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Aug 11, 2010 9:16 AM CST Are we all going to die?
ChasingCars
ChasingCarsChasingCarsCrappy Thrappy, Northamptonshire, England UK26 Threads 5 Polls 1,006 Posts
Are

"A new superbug that is resistant to even the most powerful antibiotics has entered UK hospitals, experts warn.

They say bacteria that make an enzyme called NDM-1 have travelled back with NHS patients who went abroad to countries like India and Pakistan for treatments such as cosmetic surgery.

Although there have only been about 50 cases identified in the UK so far, scientists fear it will go global." source BBC.co.uk

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Should we worry? The H1-N1 (Swine Flu) was a mild variant of the influenza bug and the UK Health Services went (unnecessarily) into overdrive in pandemic planning. This seems as virulent as H1-N1 and as potentially lethal as H1-N2 (Bird Flu) Should we be frightened?
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Aug 11, 2010 9:18 AM CST Are we all going to die?
Steve5721
Steve5721Steve5721La Zenia, Murcia Spain72 Threads 2 Polls 4,564 Posts
Well, we are all going to die at some stage...can't go on forever can we?

However, I know what you mean and saw it on the news this morning.
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Aug 11, 2010 9:23 AM CST Are we all going to die?
cincity
cincitycincitytoronto, Ontario Canada9 Threads 2,496 Posts
There will always be new ones to replace the old..If there wasn't this world be way over populated..Its just nature trying to keep a balance..in my opinion...
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Aug 11, 2010 9:27 AM CST Are we all going to die?
davpk10
davpk10davpk10somewhere, New York USA23 Threads 1 Polls 2,934 Posts
ChasingCars: Are

"A new superbug that is resistant to even the most powerful antibiotics has entered UK hospitals, experts warn.

They say bacteria that make an enzyme called NDM-1 have travelled back with NHS patients who went abroad to countries like India and Pakistan for treatments such as cosmetic surgery.

Although there have only been about 50 cases identified in the UK so far, scientists fear it will go global." source BBC.co.uk

For further information:

we worry? The H1-N1 (Swine Flu) was a mild variant of the influenza bug and the UK Health Services went (unnecessarily) into overdrive in pandemic planning. This seems as virulent as H1-N1 and as potentially lethal as H1-N2 (Bird Flu) Should we be frightened?
Oh great first global warming ...now this....blues
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Aug 11, 2010 9:39 AM CST Are we all going to die?
mazar45
mazar45mazar45Somewhere, North Aegean Greece55 Posts
Every now and then, we hear something similar on the news. But, we're still here...peace
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Aug 11, 2010 9:41 AM CST Are we all going to die?
davpk10
davpk10davpk10somewhere, New York USA23 Threads 1 Polls 2,934 Posts
mazar45: Every now and then, we hear something similar on the news. But, we're still here...
Well physically ....professor



Mentally is questionable...laugh
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Aug 11, 2010 9:56 AM CST Are we all going to die?
mazar45
mazar45mazar45Somewhere, North Aegean Greece55 Posts
davpk10: Well physically ....
Mentally is questionable...


laugh thumbs up
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Aug 11, 2010 10:03 AM CST Are we all going to die?
Goddess4u
Goddess4uGoddess4uThe Capital, Greater London, England UK15 Threads 3,131 Posts
..... one way or another, yes we all are uh oh
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Aug 11, 2010 10:10 AM CST Are we all going to die?
AngelinBali
AngelinBaliAngelinBaliBali, Indonesia270 Posts
Yes, you should be frighten, move your vibrational set point to fear and have the cash ready when the vaccine comes out. The people coming up with the vaccine are certainly the same people or related with the ones having let the the bug/virus out of the labor in the first place. Don't be surprised if Tamiflu is the answer - they still have some old stock they've to get rid off wink
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Aug 11, 2010 10:10 AM CST Are we all going to die?
lifeisadream
lifeisadreamlifeisadreamMexi Go, Mexico State Mexico156 Threads 20 Polls 16,713 Posts
Is it NDM-1 or
is it RDM-59 ???

confused

That "bug" must have come from Scotland laugh

(no offense R hug )
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Aug 11, 2010 10:23 AM CST Are we all going to die?
This is pure speculation on my part, it is not fact in any way.

It is curious that every couple of years we hear of a new flu or pandemic that until now was unheard of.
Interstingly it seems to coincide with the onset of the northern winter.

It seems to me that due to the preservatives that we absorb through our foods we do seem to be on average living longer and are more resistant to diseases and illnesses that 50 years ago would have crippled us.

So my theory is the only ones who have anything to lose and the most to gain from our illnesses are the pharmacuetical companies.
They have the access and means to create and or to mutate existing viruses all so that can flog off a new vaccine or cure and keep the profit margin from disappearing.

Far fetched? probably, but it does make you wonder why before the millenium no one had even heard of swine OR bird flu...

Im just thinking out loud is all...


bunny
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Aug 11, 2010 10:29 AM CST Are we all going to die?
Nakedpackage
NakedpackageNakedpackageBradford on Avon, Wiltshire, England UK1 Threads 746 Posts
In europe 50 million 1918 died of Flu. Medicine has advanced but the bugs adapt and the strong survive.

Got to admit we havent been thinned out since WW11 so we're due.

