Hi all, On a light note: http://xkcd.com/574/ - Am asking for leave to go binge and eat badly :) On a serious note: The 1919 flu killed ~ 2 - 5% of the world's population. So if this flu goes pandemic, we could be looking at 350,000,000 dead going by the same rate. Yeah, we have better drugs and better understanding but we also have air travel and sprawling slums. I wonder what the Kenyan government is doing about this. Are we prepared?
No, we are NOT prepared. //seriously, are we ever?// Remember the ridiculous "measures" the govt took when Ebola showed up in Uganda? And those happened ONLY after some suspicious infections occurred in Nyeri or someplace.... Now imagine how lethargic it'll be considering the flu is in Mexico, waaay further. @Mwangi, binge on all the pork you can. Its safe. <sarcasm>Besides, the meat is inspected, imports tested, right?</sarcasm> </MotoBaridi> On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 2:07 PM, Lmwangi <lmwangi@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi all, On a light note: http://xkcd.com/574/ - Am asking for leave to go binge and eat badly :)
On a serious note: The 1919 flu killed ~ 2 - 5% of the world's population. So if this flu goes pandemic, we could be looking at 350,000,000 dead going by the same rate. Yeah, we have better drugs and better understanding but we also have air travel and sprawling slums.
I wonder what the Kenyan government is doing about this. Are we prepared? _______________________________________________ Skunkworks mailing list Skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks Other services @ http://my.co.ke Other lists ------------- Skunkworks announce: http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks-announce Science - http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/science kazi - http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/admin/kazi/general
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On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 2:15 PM, MotoBaridi <motobaridi@gmail.com> wrote:
@Mwangi, binge on all the pork you can. Its safe. Am binging on pint. ( read xkcd's alt text )
<sarcasm>Besides, the meat is inspected, imports tested, right?</sarcasm> Dunno about the inspections.. Luckily it doesn't seem like it jumps hosts through "eating"
http://www.who.int/csr/disease/swineflu/en/index.html I wonder whether we have stockpiles of Tamiflu & Relenza. If we do, whether they can get to the right people at the right time. Right people != Politicians|The Rich
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On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 2:07 PM, Lmwangi <lmwangi@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi all, On a light note: http://xkcd.com/574/ - Am asking for leave to go binge and eat badly :)
On a serious note: The 1919 flu killed ~ 2 - 5% of the world's population. So if this flu goes pandemic, we could be looking at 350,000,000 dead going by the same rate. Yeah, we have better drugs and better understanding but we also have air travel and sprawling slums.
I wonder what the Kenyan government is doing about this. Are we prepared? _______________________________________________ Skunkworks mailing list Skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks Other services @ http://my.co.ke Other lists ------------- Skunkworks announce: http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks-announce Science - http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/science kazi - http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/admin/kazi/general
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Dunno about stockpiles of Tamiflu and Relenza, but fake and expired Anti-Malarials we have in plenty - the govt is actually considering that as an alternative foreign-exchange earner through exports to <insert least favorite country here> <AAAATCHOOOOO!!!! maybe its just the cold weather....> On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 2:33 PM, Lmwangi <lmwangi@gmail.com> wrote:
On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 2:15 PM, MotoBaridi <motobaridi@gmail.com> wrote:
@Mwangi, binge on all the pork you can. Its safe. Am binging on pint. ( read xkcd's alt text )
<sarcasm>Besides, the meat is inspected, imports tested, right?</sarcasm> Dunno about the inspections.. Luckily it doesn't seem like it jumps hosts through "eating"
http://www.who.int/csr/disease/swineflu/en/index.html
I wonder whether we have stockpiles of Tamiflu & Relenza. If we do, whether they can get to the right people at the right time. Right people != Politicians|The Rich
</MotoBaridi>
On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 2:07 PM, Lmwangi <lmwangi@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi all, On a light note: http://xkcd.com/574/ - Am asking for leave to go binge and eat badly :)
On a serious note: The 1919 flu killed ~ 2 - 5% of the world's population. So if this flu goes pandemic, we could be looking at 350,000,000 dead going by the same rate. Yeah, we have better drugs and better understanding but we also have air travel and sprawling slums.
I wonder what the Kenyan government is doing about this. Are we
prepared?
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lol...that was extremely dumb....and funny... so what's this swine flu? i haven't heard of it... On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 2:07 PM, Lmwangi <lmwangi@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi all, On a light note: http://xkcd.com/574/ - Am asking for leave to go binge and eat badly :)
On a serious note: The 1919 flu killed ~ 2 - 5% of the world's population. So if this flu goes pandemic, we could be looking at 350,000,000 dead going by the same rate. Yeah, we have better drugs and better understanding but we also have air travel and sprawling slums.
I wonder what the Kenyan government is doing about this. Are we prepared? _______________________________________________ Skunkworks mailing list Skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks Other services @ http://my.co.ke Other lists ------------- Skunkworks announce: http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks-announce Science - http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/science kazi - http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/admin/kazi/general
Shiro, B On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 2:17 PM, Shiro Njagi <sheeroh@gmail.com> wrote:
so what's this swine flu? i haven't heard of it...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8019882.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/talking_point/8018428.stm http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=swine+flu http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swine_flu Or better hang around google news.
On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 2:07 PM, Lmwangi <lmwangi@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi all, On a light note: http://xkcd.com/574/ - Am asking for leave to go binge and eat badly :)
On a serious note: The 1919 flu killed ~ 2 - 5% of the world's population. So if this flu goes pandemic, we could be looking at 350,000,000 dead going by the same rate. Yeah, we have better drugs and better understanding but we also have air travel and sprawling slums.
I wonder what the Kenyan government is doing about this. Are we prepared? _______________________________________________ Skunkworks mailing list Skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks Other services @ http://my.co.ke Other lists ------------- Skunkworks announce: http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks-announce Science - http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/science kazi - http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/admin/kazi/general
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