Hospital perspective.....

[xtremesteven33]

I work at the hospital, and let me tell you, People are freaking out over this "Swine Flu" thing...its ridiculous.

Masks on, body suits on, people crying/scared.....get a hold of yourself People. Its the damn media who blows things out of proportion.

Its like the damn bubonic plague....

[BacktoBasics]

If they start closing down schools for months at a time its going to destroy retail sales, people will be staying home. I'll be ed over this.

[ORION]

yeah and I can't play basketball because the gym is shut down

[samikeyp]

People are wayyyy overreacting.

Use common sense. Wash your hands. Don't hack on people.

[EricB]

You want overreacting?

The re ed Gov of California declared a "state of emergency"

[FaithInOne]

just wait until they really open the flood gates

[Cry Havoc]

This is going to get so much worse. Ugh. People are such idiots... makes me sick. OH DO I HAVE SWINE FLU

[xtremesteven33]

Day 4:

People are still scared like a bunch of scolded dogs. They have this perception that if you have a cough/runny nose/headache that they have the damn swine flu. Todays gonna be a long day

[Dex]

I thought I had the swine flu yesterday, then I realized I was just tired and hung over.

[balli]

I semi-want to catch the ol' H1N1. Just fill up a syringe and stick that e into my vein baby. Get her over with while the Tamiflu's still flowing.

[RandomGuy]

I work at the hospital, and let me tell you, People are freaking out over this "Swine Flu" thing...its ridiculous.

Masks on, body suits on, people crying/scared.....get a hold of yourself People. Its the damn media who blows things out of proportion.

Its like the damn bubonic plague....

The government estimates that a pandemic like the 1918 Spanish flu would sicken 90 million Americans, or about 30 percent of the population. Of those, nearly 10 million would have to be admitted to a hospital, and nearly 1.5 million would need intensive care. About 750,000 would need the help of mechanical ventilators to keep breathing.

There are only 950,000 hospital beds TOTAL in the US, and a large percentage of those are already filled with actual patients.

This whole thing may quite possibly turn out to be nothing.

BUT

If it gets bad, it can get VERY bad very fast.

It would not take much to completely overwhelm the medical facilities in the US. We simply have too little excess capacity and no real framework to handle such a pandemic.

[BacktoBasics]

Lots of doctors are going to be buying new cars and houses off this scare.