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Originally posted by venividivici
Now if I could only figure out how to customize "myATS" to block certain forums.
Originally posted by tothetenthpower
Alright, now this is just a thought. An observation I've noticed over the past couple of weeks of heavy posting and new members.
Now this Flu has got the whole world glued to their TV sets and internet attempting to figure out how bad it's gonna be, and who is to blame and all that regular jazz.
However this is only day what..4? And we already have an amazing ammount of threads claiming this is from Drug Cartels to the CIA to population control, right down to mother nature herself.
Does anybody else think that we here at ATS, although un-intentionally, have a habit of acting like hyperchondriacs? It seems that everytime some major story breaks we are all over it, yet the majority make wild claims and the thing turns angry.
I think perhaps we need to take a breather and come to the conclusion that perhaps not everything is conspiracy based.
Sometimes it feels as though some members (including myself at points) will sensationlize things, and I don't mean on purpose, I almost didn't notice I was doing it.
But it is far too soon to start dooming and glooming and attempting to decipher this event. All we can do is wait and see what will happen.
Anybody else got the same idea?
~Keeper
Originally posted by tothetenthpower
Anybody else got the same idea?
Originally posted by FlyersFan
Not me. In the case of this swine/avian/human hybrid mexican flu, we are keeping in mind what happened with the 1918 flu ... how it started mild and then mutated into a killer that wiped out 40 million people worldwide including 650,000 Americans.
Education and monitoring of the situation is very important.
The news doesn't tell the whole story, many times it just tells agenda.
As was said - ATSers dig down and connect the dots.
Originally posted by tothetenthpower
Alright, now this is just a thought. An observation I've noticed over the past couple of weeks of heavy posting and new members.
Now this Flu has got the whole world glued to their TV sets and internet attempting to figure out how bad it's gonna be, and who is to blame and all that regular jazz.
However this is only day what..4? And we already have an amazing ammount of threads claiming this is from Drug Cartels to the CIA to population control, right down to mother nature herself.
Does anybody else think that we here at ATS, although un-intentionally, have a habit of acting like hyperchondriacs? It seems that everytime some major story breaks we are all over it, yet the majority make wild claims and the thing turns angry.
I think perhaps we need to take a breather and come to the conclusion that perhaps not everything is conspiracy based.
Sometimes it feels as though some members (including myself at points) will sensationlize things, and I don't mean on purpose, I almost didn't notice I was doing it.
But it is far too soon to start dooming and glooming and attempting to decipher this event. All we can do is wait and see what will happen.
Anybody else got the same idea?
~Keeper
Originally posted by worldwatcher
I don't know about calling it sensationalism, intentional or not, I think that ATS members have more dots to connects that others and once you start playing that game of connect the dots, you cannot help but to see a possible conspiracy where they may or may not be one... in the end though it's really up to each one of us to decide how much we want to act upon the information, ideas and theories being tossed around here.
With a page full of dots, I can connect them to form a flower or heart while you or another can use those same dots to form a knife or skull, it's all in your perspective...
Originally posted by azureskys
Oh let's see..Are things blown out of proportion??
Reported confirmed cases in the folowing countries:
Switzerland, Spain, Scotland, Ireland, New Zealand,
Mexico (2028 infected155 DEAD), Mexicali, Canada, U.S.,
France, Denmark, Norway, U.K., Israel, Peru, Chili, Bolivia, Columbia, Russia, Tiland, Tiwan,
Austria, Germany, Austraila (70 new cases in last 24 hrs.) South Korea...etc.
www.idemc.org...
maps.google.com...,9.316406&spn=34.792294,79.101563&t=h& z=4
Two people have been hospitalized in Tromsø, northern Norway, on suspicion of swine flu, reported yesterday. Tests of the patients showed no sign of the swine flu virus.
Four samples are being tested in Ireland in connection with the swine flu virus. Dr William Hall, Chairman of the Pandemic Expert Group, said one sample had been tested last night and proved negative. He said the public would be informed if and when any case proves positive over the coming days and weeks.
Reported confirmed cases
Originally posted by Chadwickus
reply to post by pazcat
lol well I've decided to get in on the absurd theories too.
My theory is that we let miss Piggy's promiscuity run rampant for too long...it was bound to happen.
There I said it! it's hanging out there now!
Originally posted by tothetenthpower
reply to post by tsloan
This is not the general strain of Swine flu we are dealing with here. It's not just H1N1, it's a combination of multiple strains. At least that is what I have understood over the past 4 days.
The normal strain of swine flu would not be able to propagate itself this far in such a small ammount of time.
~Keeper