NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY SWINE FLU OUTBREAK

at least the credit crunch isnt a problem any more

Passed Proctor and Gamble at Cobalt this morning, few tv crews outside as a case has been confirmed with a woman who works there

I rang the swine flu hotline today, all i got was crackling on the line





I will get me coat

did you come out in rashers?

found out how it spreads...

Just got this in a text

Swine FLu Hits Newcastle

if we dnt hear from any 1 in a while we no why???

I've seen nobody freak out? Metro's still packed, Town is still heaving, nobody seems to be overly bothered (bar me & pike on here of course)

However put yourself in the position that the exact same media coverage had been rolled out to the general public in regards to a Terrorist threat which was being treat as imminent & would affect every major City in the UK... you'd see a lot less people walking round going about their day to day business.

The 2 cant be compared, there totally different.

Maybe thats not so.....

From todays Express "In Newcastle shops reported being INUNDATED with requests from shoppers trying to purchase face masks"

Iv'e been up today, had my hair cut, spot of shopping then travelled down to Nottingham on the Eastcoast Train... absolutely nothing out of the norm for this immigrant.

You're taking it far too literally. Obviously there is a massive difference in the level of threat and intent, but the way these type of health scares are blown out of proportion in the papers, seems no different to the amount of coverage and warnings you would find from a terrorist threat. I read in the paper that Newcastle University 'Prepares for worst', as if there's hell on and they're expecting everyone to drop down dead. A lad from work was standing next to me when I read it and told me he'd received a letter from the campus telling everyone not to worry and that everything is fine.

exactly. It's not a conspiracy. Gordon Brown couldn't organise a conspiracy if he tried. It's simply the press bigging stuff up as usual, scares sell papers. bigger the scare, bigger the sales.
The terrorist threat has been similarly over hyped. There has been a terrorist threat for the past 50 years. you have a far greater chance of being killed getting out of bed and putting your socks on(12 died last year from that) than from a bomb.
And flu kills hundreds of people every year. relax folks. there's nothing to see here.