Swine Flu Outbreak At PAX

whisper_jeff writes "There's been a confirmed outbreak of Swine Flu at PAX. Those who attended and are feeling under-the-weather after the con should not write it off as a typical convention cold and go see a doctor to make sure, just in case." The linked post also lists the airplane flights of the cases known so far, so if you flew from Seattle on Sunday, Monday, or Tuesday for any reason, you might want to compare your itinerary.

First pox

[Anonymous Coward]

suckas

Oh Noes

[Anonymous Coward]

Pox at Pax!

Re:Wash your hands!

[Dmala]

Great, next thing you know they'll want us to shower, too.

Alright

[eldavojohn]

Who was the Tychoid Mary [wikipedia.org]?

Re:Alright

[smooth wombat]

The word you are looking for is Typhoid. It says so right at the top of the article you linked to.

Re:Why would you go to doctor?

[Gerafix]

Exactly, they're more likely to die from the staph infection they have a high chance of receiving when they go to an American hospital.

Re:Alright

[Anonymous Coward]

The word you are looking for is Typhoid. It says so right at the top of the article you linked to.

Whooosh.

Hit them back!

[oldhack]

Eat bacon, ham, and pork ribs. Show'em who's the boss.

Re:Spread the FUD

[Itninja]

Dude! Keep that stuff to yourself! I am poised to get at least an extra week of paid 'flu leave' this year. Bring on the FUD!

Re:Wash your hands!

[Red Flayer]

Memo to the nerds: wash your hands, early and often. Easiest way to prevent spreading disease.

Bah. The easiest way to avoid spreading disease is to not leave your basement.

Plus there's the additional protection offered by a 2mm Cheetos-dust-and-hand-lotion crust on the hand(s).

Let's just face the facts: If you venture out of the basement to attend a convention, then you're not sufficiently introverted.

Re:Spread the FUD

[Anonymous Coward]

Get a grip.

If that was an international pun: win.

Re:I'm so happy

[mindbrane]

>Why should I expose myself to you vile scum?

You shouldn't dude, really, no one to see that. Thanking you in advance.

Swine flu is God's punishment for ga...

[The Archon V2.0]

...mers! No, wait, that can't be right. Let me try that again. (Consults Big Book o' Plagues to Call Upon Heathens.) Okay, this is gonna take a while, I'll be back to damn all the perverts to Hell once I figure out some sort of tenuous and moon-logical connection. Don't start the flamewar without me, OK? Thanks!

Microsoft Aims To Cure Server-Hugging Engineers...

[MRe_nl]

Swine flu outbreak at PAX.

That'll teach them.

The PAX

[Exiton]

The PAX was meant to calm the population and weed out aggression. The agent worked, but too well: 99.9% of the population became so lethargic that they stopped working, talking, and eventually eating and moving. They simply lay down and succumbed to death. The remaining 0.1% of the people had the opposite reaction to the Pax, becoming mindlessly violent and extremely aggressive. It was in the Air supply!!!

Re:Spread the FUD

[Anonymous Coward]

Shit, I'm an obese pregnant teenager ... I'm screwed.

Re:It's the FLU!

[Cro Magnon]

Its sad but most people don't realize how little doctors can do to treat viral infections.

That's not true. Last time I had a bad cold, my doctor gave me something that cured it in 7 days. Without the treatment, it would have taken a whole week.

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Re:Alright

[Logic and Reason]

Nice try, but your backpedalling can't drown out the sound of the WHOOSH that just went over your head.

No, it's the pax

[Wolvenhaven]

These are just a few of the images we've recorded. And you can see, it wasn't what we thought. There's been no war here and no terraforming event. The environment is stable. It's the Pax. The G-23 Paxilon Hydrochlorate that we added to the air processors. It was supposed to calm the population, weed out aggression. Well, it works. The people here stopped fighting. And then they stopped everything else. They stopped going to work, they stopped breeding, talking, eating. There's 30 million people here, and they all just let themselves die.

Re:Spread the FUD

[BakaHoushi]

But you're forgetting something. It has a different name! And I saw people wearing masks! And the news talks about it!

Therefore, I can safely conclude it has a mortality rate of 1000%, can be contracted by looking at a pig, and it will destroy humanity.

Can you truly argue with these documented facts?

Re:Spread the FUD

[Garridan]

You people are missing the point. TFA is about free stuff at PAX that I missed, yet again. I swear, this is the last year that I miss PAX.

Re:Public Health

[Just Some Guy]

In Belgium I must go to a doctor to get a notice I am ill. Otherwise I will be absent without leave and can get fired on the spot.

In America, it's generally the same. Here's how you handle it:

"Hello, boss? This is houghi. I'm sick in bed and I think I have the swine flu. I'm too sick to drive myself to the doctor. Could you please come and take me? What? Sure, Monday sounds good. Thanks."