2009 official "funny quirks of my day" thread (6 Viewers)

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For those too lazy to check it themselves:

From Sue Gould <Sue.Gould@newcastle.edu.au>
Sent Friday, May 1, 2009 12:18 pm
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Subject Information on Swine Influenza outbreak

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[The_highwayman]

Swine Influenza / The University of Newcastle, Australia

 

[em_516]

Overhyped.


















Running away...........MEOW.

 

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oink

 

[The_highwayman]

i think it's less that the situation is overhyped and more that nobody is getting a clear picture of what is happening so the media, the government and public are just panicking about it all.

 

[blue_chameleon]

i think it's less that the situation is overhyped and more that nobody is getting a clear picture of what is happening so the media, the government and public are just panicking about it all.

That...

...and people like fear/controversy.

I hAs SoMeThInG tO tAlK aBoUt NoW!

 

[The_highwayman]

also lol at nicola roxin for saying that there "are no antibiotics available yet"

it's a freakin virus you nong. of course there's no antibiotics.

 

[cannibal.horse]

also lol at nicola roxin for saying that there "are no antibiotics available yet"

it's a freakin virus you nong. of course there's no antibiotics.

*cannibal.horse is not in on the biomed jokes*

 

[The_highwayman]

antibiotics are only useful for bacteria.

antivirals, as the name suggests, work on viruses but there are already antivirals for Influenza A. The government has a stockpile of something like 9 million doses of Tamiflu etc in the case of pandemic.
So obviously she didnt mean antivirals.

She must have meant vaccine. There's no vaccine as yet, but a vaccine is a preventative measure, not a treatment like antibiotics/antivirals so for a health minister she should lurn 2 medicine.

 

[cannibal.horse]

She must have meant vaccine. There's no vaccine as yet, but a vaccine is a preventative measure, not a treatment like antibiotics/antivirals so for a health minister she should lurn 2 medicine.

ur rite, they should bring back Reba Meagher.

 

[The_highwayman]

more like tony abbott
...and the rest of the liberal party.

 

[blue_chameleon]

ur rite, they should bring back Reba Meagher.

God damn I hope you're being sarcastic.

...but I can't tell. :/

 

[The_highwayman]

also, whenever i hear Reba Meagher, i think of this instead:

 

[cannibal.horse]

God damn I hope you're being sarcastic.

...but I can't tell. :/

Man she trainwrecked two portfolios in a 10 year period I couldn't be more sarcastic

 

[axlenatore]

also lol at nicola roxin for saying that there "are no antibiotics available yet"

it's a freakin virus you nong. of course there's no antibiotics.

but the majority of people dont know that antiobiotics only kill bacteria

therefore they are probably jsut doing to bring out a drug to raise people morale

 

[The_highwayman]

everybody knows that 'antibiotics' refers to bacteria.

 

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everybody knows that 'antibiotics' refers to bacteria.

common knowledge is uncommon

 

[Zrap]

Worst musician ever today at the shortland building

 

[axlenatore]

Worst musician ever today at the shortland building

haha he spent most of the time tuning his guitar

and his socks were red thats all i bothered with him

everybody knows that 'antibiotics' refers to bacteria.

a lot of people ask for antiobiotics when they go to the doctors even though they have a virus

results in overuse of antiobiotics which has given bacteria immunity

 

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Bonus+ is shit because you're book is a short loan. What's the point? Who the fuck else would use it, you're the only one that knows it's there!?