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General Discussion => General Discussion Boards => Other General Discussion => Topic started by: doboman on May 31, 2009, 02:30:21 pm
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Georgie Pilcher
May 31, 2009 12:38pm
THE number of people with swine flu in Victoria has jumped to 212, with 39 new cases confirmed overnight.
Most of the new cases were in school-aged people, generally between 5- and 18-years-old.
The new cases has prompted the closure of another six schools in Victoria - Keilor Downs Secondary College, Melbourne High School, Canterbury Girls School, Warringa Park School, Mercy College Coburg and Gilson College, in Taylor’s Hill.
Eleven schools have now been closed in Victoria following the outbreak of the virus.
“People need to be aware of the need for good personal hygiene to limit the spread of all influenza viruses,” said Victoria's Health Minister Daniel Andrews.
Mr Andrews said there were still 479 people awaiting swine flu test results.
He said 267 people had tested negative to the illness.
Is there any news on what will be happening with mid-year exams? Or will they go ahead as normal?
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Are you serious?!
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I only heard from The Age...School hasn't contacted students at all. English Sac postponed though =]
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I wish Mac.Rob would close down. Just until midyears. :)
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macrob apparently has a few cases, so you might get your wish... but wouldn't you want to have contact with your teachers until the midyears?
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owned
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what's gona happend to mid years?
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Moshi, I only have one midyear and my teacher's going to be away for half the week... so I'd rather just stay home and work!
I presume that midyears will forge ahead at MHS. Doesn't the shutdown only last for a week? I think I read that in the Herald Sun, so there's a good chance that I'm wrong...
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Got one person at our school who has it. Hopefully it won't shut down before midyears =S
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Well if MHS gets swine flu, my bet's on that MacRob will get it within a few days for obvious reasons =P
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YAY!
finally schools other than MHS will achieve the top VCE results.
On a serious note though, i hope my skewl closes since some retarded yr7 kid has it....word has it that he was wearing a mask and was seen prowling around the grounds on Friday the 29th of May.
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YAY!
finally schools other than MHS will achieve the top VCE results.
On a serious note though, i hope my skewl closes since some retarded yr7 kid has it....word has it that he was wearing a mask and was seen prowling around the grounds on Friday the 29th of May.
How is that year 7 kid 'retarded'?
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YAY!
finally schools other than MHS will achieve the top VCE results.
On a serious note though, i hope my skewl closes since some retarded yr7 kid has it....word has it that he was wearing a mask and was seen prowling around the grounds on Friday the 29th of May.
How is that year 7 kid 'retarded'?
hmm not sure...maybe one of your philosphies will decipher that.
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YAY!
finally schools other than MHS will achieve the top VCE results.
On a serious note though, i hope my skewl closes since some retarded yr7 kid has it....word has it that he was wearing a mask and was seen prowling around the grounds on Friday the 29th of May.
yeah i heard bout this, if the rumors are true why the hell did they allow him to come to school
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Well if MHS gets swine flu, my bet's on that MacRob will get it within a few days for obvious reasons =P
So true.
And, any bet that MHS got the swine flu from MGC. :P
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Well if MHS gets swine flu, my bet's on that MacRob will get it within a few days for obvious reasons =P
So true.
And, any bet that MHS got the swine flu from MGC. :P
Word is that one of the McRob girls spread it around during a recent formal. This is all speculation of course, (i don't even know if there was a recent formal) but yeah- that's the word on the street yo!
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yeah, you've really got no idea.
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Well if MHS gets swine flu, my bet's on that MacRob will get it within a few days for obvious reasons =P
So true.
And, any bet that MHS got the swine flu from MGC. :P
yeah, i think you're right there =P
Word is that one of the McRob girls spread it around during a recent formal. This is all speculation of course, (i don't even know if there was a recent formal) but yeah- that's the word on the street yo!
Actually, i was told it was an MGC girl who spread it during the MHS social...i don't know about any MacRob girls or a recent formal, but yea that's what the rumours are at my school :P
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shit that means if I go to the formal i will get swine flu. wait that means practically everyone else at my school will have swin flu. shit...
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sigh if some of the students at MHS get derived scores because of this == then thats just shit.
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hmm we've lost our curriculum day, and Eng SAC on Thursday. Sigh.
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sigh if some of the students at MHS get derived scores because of this == then thats just shit.
Why? Do you care more about marks than containing an outbreak?
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Its just swine flu.. Won't kill you
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Its just swine flu.. Won't kill you
it could
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But it's very unlikely to.
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But it could
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iM gNa StArT sTkiN uP aNd RobBiNg sToReSSS WORLD DOMINATION
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Exams are proceeding as normal.
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But it could
So could Connex.
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It will kill you if you;re some person in poverty, like people in mexico..
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YAY!
finally schools other than MHS will achieve the top VCE results.
On a serious note though, i hope my skewl closes since some retarded yr7 kid has it....word has it that he was wearing a mask and was seen prowling around the grounds on Friday the 29th of May.
How is that year 7 kid 'retarded'?
