Comments on: Shiva is a virus http://stevesiwy.com/blog/2006/05/18/shiva-is-a-virus/ I might have been born yesterday, sir, but I stayed up all night. Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:46:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 By: Steve http://stevesiwy.com/blog/2006/05/18/shiva-is-a-virus/#comment-142 Steve Thu, 25 May 2006 20:06:02 +0000 http://stevesiwy.com/blog/2006/05/18/shiva-is-a-virus/#comment-142 <blockquote>As far as Tamilflu, that’s not such a good idea. See, you can either take it as treatment or as prophylaxis (a big publlic health word, which means before you get sick.) Most people want it for prophylaxis as they don’t plan on catching this flu. That means you need to taKe it for 90 days, during the pandemic. The day you stop taking it is the day you can get sick. Remember that people who have H5N1 will be infectious 2 weeks before they are symptomatic. This means that you can’t wait until Aunt Gert gets the sniffles before you take your stashed supply of Tamiflu. It will be too late then.</blockquote>Okay, so I'll take my bathtub Tamiflu as treatment, and leave the prophylaxis to the condoms. Meanwhile, I'll be stockpiling weapons at my compound, proclaiming myself Alien Love Jesus, and generally preparing myself and my Imperial Space Commune for the apocalypse. You uh, you know if any compounds are selling cheap around here?

As far as Tamilflu, that’s not such a good idea. See, you can either take it as treatment or as prophylaxis (a big publlic health word, which means before you get sick.) Most people want it for prophylaxis as they don’t plan on catching this flu. That means you need to taKe it for 90 days, during the pandemic. The day you stop taking it is the day you can get sick. Remember that people who have H5N1 will be infectious 2 weeks before they are symptomatic. This means that you can’t wait until Aunt Gert gets the sniffles before you take your stashed supply of Tamiflu. It will be too late then.

Okay, so I’ll take my bathtub Tamiflu as treatment, and leave the prophylaxis to the condoms.

Meanwhile, I’ll be stockpiling weapons at my compound, proclaiming myself Alien Love Jesus, and generally preparing myself and my Imperial Space Commune for the apocalypse.

You uh, you know if any compounds are selling cheap around here?

]]> By: Graham http://stevesiwy.com/blog/2006/05/18/shiva-is-a-virus/#comment-137 Graham Thu, 25 May 2006 02:40:14 +0000 http://stevesiwy.com/blog/2006/05/18/shiva-is-a-virus/#comment-137 Ahh....now who is fear mongering. The government has plans. I know the states are working hard on this, as it's all over the news. The simple fact is that people are going to die. About 7,000 we figure in Massachusetts. Which is a lot, but not "Bring out your Dead" numbers. This will suck if it happens, but it won't push us back into the stone age. As far as Tamilflu, that's not such a good idea. See, you can either take it as treatment or as prophylaxis (a big publlic health word, which means before you get sick.) Most people want it for prophylaxis as they don't plan on catching this flu. That means you need to taKe it for 90 days, during the pandemic. The day you stop taking it is the day you can get sick. Remember that people who have H5N1 will be infectious 2 weeks before they are symptomatic. This means that you can't wait until Aunt Gert gets the sniffles before you take your stashed supply of Tamiflu. It will be too late then. Most people will be fine. What's more troubling is the impact on the workforce that the absences will cause. I could go on for awhile. But in Massachusetts, we're working on it. I wouldn't count on the Feds....not on this. Ahh….now who is fear mongering. The government has plans. I know the states are working hard on this, as it’s all over the news. The simple fact is that people are going to die. About 7,000 we figure in Massachusetts. Which is a lot, but not “Bring out your Dead” numbers. This will suck if it happens, but it won’t push us back into the stone age.

As far as Tamilflu, that’s not such a good idea. See, you can either take it as treatment or as prophylaxis (a big publlic health word, which means before you get sick.) Most people want it for prophylaxis as they don’t plan on catching this flu. That means you need to taKe it for 90 days, during the pandemic. The day you stop taking it is the day you can get sick. Remember that people who have H5N1 will be infectious 2 weeks before they are symptomatic. This means that you can’t wait until Aunt Gert gets the sniffles before you take your stashed supply of Tamiflu. It will be too late then.

Most people will be fine. What’s more troubling is the impact on the workforce that the absences will cause. I could go on for awhile. But in Massachusetts, we’re working on it. I wouldn’t count on the Feds….not on this.

]]> By: Jennifer http://stevesiwy.com/blog/2006/05/18/shiva-is-a-virus/#comment-127 Jennifer Thu, 18 May 2006 21:39:00 +0000 http://stevesiwy.com/blog/2006/05/18/shiva-is-a-virus/#comment-127 Oh god, Oh god, we're all gonna die. Start watching for the dreams of an old African American lady rocking back and forth on her porch, and avoid Randall Flagg. Oh god, Oh god, we’re all gonna die. Start watching for the dreams of an old African American lady rocking back and forth on her porch, and avoid Randall Flagg.

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