yep it really was not the bullet that killed him, he was just in the wrong place and ran into some lead.

Bu-Bu-But your honor!  he ran into my fist 15 times!  I was just flexing my muscles for my Goil!

Thanks for reminding me! I gotta get that shot!

Well I'm getting my flut shot tomorrow, and no it doesn't seem right that people die from the flu in this day and age, yet I think the doctors do all they can for their patients.

Reply #19 Well I'm getting my flut shot tomorrow, and no it doesn't seem right that people die from the flu in this day and age, yet I think the doctors do all they can for their patients.

yep trudy you seem the only one to get the message from this article.

thank you.

Reply #18 Thanks for reminding me! I gotta get that shot!

all us old farts gotta get the shot.

all us old farts gotta get the shot.

HEY!   

Have you seen what is in the flue "vaccine"? I eat at McDonalds and drink Mt Dew and I still wouldn't put that crap in my body, nor my kids!

(Citizen)ParaTed2kNovember 13, 2006 21:01:54

Have you seen what is in the flue "vaccine"? I eat at McDonalds and drink Mt Dew and I still wouldn't put that crap in my body, nor my kids!

tff ted, good to see yer still a sick puppy.

When you compare it to the total population, it's actually a pretty small percentage. People die. Such is life. At least it isn't on the order of the black plague. Folks should wash their hands more and stay the hell home when they feel sick.

I guess I don't get why you seem so surprised about this. Influenza spreads a TON faster and easier than HIV or Hepatitis. It can easily spread like wildfire and often does. Every year its multiple strands of RNA recombine, mix and match to form new antigenic types of the virus. Hell, the type that infects you can likely be different than the type you pass on.

With this shifting and recombining what should really shock you is how few people die, not how many. Your outrage just doesn't make any sense when you consider how virulent it is and how fast and frequent the virus changes.

Reply By: MasonMPosted: Monday, November 13, 2006 When you compare it to the total population, it's actually a pretty small percentage. People die. Such is life. At least it isn't on the order of the black plague. Folks should wash their hands more and stay the hell home when they feel sick.

I know it is a small% of population, I was just suprised that in 2006 so many people still die from something as common as flu.

Reply By: BlueDevPosted: Monday, November 13, 2006 I guess I don't get why you seem so surprised about this. Influenza spreads a TON faster and easier than HIV or Hepatitis. It can easily spread like wildfire and often does. Every year its multiple strands of RNA recombine, mix and match to form new antigenic types of the virus. Hell, the type that infects you can likely be different than the type you pass on. With this shifting and recombining what should really shock you is how few people die, not how many. Your outrage just doesn't make any sense when you consider how virulent it is and how fast and frequent the virus changes.

I am not outraged, just was taken completely off guard and suprised.

As pointed out by numerous folk here and something I've confirmed with a contact in Infectious Diseases at the hospital where I work, most of those who die from influenza are usually the very elderly, very young and those with immune system deficiencies. Often times, the flu turns into pneumonia and furthers complications.

Stay well, Elie.

In the immortal words of Archie Bunker:

Would it make you feel better if they died jumping out windows?

;~D

(Citizen)dynamasoNovember 14, 2006 20:47:35

As pointed out by numerous folk here and something I've confirmed with a contact in Infectious Diseases at the hospital where I work, most of those who die from influenza are usually the very elderly, very young and those with immune system deficiencies. Often times, the flu turns into pneumonia and furthers complications. Stay well, Elie.

you know how sometimes you hear something common, yet for some reason on that day it strikes a deep cord inside? That is what happened to me.