lol what is this s***

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EVERY Australian household should stockpile at least 10 weeks' worth of food rations to prepare for a deadly flu pandemic, a panel of leading nutritionists has warned.

World health experts now agree a pandemic is inevitable and will spread rapidly, wiping out up to 7.4 million people globally and triggering rapid food shortages.

Australia is expected to be among the first countries hit because of its proximity to Asia and high levels of international traffic.

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I eat lots of fruit so I'm immune.

What the f***

It's a news.com.au story....

9 out of 10 nutritionists recommend...


sanitarium fear mongering?

The most important message for the Australian public is to avoid going out in public when the pandemic hits, the research found.

O rly?

Run for the hills we don't have a chance. What a complete load of crap, so much of this doomsday s*** these days.

The most important message for the Australian public is to avoid going out in public when the pandemic hits, the research found.

Sweet, can get my paladin to level 70.

I have the flu atm, the pandemic must have begun better get my lifeboat ready!

Huh? At some stage in the future there is going to be a flu pandemic caused by some strain of flu virus? Wow, great work Courier Mail.

Sure it will happen and it could have already begun, but it also could be 100 years from now. Typical media sensationalism.

I bet supermarkets funded the research!
As if they don't sell enough food over christmas time!

what if the epidemic is obesity?

oh no its the shanti virus!

OMG This is what that stupid drunk chick was warning us about at the pub a few weeks back!!!! She said, "IF YOU DON'T VOTE FOR KEVIN RUDD THERE'LL BE A T.B. OUTBREAK AND WE'LL ALL DIE!" Maybe she meant if we don't vote for John Howard?

As much as I hate to give credence to anything published in the bastion of journalistic integrity and enlightenment that is the Courier Mail..

Influenza is a pretty scary virus.. While I'm not saying I agree with the sensationalism and fear-mongering approach used here, it's still worth being prepared for it..

Considering that the greatest pandemic ever wasn't the Black Plague (even including the other 2 strains floating around at the same time), but actually the Spanish Flu, people should at least be aware that it is a serious threat to their health.

If it doesn't happen for another 100 years, then great, but on the offchance that it happens next week, people should know about it.. I just don't think that the Spurious Mail should be the people disseminating the information.

Rudd doesn't have shares in Pan Pharmacutecals or someone similar does he? The conspiracy theories here are starting to sound an awful lot like V for Vendetta :)

If it doesn't happen for another 100 years, then great,

Nah, we need (and are way overdue for) a big plague to keep population control back in check. Unfortunately, as you said, the last big outbreak we had was the spanish flu and before that the potato famine, so worldwide population has as a result increased sixfold since the last outbreak.

oh no its the shanti virus!

peter will save us!

peter will save us!

Not if the writers strike continues.

While I'm not saying I agree with the sensationalism and fear-mongering approach used here, it's still worth being prepared for it..

Fair enough, but fear mongering by stupid newspapers trying to get a headline is not how it should be done.

I agree completely.. in fact, I think your comment was my comment rephrased.. ;)

Fair enough, but fear mongering by stupid newspapers trying to get a headline is not how it should be done.

Well...you can't really call the Courier Mail news............seriously :)

i'm stockin' up on tinfoil coz there could be a dramatic increase in cozmic rays & fbi mind control beamz. nah, srsly, there could... the possibility exists.

people are more aware then they were 100 years ago how to avoid infection when it comes to pandemics. 3rd world countries may have massive deaths but western countries can adapt to the situation due to awareness. sars was a good example, in the end it didn't kill many people at all.

I don't think its a bad idea to have a few week's food in the cupboard; I'd love to know I had ten weeks for my family.

Cyclone Larry was pretty scary in Cairns, the quite short interruption in food supply lines (72 hours?) pretty much totally emptied supermarket shelves. Obviously there was a fair bit of reactive stocking up, but very few families would have had enough food to last more then a week or two even with the stockpiling from the storm hit.

We do live on a pretty thin food supply chain in western countries with a lot of just-in-time delivery to supply major population areas.

I remember reading an article somewhere that babbled that on average Australians are 4 days away from starving. So if food supply completely stopped it would take about 4 days for supermarkets to run dry and people to start having no food. I think it could go a week.

I remember reading an article somewhere that babbled that on average Australians are 4 days away from starving. So if food supply completely stopped it would take about 4 days for supermarkets to run dry and people to start having no food. I think it could go a week.

Sif starvation,

I reckon I could live for 4 days comfortably on a 500g bag of rice.

live comfortably, yes.

take a crap comfortably, no. You'd be so clogged up it wouldn't be funny.

hmm... this sounds vaguly like what they said would happen at near years 2000. the world was gonna come to an end and millions would die. we all know how that worked out. anyway hardly ever get sick. in the past 5 years ive been sick mabye once or twice

I remember reading an article somewhere that babbled that on average Australians are 4 days away from starving.

I think I read somewhere that cows like being killed

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I could live a month on bulls*** I find in my house... tea bags and stuff

I have seen how fast gastroenteritis goes through my nursing home. It just makes you crap your pants but it manages to take the whole service down for a week. A bug with any virility and that same level of contageousness will wreak awesome havoc.

If you think this sort of armageddon is impossible, think back to the bubonic plague.

We are not so superior and perfect. Just imagine if AIDS mutated to transmit via respiratory infection....

If you think this sort of armageddon is impossible, think back to the bubonic plague.

What'd be the point of that, we've learned a few things about this sort of stuff in the last 600 years.

Besides.. the Spanish Flu was both deadlier and more recent. :)

We are not so superior and perfect. Just imagine if AIDS mutated to transmit via respiratory infection....

There are many, many mutations that would be needed for that to even possibly work. Those same mutations may also make it less deadly.

imagine it tollazor

next they'll be saying we should prepare for zombies

I've actually given a lot more thought to the notion of a zombie apocalypse than to a global boring pandemic :)

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I think I read somewhere that cows like being killed

BREAKING NEWS, THE MAIN CAUSe of DEAtH IS from DYING

also yes its a v.good idea to be prepared. just think of how many scouts are going to be alive and you guessed it. we dont want a world of scouts selling cookies.

I work for Qld health pandemic stock has been in place for 3 years just waiting for the s*** to go down

meh, viral epidemics are self-limiting anyway.

Because governments and religion won't tackle the population problem it looks like it's up to a horrific pandemic to dramatically reduce the poplutation.

It's sickening that humanity is so stupid.

Was that meant to be tongue-in-cheek? Honestly my sense of humour depends on emoticons these days. I suck.

I vote for zombies.. survival of those with the most creative use of weaponry (and those stumbling around in a drunken stupor)

Breaking News: Every human is 3 days away from dying from thirst

Because governments and religion won't tackle the population problem it looks like it's up to a horrific pandemic to dramatically reduce the poplutation.

right...

how about you stop the talk and do something about it then, aka top yourself

we've learned a few things about this sort of stuff in the last 600 years.

So you're saying that because a plague which cannot be answered by conventional medicines happened once, it can't happen again.

Grrreat.

i put on my hazard suit and tinfoil hat

we've learned a few things about this sort of stuff in the last 600 years.

14th Century
19th Century
20th Century
NOW

Our knowledge hasn't really helped us much yet : /

Pfft quarantine 28 Weeks Later style and problem solvered.

u mean like shoot everyone with mgs etc?

just kill all azns before they cough on us

u mean like shoot everyone with mgs etc?

Start with that, then firebomb.

Actually I think there was some nerve gas in there too wasn't there?

how about you stop the talk and do something about it then, aka top yourself

You first

no u