I am often surprised by how stupid people are in the comments to my stories, but today I am very, very surprised. It is like a long train of ignorance about how flu's take hold and spread in society.
Really, really dumb.
And all across the internet, I keep seeing people responding, "Yeah, just like SARS and the bird flu." Uh, okay, those are two completely different viruses, one of which cannot be passed from human to human, but sure.
The interesting thing about this type of flu is not what it is doing now, but what it has the potential to do. POTENTIAL. It is eerily similar to the 1918 flu, which had three waves. The first wave of the 1918 flu was mild. Later that year, it mutated and a second wave killed between 50 and 100 million people. Then a third wave came and it was, again, mild. Flu viruses mutate into several different strains and this one appears to have already mutated into a deadly strain, hence the concern.
Flu viruses are unpredictable, which is why WHO is so concerned. Right now we are in the gathering information part of this flu. So, what seems bad could be not, or it could be a lot worse. Today, the LA County coroner is checking out two possible deaths from the swine flu.
But the sheer ignorance of saying, "it's not happening" because in the past nothing has come of scares is shockingly stupid.
It would be like me saying there will never be a big earthquake because I only feel 3.0 and 4.0 earthquakes.
WHO is worried for a reason. No one is telling you to panic, only to stay aware of the situation. They basically want you to wash your fucking hands, which they over and over and over.
Really, really dumb.
And all across the internet, I keep seeing people responding, "Yeah, just like SARS and the bird flu." Uh, okay, those are two completely different viruses, one of which cannot be passed from human to human, but sure.
The interesting thing about this type of flu is not what it is doing now, but what it has the potential to do. POTENTIAL. It is eerily similar to the 1918 flu, which had three waves. The first wave of the 1918 flu was mild. Later that year, it mutated and a second wave killed between 50 and 100 million people. Then a third wave came and it was, again, mild. Flu viruses mutate into several different strains and this one appears to have already mutated into a deadly strain, hence the concern.
Flu viruses are unpredictable, which is why WHO is so concerned. Right now we are in the gathering information part of this flu. So, what seems bad could be not, or it could be a lot worse. Today, the LA County coroner is checking out two possible deaths from the swine flu.
But the sheer ignorance of saying, "it's not happening" because in the past nothing has come of scares is shockingly stupid.
It would be like me saying there will never be a big earthquake because I only feel 3.0 and 4.0 earthquakes.
WHO is worried for a reason. No one is telling you to panic, only to stay aware of the situation. They basically want you to wash your fucking hands, which they over and over and over.
I'll be at the Irvine Improv
Friday, 8 and 10pm
Sunday 7 pm.
Opening for my friend Greg Behrendt.
Friday, 8 and 10pm
Sunday 7 pm.
Opening for my friend Greg Behrendt.
I've still got tons of shit to do. I'd rather the baby wait until his due date, thanks very much.
And my creepy neighbor upstairs finally has a sex life, after four years. And she's loud. God it's awful.
And my creepy neighbor upstairs finally has a sex life, after four years. And she's loud. God it's awful.
GET OUT THERE AND TEA BAG YOU MOTHERFUCKERS!
We become a dumber and more pathetic nation each and every day.
We become a dumber and more pathetic nation each and every day.
So, I had a cold the past couple of days, with a delicious sore throat tossed in. Then last night, I wake up with horrible ear pain. Then it goes away, but my ear is all stuffed up in the morning.
So I go to the doctor, she looks in my ear and says, "how are you walking around? You should be screaming in pain with an infection this severe."
Oh.
An hour later the pain returns. I blame her.
Now I am on crazy antibiotics.
This is bullshit.
So I go to the doctor, she looks in my ear and says, "how are you walking around? You should be screaming in pain with an infection this severe."
Oh.
An hour later the pain returns. I blame her.
Now I am on crazy antibiotics.
This is bullshit.
Your printer is a fucking liar.
Brother's toner cartridges have a sensor built into them; OppressedPrinterUser found that covering the sensor with a small piece of dark electrical tape tricked the printer into thinking he'd installed a new cartridge. I followed his instructions, and my printer began to work. At least eight months have passed. I've printed hundreds of pages since, and the text still hasn't begun to fade. On FixYourOwnPrinter.com, many Brother owners have written in to thank OppressedPrinterUser for his hack. One guy says that after covering the sensor, he printed 1,800 more pages before his toner finally ran out.
