torankusu said:
By the way, to the part where you called it a “real pandemic,” pandemic doesn’t mean that it’s spread really fast or it’s deadly; it means disease that is widespread. And as far as I know, they said it was a possible pandemic. If everyone thinks pandemic means the same as what you think it is, no wonder everyone’s whining about the same *edited*.
The media may be giving the virus more coverage than it needs (I have no comment on this as of yet), but some of the rants I’ve come across about the flu are pretty ridiculous, the AIDS one in particular.
Hold your horses. You’re taking what I said out of context. I didn’t quote real and pandemic together. I quoted just the real. Like “real” pandemic. I’m not using real to say it isn’t a pandemic. I’m just saying swine flu is like a girly man. Sure, a girly man is still a man, but compared to other men (other “real” pandemics), hes a girly man! That was all I was saying. Granted it was a horrible comparison, and a poor way to use the word real lol.
And, I don’t think that a pandemic is something that spreads really fast or is deadly, even though all pandemics are nasty and potentially deadly (I wouldn’t want to have one anyway lol). When you compare different pandemics, like the flu versus aids versus Tuberculosis versus Malaria, swine flu is weak sauce.
I agree though, it is easy to get (insert doorknob example here)
The extra media stuff below, is just my extra, opinionated, 2 cents
everyone in this day and age is flipping out, putting on masks, and taking baths with Purell. Caused not because they actually looked into the information themselves, but probably because they were told that is what they should do, most likely by the Media blowing things out of proportion. I can’t say I blame the media though, how else do you make something as boring as the common cold get you ratings? You overemphasize the danger, and make it sound as dramatic as SARS. All about the ratings baby lol