Year 7's are inherently retarded and annoying little shits. They lose this tag as they progress through high school.
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But it could
have you ever died from a normal influenza!? NO
geese...........
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But it could
have you ever died from a normal influenza!? NO
geese...........
FYI: Australians die from 'normal' influenza every year.
Worldwide, hundreds of thousands of people die from the flu every year.
If I remember correctly, the annual death toll in Australia is about 300.
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Worldwide, hundreds of thousands of people die from the flu every year.
Yeh, I've got in my lecture notes for this week that it's 250 000 to 500 000 deaths per year due to your typical seasonal influenza.
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i know i know i was talking about him jackinthepatch
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i know i know i was talking about him jackinthepatch
But the fact still stands.
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yeah yeah...
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I doubt many people on this website have died from the flu
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Anyone that has, put your hand up?
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my school is going to get it soon
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Anyone that has, put your hand up?
lmao i had this happen to me once. I was at camp and it was like 5am and i couldn't sleep so i called out "if you're sleeping put your hand up"
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But it could
have you ever died from a normal influenza!? NO
geese...........
FYI: Australians die from 'normal' influenza every year.
Worldwide, hundreds of thousands of people die from the flu every year.
If I remember correctly, the annual death toll in Australia is about 300.
Yes, but that's misleading. Think of the proportion of people who get it in respect to those who end up dying from it, it will be higher for the swine flu.
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But it could
have you ever died from a normal influenza!? NO
geese...........
FYI: Australians die from 'normal' influenza every year.
Worldwide, hundreds of thousands of people die from the flu every year.
If I remember correctly, the annual death toll in Australia is about 300.
Yes, but that's misleading. Think of the proportion of people who get it in respect to those who end up dying from it, it will be higher for the swine flu.
It's known that swine flu has a higher transmissibility, but a lower virulence, and vice versa for normal seasonal flu, so that doesn't really make sense =\
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But it could
have you ever died from a normal influenza!? NO
geese...........
FYI: Australians die from 'normal' influenza every year.
Worldwide, hundreds of thousands of people die from the flu every year.
If I remember correctly, the annual death toll in Australia is about 300.
Yes, but that's misleading. Think of the proportion of people who get it in respect to those who end up dying from it, it will be higher for the swine flu.
It's known that swine flu has a higher transmissibility, but a lower virulence, and vice versa for normal seasonal flu, so that doesn't really make sense =\
?? puzzled, it still must be dangerous to us, right? If not, then why is there such a big fuss over this?
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Well of course it's still dangerous, people have died, but in just a lower proportion per infected person than normal flu does. As for the fuss, media hype? The recession was getting boring for them I guess, and the media has to bring out things that have just appeared. It's not like they'll suddenly go on for a week over seasonal flu or things such as TB and malaria which kill WAY more people than swine flu has, because they've just been around for too long and frankly, most of Western society couldn't really care less.
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there is a big fss over it because the media is crazy and because it has the word 'swine'
lol
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Well, there's always a chance of mutation to a deadlier strain...and let's not forget that the Spanish/swine flu epidemic of 1918...with an estimated toll of 3 to 6% of the entire global population at the time.
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yes they are different..... do i have to go through articles again >.<
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Well, there's always a chance of mutation to a deadlier strain...and let's not forget that the Spanish/swine flu epidemic of 1918...with an estimated toll of 3 to 6% of the entire global population at the time.
Seasonal flu could mutate too. Note that I'm not saying swine flu isn't dangerous, I'm just saying it's way overhyped.
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wow victoria has 504 out of 612 swine flu cases worldwide
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Uh, out of 612 Australia wide you mean =\ But yeh, I guess that's because the first person in Australia with it came to Victoria.
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Uh, out of 612 Australia wide you mean =\ But yeh, I guess that's because the first person in Australia with it came to Victoria.
yer oops
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Am i the only person who finds the governments "go to the doctor if you're sick; go to the hospital if you've been confirmed" theory absolutely ridiculous?
My mate went to the doctors the other day because he had a bit of a flu/cough and we waited for 35 minutes. Within these 35 minutes, i can swear that at least 5 kids sneezed in my vicinity; two children coughed in each others' faces and 10 kids used the toilet door handle after touching their nose. Now I’m no expert; but my guess is that a lot of the cases come from such encounters. My mate didn't end up having swine, it was just the seasonal cold- but i'd be very surprised if he doesn't end up catching it after that encounter.
Perhaps the government should use their brains and make a separate clinic in every suburb which is designated to such medical conditions. That way; the elderly (more susceptible) who come in for their regular GP appointment don't have to be exposed- and neither do the general public.
my2c :)...
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Well, there's always a chance of mutation to a deadlier strain...and let's not forget that the Spanish/swine flu epidemic of 1918...with an estimated toll of 3 to 6% of the entire global population at the time.
Seasonal flu could mutate too. Note that I'm not saying swine flu isn't dangerous, I'm just saying it's way overhyped.
Actually, seasonal flu is frequently mutating...
