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gherkin
06/21/09

In reply to Swine Flu Is So Not Over: Jewish Summer Camps, Cruise Ships, Church Groups.
There has never been AC at Ramah, or anything even close to luxury for that matter. Trust me. We actually had a non-elective that was basically summer school. I think the socialist camp you're thinking of is Camp Kindering.
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misslinda
06/21/09

@gherkin: Oh is this going to be a battle of which little jewish kid suffered the most hardship at summer camp? Cause at Camp Eisner, we didn't even have bathrooms in the bunks.
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misslinda
06/21/09

In reply to Swine Flu Is So Not Over: Jewish Summer Camps, Cruise Ships, Church Groups.
That little piggie is so cute I could just eat it up!
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haikumaster
04/30/09

In reply to PANDEMIC LEVEL 5!
Level five refers

to ease of transmission, not

severity: chill.
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rudi_freude
04/30/09

@haikumaster:
I got chills.

They're multiplyin'
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Smitros
04/30/09

@rudi_freude:

Lard is the word, is the word, is the word.
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Lizawithazee
04/29/09

In reply to PANDEMIC LEVEL 5!
Texas has cancelled all high school sports until May 11. This would really mean something if it was football season.

Oh, and two schools are closing in Austin because of suspected cases and my mother-in-law just called from rural Minnesota with reports of a school closing there because of a suspected case.
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Miss Bojangles
04/29/09

In reply to PANDEMIC LEVEL 5!
I'm no germaphobe but it bothers me that domestic travel is still permitted to and from Mexico (especially automobile traffic).

If all these hot spots across the U.S. which keep popping up and expanding are directly attributable to people who continue to arrive from Mexico doesn't it make sense to ban traffic till we can stamp out the hot spots in this country.

Janet Napolitano was all like "oh no too late its already here" but that is complete b.s.

If this really does turn into a pandemic the backlash against Obama for not banning travel earlier is going to be major.
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MincnglyWhrdL'mer
04/29/09

@Miss Bojangles: but who will mow your lawn?
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maevemealone
04/29/09

In reply to PANDEMIC LEVEL 5!
I had the unfortunate need of the emergency room today and I was the only patient there not wearing a mask. It actually worked to my favor as my mere flesh wound was eagerly attended to by faux flu weary nurses who needed a break from the pandemic. I was in and out in 2 hrs while the sickies sat and waited all day!
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Wendy_Kroy
04/29/09

In reply to PANDEMIC LEVEL 5!
BTW, a chick from the WHO said today - and I paraphrase - "I don't know where the fuck the media is getting their '150 dead' number from since only 7 people have died, so unless a pig has sneezed on you in the last 24 hours there's no need to panic."

[www.smh.com.au]
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DorothyBarker
04/29/09

In reply to PANDEMIC LEVEL 5!
i actually am embarrassed to admit that i did have the fleeting thought: fewer people looking for jobs. if i survive, maybe i'll finally make some scratch this year.
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DevilsAvocado
04/29/09

In reply to PANDEMIC LEVEL 5!
True story - life is a sexually transmitted, invariably fatal disease.

I loves me a mass-media fuelled hysteria as much as the next person. But 'pandemic' just means that a whole lot of people catch something. It doesn't mean everyone dies. Except for a zombie pandemic, clearly.

The fact is that only seven people have died from swine flu to date... small comfort though that may be for those seven and associated families/nearests and dearests...

[www.smh.com.au]

It's transmitted through droplets, rather than airborne - so steer clear of boogers, dribble and lurgies, wash your hands well and often, and keep your fingers out of your mouth, eyes and...er... other moisture secreting body parts.
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stanleymarie
04/29/09

In reply to PANDEMIC LEVEL 5!
What if the swine start showing up with cases of bird flu??

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VoxPopuli
04/30/09

@stanleymarie: Bird flu is already mixed in with this swine flu but doesn't get top billing because it's so 2007. So, the pigs are flying. Alert Pink Floyd.
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Clarence Rosario
04/29/09

In reply to PANDEMIC LEVEL 5!
Wait, I ain't ready for this shit, man.

I'm still freaked out about Ebola and flesh-eating disease. And the X-Files.
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cocobanal
04/29/09

In reply to PANDEMIC LEVEL 5!
Guess it doesn't matter what I eat, then.

(Off to find ice cream and giant spoon.)
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allyzay
04/29/09

@cocobanal: think you mean to say, "ACK! CHOCOLATE!"
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Smitros
04/29/09

@cocobanal:

I am totally not dying with the Bananas Foster gelato uneaten. It goes very soon.
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Dave J.
04/29/09

In reply to PANDEMIC LEVEL 5!
I actually kind of wish I could get it, because everyone who gets it now (a) builds up immunity, and (b) lives. (Except for that poor kid, who died.)
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CarlinaZeikfried
04/29/09

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In 1918 people often died in less than 6 hours, bleeding out of every orifice, including eyeballs in some cases. If you have had a bad case of the flu in the last few years, thats actually a good thing. You may still get sick, but should not die. People who religiously get those flu-shots may be some of the most susceptible to this.
With the earth back to being flat again, overcrowded and already pestilence ridden in the thrid world, a pandemic makes sense from an evolutionary standpoint.
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Cafezinha
04/29/09

@CarlinaZeikfried: "In 1918 people often died in less than 6 hours, bleeding out of every orifice, including eyeballs in some cases."

JESUS FUCKING CHRIST.

That's some straight-up horror film shit right there, or like something I read from a sci-fi novel. Good grief.
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belltolls
04/29/09

@CarlinaZeikfried: You forgot "hot".
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parafilm
04/29/09

@Cafezinha:

Try reading the Hot Zone about Ebola. EVEN COOLER.
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Cafezinha
04/30/09

@parafilm: You know, I read that many years ago...now I've got a hankering to find it at the library and read it again.

I vaguely remember that the idea of bleeding out of EVERYTHING was the vilest thing I'd ever read. So I read it again, of course.

Somehow, my 14-year-old self was much more okay with grossness than my current self is.
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El Matardillo
04/29/09

In reply to PANDEMIC LEVEL 5!
Überleben is die einzige Antwort.
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propertius
04/29/09

@El Matardillo: Does that mean "overlive" as in "live to excess"? Or the more banal "survive"?
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El Matardillo
04/29/09

@propertius: Since this is Gawker, home of all things Julia Allison, I would go for "banal."
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