UPDATE: Swine Flu UNLIKELY in Two L.A. Deaths

[Cush]

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2009/04/two-los-angeles-county-deaths-possibly-related-to-swine-flu-coroner-says.html

[Updated at 2:08 p.m.: The L.A. coroner's office said this afternoon that further testing indicated neither of two flu-related deaths being investigated in Los Angeles County appeared to be linked to the swine flu. Read full story: Coroner doubts 2 men died of swine flu

[Hannah Bell]

1. Wait, wait, I had it on good authority these cases were the beginning of the US pandemic!

[Creena]

3. Was it from the Center for Stuff I Heard From Some Guy? n/t

[Hannah Bell]

4. Center for Chicken Littles & Wolf-Crying Boys

[Control-Z]

8. What the F is your problem?

This is great news, yet you try to make anyone interested in knowing these facts feel foolish. Why don't you just go away for a while? You add nothing to the conversation but bad feelings for the honest, information seeking people of DU.

We're all capable of reading and comprehending the links provided without your snarky narrative. Honestly.

[Hannah Bell]

9. I could also do without the extraneous commentary from the wolf-cryers, but there it is.

[Control-Z]

10. ...

:rofl: at you. Not with you.

[Hannah Bell]

13. who cares? i don't.

[BostonMa]

27. why so hostile

[Hannah Bell]

29. are you blind?

[FedUpWithIt All]

21. I have one person on ignore

:7

I have only had one other ignore during the last few years. Eventually, that person found that nobody was biting anymore and slipped off into the sunset. I was able to restore them as they were no longer around. Now my ignore feature is getting use again. ;-) I figure why waste brain cells since there is nothing added to the conversation anyway.

:hi:

[Hannah Bell]

22. who cares who you have on ignore?

[Fire_Medic_Dave]

15. It hasn't been declared a pandemic. Since we are being picky.

[DainBramaged]

18. PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW

boy, all of a sudden the panic mongers who blisted me Saturday and Sunday have disappeared.
:hug:

[bottomtheweaver]

19. I'm frightened Auntie Em!

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_n1dnyepCBsM/SdLJx85pJBI/AAAAAAAABao/02xoc3Rjfl8/s400/Annex%2520-%2520Garland,%2520Judy%2520_05.jpg

[FedUpWithIt All]

23. I've been sick. The OP news is wonderful. I hope they keep investigating recent pnumonia cases. n/t

[BostonMa]

28. who is blisting you? nobody said panic panic panic

[greyl]

2. Thanks. Another link:

www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/04/28/national/a110743D00.DTL

[nadinbrzezinski]

5. GOOD...

just remember sooner or later a report like this will be true.

NOT glee, even CDC expects that

And it goes without saying RIP

(Of course I need this disclaimer for a very sick group of puppies who according to them I should be pissed... instead of full of glee over the body count)

[JuniperLea]

11. Note the word choices...

Unlikely... apparently... in other words, they are speaking before they know for certain.

But we aren't supposed to err on the side of caution, so I suppose that goes both ways.

[nadinbrzezinski]

17. Yep

[Hannah Bell]

20. no, it's pretty much ruled out.

http://www.contracostatimes.com/california/ci_12247067

[readmoreoften]

6. Good news. Certainly didn't seem like swine flu in one case. /nt

[NeedleCast]

7. Shocker...

Thanks for the update though. US morbidity rate returns to horrifying 0%.

[Creena]

12. Just wanted to add...

The mother and daughter in Claremont tested negative.

http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/news/ci_12246490

[bottomtheweaver]

14. As Emily Litella would say..

[mnhtnbb]

16. Oh, dear. The news room at Faux will be so disappointed.

[mwb970]

24. For God's sake. 36,000 die of regular flu in America *every year*!

Including at least 800 every week from January 1 to April 18 of this year. So now 150 people die in Mexico out of who knows how many millions who had it, in a country where medical care and attention is not ideal for everyone, and we're supposed to panic? Please.

:eyes:

http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/04/28/regular.flu/index.html

[DainBramaged]

25. And upwards of 700,000 die of smoking, but that isn't important, PIG FLUE is.

:crazy:

[Earth_First]

26. Well gee...who brought Debbie Downer?

The pandemic police will have much to say about this one for sure...