase enzyme seems to remain relatively unchanged between strains. It is therefore very unlikely that any resistant form will develop, so nothing to worry about.







I was about to say that very thing,word for word!

Err a response please... from the fred's resident Drama Queen.

Cath22 over to you... ;)

What about tampax?

pointless, you'd get called cvntface all day.

boby2424, whilst a mutation of that form would b bad, there is potent ial fo a new srain to be highly virulent like the H5N1, and even though tamiflu could be administered many people would still die.


cath, that story you posted effectively said exactly what i said. Which is that the timing and nature of any mutations are unsure. Of course it could have mutated several times already, with each mutation being less harmful that the original, in those cases it is unlikley we will ever know.

I really don't believe that you have any understanding of the nature of mutations. You seem convinced that mutations equal more deadly versions of a disease which is simply not the case.

And I agree with dobbo and sparky, it does seem that you are talking up the chances of a serious pandemic, and anyone that has the gaul to tell you to stop scaremongering is a moron in your eyes.

I find the French galling.

Don't let the Catalan out of the bolso.

The Flemish are flegmatic