“With 30,000 deaths and 200,000 hospitalizations from the seasonal flu, those numbers are certainly higher than what we've seen of the swine flu. Protecting yourself from both viruses is very important.” ImportantNumbersHigherVirusesFluSwineSwine Flu Author:Kristi Yamaguchi
“Where there is a confluence of interests among nations, as, for example the swine flu or polio, you can get well functioning international institutions like the World Health Organization. And you can act. Climate change is different, because the science remains hypothetical and the potential costs staggering.” WorldWellsDifferentNationsInterestExampleCostOrganizationInstitutionsRemainsClimateClimate ChangeInternationalFluStaggeringGet WellHypotheticalSwinePolioWorld HealthConfluenceWorld Health OrganizationSwine Flu Author:Charles Krauthammer
“I'm really an alarmist when it comes to epidemics. Swine flu now; when SARS was big, I was all freaked out about that, bird flu. That terrifies me.” BigsBirdFluEpidemicsSwineAlarmistsSarsBird FluSwine Flu Author:Chuck Klosterman
“I am so pro-swine flu... I want it. We need a plague. It's got to happen; don't be afraid. It's only going to kill the weak.” WantNeedsHappensWeakPlagueFluSwineSwine Flu Author:Bill Burr
“I can't understand why the front pages of newspapers can cover bird flu and swine flu and everybody is up in arms about that and we still haven't really woken up to the fact that so many women in sub-Saharan Africa - 60 percent of people in - infected with HIV are women.” PeopleStillsI CanFactsFrontsHavensArmsPagesBirdPercentNewspapersHivFluSwineBird FluSub Saharan AfricaSwine Flu Author:Annie Lennox
“We're famous" iggy whispered so low that Fang could barely hear him. "So's Swine Flu" Fang whispered back.” LowsFluFangsSwineSwine Flu Book:Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports: A Maximum Ride Novel Source: Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports: A Maximum Ride Novel
“I find it interesting that it was back in the 1970s that the swine flu broke out under another, then under another Democrat president, Jimmy Carter. I'm not blaming this on President Obama, I just think it's an interesting coincidence.” ThinkingPresidentInterestingStupidRepublicanBlameDemocratConservativeSillyBrokePresident ObamaCoincidenceJimmyFluCarterReally StupidSwineDumb LiberalStupid RepublicanStupid ConservativeSwine FluPresident Jimmy Carter Author:Michele Bachmann
“When I was diagnosed with swine flu, it was a big relief that Young Saeng was with me. When everyone wouldn't eat with me, Young Saeng was the only one who ate stuff like curry with me.” BigsYoungStuffReliefFluSwineCurrySwine Flu Author:Kim Hyun-joong
“Now we are intimately locked together. You get swine flu in Mexico; it’s a problem for Charles de Gaulle Airport 24 hours later. Lehman Brothers goes down; the whole lot collapses. There are fires in the steppes of Russia; food riots in Africa.” WholeProblemTogetherHoursFireBrotherRussiaMexicoLockedCollapseAirportsRiotFluSwineLehman BrothersSwine Flu Author:Paddy Ashdown
“Reports of illegal migrants carrying deadly diseases such as swine flu, dengue fever, Ebola virus and tuberculosis are particularly concerning.” DiseaseReportsIllegalFeverVirusesFluMigrantsEbolaSwineTuberculosisEbola VirusDeadly DiseasesSwine Flu Author:Phil Gingrey
“Since 2001, people have been scared. There's been some really scary stuff that's been happening - 9/11, Iraq, Afghanistan, Katrina, anthrax letters, D.C. sniper, global warming, global financial meltdown, bird flu, swine flu, SARS. I think people really feel like the system's breaking down.” PeopleThinkingFeelsHas BeensStuffHappeningsBirdLettersFinancialIraqScaredScaryGlobal WarmingAfghanistanBreaking DownFluKatrinaSwineReally ScaryMeltdownsSnipersAnthraxSarsBird FluScary StuffSwine Flu Author:Max Brooks