Cheery note........laugh
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Aug 11, 2010 10:51 AM CST Are we all going to die?
jonnt
jonntjonntLost in the Woods, East Sussex, England UK47 Threads 3,691 Posts
I suppose we will still see nurses getting on public transport wearing there possibly infected working clothes ,that by law there not supposed to do ..

The whole place is nothing but a Monty Python Script ..

P.S. Hi Chasing Cars cheers
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Aug 11, 2010 10:57 AM CST Are we all going to die?
Godsgift
GodsgiftGodsgiftEnnis, Clare Ireland251 Threads 13 Polls 10,040 Posts
jonnt: I suppose we will still see nurses getting on public transport wearing there possibly infected working clothes ,that by law there not supposed to do ..

The whole place is nothing but a Monty Python Script ..

P.S. Hi Chasing Cars


I don't quite agree with the sentiment of digging at nurses but you are right. The nurses uniform is a barrier against infection and as such should not be worn outside of the hospitals. There was a time when the nursing colleges used to hammer this message home to them.

I didn't think it was illegal right enough.conversing
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Aug 11, 2010 10:59 AM CST Are we all going to die?
A while back we all were going to be eaten by some Flesheating Bacteria,now this.uh oh help moping blues hole














































rolling on the floor laughing
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Aug 11, 2010 11:00 AM CST Are we all going to die?
tinybleaker
tinybleakertinybleakerSomewhere, Kildare Ireland60 Posts
Nakedpackage: In europe 50 million 1918 died of Flu. Medicine has advanced but the bugs adapt and the strong survive.

Got to admit we havent been thinned out since WW11 so we're due.

Cheery note........


I go along with this point of view. Taking the planet as an ecosystem, then of course Nature will come up with various illnesses and Viurs to "THIN US OUT" from time to time. Over time there's be plagues, virus after virus, natural disasters etc.

At 6 billion and rising there are already too many of us on the planet, it seems whether it's TB, AIDS, HIV, Cancer, ebola or hurricanes, tornado's or earthquakes... mother nature will regin supreme
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Aug 11, 2010 11:03 AM CST Are we all going to die?
Grandepensees
GrandepenseesGrandepenseesVerviers, Liege Belgium45 Threads 1 Polls 3,691 Posts
ChasingCars: Are

"A new superbug that is resistant to even the most powerful antibiotics has entered UK hospitals, experts warn.

They say bacteria that make an enzyme called NDM-1 have travelled back with NHS patients who went abroad to countries like India and Pakistan for treatments such as cosmetic surgery.

Although there have only been about 50 cases identified in the UK so far, scientists fear it will go global." source BBC.co.uk

For further information:

we worry? The H1-N1 (Swine Flu) was a mild variant of the influenza bug and the UK Health Services went (unnecessarily) into overdrive in pandemic planning. This seems as virulent as H1-N1 and as potentially lethal as H1-N2 (Bird Flu) Should we be frightened?


Second verse same as the firstdancing
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Aug 11, 2010 11:10 AM CST Are we all going to die?
jonnt
jonntjonntLost in the Woods, East Sussex, England UK47 Threads 3,691 Posts
Godsgift: I don't quite agree with the sentiment of digging at nurses but you are right. The nurses uniform is a barrier against infection and as such should not be worn outside of the hospitals. There was a time when the nursing colleges used to hammer this message home to them.

I didn't think it was illegal right enough.


Hi Amigo ,

Wasnt digging at nurses just making a truthfull observation ,have also had an ex parner who is a nurse and she pointed the ruling out to me ..

When i thought about it, it seemed logical but seeing it happen most of the time it appears to the lay person as just a normal part of daily life and goes without question ..

handshake

P.s , now ill probebly get posts from some nurses who dont do it ,,but the thing is those who do it let the others down ...
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Aug 11, 2010 11:36 AM CST Are we all going to die?
Nakedpackage
NakedpackageNakedpackageBradford on Avon, Wiltshire, England UK1 Threads 746 Posts
tinybleaker: I go along with this point of view. Taking the planet as an ecosystem, then of course Nature will come up with various illnesses and Viurs to "THIN US OUT" from time to time. Over time there's be plagues, virus after virus, natural disasters etc.

At 6 billion and rising there are already too many of us on the planet, it seems whether it's TB, AIDS, HIV, Cancer, ebola or hurricanes, tornado's or earthquakes... mother nature will regin supreme


We are just ants to be squashed....laugh

Predictions are for the world population to increase to 7.6 billion within a short time, most of the world eats rice so a bug that devastates the paddy fields would cause starvation that would probably lead to wars. Don’t get me started on what’s beneath Yellowstone national park, that’s due! and serveral years of darkness to follow.

cheers
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Aug 11, 2010 11:38 AM CST Are we all going to die?
Grandepensees
GrandepenseesGrandepenseesVerviers, Liege Belgium45 Threads 1 Polls 3,691 Posts
Nakedpackage: We are just ants to be squashed....

Predictions are for the world population to increase to 7.6 billion within a short time, most of the world eats rice so a bug that devastates the paddy fields would cause starvation that would probably lead to wars. Don’t get me started on what’s beneath Yellowstone national park, that’s due! and serveral years of darkness to follow.
tsk tsk tsk, you're just FULL of good news, aren'tcha?
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