The flu virus is not very good at copying itself as it spreads, and makes mistakes or errors in its genetic coding.
Some argue that these aren't actually 'errors' per se, but the manner in which the flu virus 'survives' our immune system long enough to multiply again.
Whichever the case, this is why a flu shot from last year or the year before is unlikely to protect you from the flu this year - the virus will have changed just enough for it to sneak past your immune system.
So it's not really a matter of whether seasonal flu *could* mutate... it's more a matter of if it mutates into something dangerous - something the immune system has trouble dealing with.
Am i the only person who finds the governments "go to the doctor if you're sick; go to the hospital if you've been confirmed" theory absolutely ridiculous?
My mate went to the doctors the other day because he had a bit of a flu/cough and we waited for 35 minutes. Within these 35 minutes, i can swear that at least 5 kids sneezed in my vicinity; two children coughed in each others' faces and 10 kids used the toilet door handle after touching their nose. Now I’m no expert; but my guess is that a lot of the cases come from such encounters. My mate didn't end up having swine, it was just the seasonal cold- but i'd be very surprised if he doesn't end up catching it after that encounter.
Perhaps the government should use their brains and make a separate clinic in every suburb which is designated to such medical conditions. That way; the elderly (more susceptible) who come in for their regular GP appointment don't have to be exposed- and neither do the general public.
my2c :)...
At the clinic I work at we have hand sanitiser everywhere at the moment, we're isolating patients who think they've got swine flu, and we've got face masks for anyone who would like to wear one.
I must say... with every second person who rings or comes in claiming to have swine flu, it's put a massive strain on not just our clinic, but all the health services in the area. At the peak of the day (generally about 4 - 7pm), there's been up to a two hour wait at our clinic - we just don't have enough doctors to be able to cope.
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lol... In the movies when they go to find medical help and are tested positive they are escorted away to a isolated prison and either they are shot or they are used as test subjects.
hmm... i wonder if this happens in some countries
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MHS has 38 confirmed cases now, which is higher than some whole states...? (haven't checked, just heard it was). How easily transmitted is this thing....
Am i the only person who finds the governments "go to the doctor if you're sick; go to the hospital if you've been confirmed" theory absolutely ridiculous?
My mate went to the doctors the other day because he had a bit of a flu/cough and we waited for 35 minutes. Within these 35 minutes, i can swear that at least 5 kids sneezed in my vicinity; two children coughed in each others' faces and 10 kids used the toilet door handle after touching their nose. Now I’m no expert; but my guess is that a lot of the cases come from such encounters. My mate didn't end up having swine, it was just the seasonal cold- but i'd be very surprised if he doesn't end up catching it after that encounter.
Perhaps the government should use their brains and make a separate clinic in every suburb which is designated to such medical conditions. That way; the elderly (more susceptible) who come in for their regular GP appointment don't have to be exposed- and neither do the general public.
my2c :)...
I went to one of those swine flu clinics to check for swine flu. I swear the waiting room was way too small. We were all sitting riiight next to each other =[
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Seasonal flu is more stable than swine flu - but swine flu still needs at least one year (at worst, for us), to change into anything potentially as dangerous as SARS.
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or, god forbid, H5N1 (just look at the case fatality rate for HPAI H5N1 compared to SARS...~60% vs. ~10%...though the obvious self-reporting bias might render these numbers somewhat inaccurate).
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Our school has 2 people with CONFIRMED cases but the school doesn't seem to care D:
i mean examsss dude and a whole rroooom packed with people sick people,.....
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Our school has 2 people with CONFIRMED cases but the school doesn't seem to care D:
i mean examsss dude and a whole rroooom packed with people sick people,.....
Maybe they don't care because Swine Flu is weaaak. I'm confirmed Swine Flu, it's not that special.
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Our school has 2 people with CONFIRMED cases but the school doesn't seem to care D:
i mean examsss dude and a whole rroooom packed with people sick people,.....
Maybe they don't care because Swine Flu is weaaak. I'm confirmed Swine Flu, it's not that special.
u better not be able to get swine flu over the internet
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eww you have swineeee flu yucky...
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I'm going to go and cough on you
*cough cough*
Come to MHS, you'll get it within 5 seconds
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I bet heaps of people get swine flu without even noticing. I felt a bit drowsy a few days before the exams... does that mean I had swine flu?
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I am so sick of swine flu.
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*coughs on Fyrefly*
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(http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh109/fyrefly89/h1n1-swine-flu-kid-funny.jpg)
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(http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh109/fyrefly89/h1n1-swine-flu-kid-funny.jpg)
ROFL
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I think I have swine flu :(
Sick with the flu, travel on the train too much, already had my seasonal flu shot.
GG
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oh shit!
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I bet heaps of people get swine flu without even noticing. I felt a bit drowsy a few days before the exams... does that mean I had swine flu?
noooo... not necessarily
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Oh yeah, Glockmeister will probably get it too.
GG no RM
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swine flu is so yesterday. let's bring in the tiger flu!