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H1N1 swine flu may be worse if you are fat

H1N1 swine flu may be worse if you are fatugh.. you just like to piss me off.Fat.. what you really mean is obese and not all fat people are obese.. which is why we have a different term.Being obese opens the doors for many other things that may kill you....

Tags: H1N1 swine flu, H1N1 flu

Discussion threads 2009-07-13

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Fake H1N1 (Swine Flu) alerts lead to malware

How stupid are People?Very much so, I guess.Is there a Mac version?This is useless for me1. No link to fake CDC site.2. No Mac version.Very, and no.[b] [/b]If you're that bummed out.. try Boot Camp.Or WINE...

Tags: SECURITY, Spyware, adware & malware, Operating systems, malware, vulnerability, H1N1 flu, Apple Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-12-02

Fake H1N1 (Swine Flu) alerts lead to malware

The e-mail messages contain a link to a bogus Centers for Disease Control and Prevention site with prompts to create a user profile. During this process, a malware file gets planted on the user's machine. by Ryan Naraine

Tags: Malware, H1N1 Flu, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2009-12-02

Fake swine flu e-mails lead to computer virus

You can ignore that e-mail that looks like it comes from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control about creating a profile for an H1N1 vaccination program. You can ignore that e-mail that looks like it comes from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control about creating a profile for an...

Tags: Computer Virus, H1N1 Flu, Computer, E-mail, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Online Communications, malware, swine flu, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Elinor Mills CNET News

News items 2009-12-01

A psychological contagion of myth and suspicion

Replace the wprd 'fear' with 'scepticism' you're done.People are rightly sceptic about:1. The needless hysteria.2. The poison that is advised to them as a 'solution' to a non-existing problem.And it's of course only the leftist hysterical people that get o-so-upset-about-everything that then label scepticism as 'fear' and even drag it...

Tags: CDC, strain, hysteria, H1N1 flu, flu, Dana

Discussion threads 2009-11-30

Flu pandemic disproportionately infects, kills young people; are some getting preferred treatment?

Overhyped, almost hysteriaand blogs like these of course add to that. All in the name of $.Money needs to be made pharma, existence needs to be legitimized (health boards & governments), and the media of course needs to sell. Yep, the incentives point to one direction.Problem is, there is no...

Tags: HEALTHCARE, Vertical industries, Flu Pandemic, death rate, H1N1 flu

Discussion threads 2009-11-05

JAMA studies push the need for H1N1 flu shot

Still fighting that war eh, Dana? :)Get over it man.Interesting piece of information:Recent news in Canada:"Four Canadian studies involved about 2,000 people, health officials told CBC News. Researchers found people who had received the seasonal flu vaccine in the past were more likely to get sick with the H1N1 virus."So......

Tags: H1N1 flu, flu, regular flu

Discussion threads 2009-10-13

Flu shot controversy illustrates compliance problem

I refuse the flu shot every year...and definately will be refusing the H1N1. As a young adult with a healthy immune system I see no point. Sure I may get the sniffles - but diet, exercise, and such take care of most of it. Who knows what is ACTUALLY in...

Tags: Government, Vertical industries, SECURITY, compliance, flu shot, flu

Discussion threads 2009-10-08

We ferret out the latest flu questions

Genes included in the new swine flu have been circulating undetected in piGenes included in the new swine flu have been circulating undetected in pigs for at least a decade, according to researchers who have sequenced the genomes of more than 50 samples of the virus. The findings...

Tags: H1N1 flu, latest flu, flu

Discussion threads 2009-09-03

Little Brother actively tracking the flu

FYI - It's H1N1H1N1 is swine flu, not A1N1 as mentioned in the blog post.

Tags: H1N1 flu

Discussion threads 2009-09-02

How bad will swine flu be, really?

The pendulum between panic and dismissal regarding H1N1 "swine" flu has swung back to panic. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: H1N1 Flu, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2009-08-26

If we're "ground zero" for H1N1, how can tech help?

Not long ago, as H1N1 (or "swine flu") really began making headlines with school closings, I wrote a post asking if "Universal Cloud Computing" was the answer to H1N1. It was more of a rhetorical question than anything, but the hope is certainly that cloud tools can keep students...

Tags: H1N1 Flu, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-08-23

England rolls out online flu pandemic service; Crashes after 8 minutes

The UK Government has rolled out the National Pandemic Flu Service in England today. Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales have decided to opt out of the service as demands in numbers are significantly less than that of England. According to the BBC, the UK may have over...

Tags: Health Care, Site, England, H1N1 Flu, Service, UK Government, Flu Service, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Human Resources, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2009-07-23

H1N1 swine flu may be worse if you are fat

The worst aspect of the Michigan news may be how sites advocating healthy weight, like NaturalNews, are taking this opportunity to lord it over the chubby. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: H1N1 Flu, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2009-07-13

There's a little pig in each of us

That's genetically speaking. A new paper just posted on Nature indicates we must monitor pig populations to track the evolution of influenza virus. So far the current swine flu pandemic is underwhelming but the next one.... Here's the title and the multiple authors: "Origins and evolutionary...

Tags: H1N1 Flu, Virus, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-06-12

Computex attendance falls, but Android 'coming out party' succeeds

The weeklong Computex Taipei 2009 electronics show wrapped up Saturday with lower attendance from last year, despite mobile manufacturers using the show as a splashy introduction to a wealth of Google Android-based products. An estimated 100,000 people visited Computex Taipei 2009 from around the world, down a...

Tags: Computex, Google Android, Chinese Company, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Hardware, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-06-08

Technological transmogrification: the evolution of language

Technology is an ever-growing and developing social construction - from the Archimedes screw to the Blu-ray disk. Not only with technology, our language has evolved to a point where entirely new dialects and words have been plucked out of nowhere and thrust into everyday life; unlike Icelandic which is one...

Tags: Word, Virus, Meat Product, Cyberthreats, Microsoft Windows, Viruses And Worms, Spam, Security, Handhelds, Operating Systems, Software, Spam And Phishing, Hardware, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2009-05-23

Is 'Universal Cloud Computing' the answer to H1N1?

Is 'Universal Cloud Computing' the answer to H1N1?Check Out StonewareCloud computing is clearly the best way to achieve anytime, anywhere access to limitless services for both students and teachers.We're looking at implementing WebOS by Stoneware. It looks like a great, all-in-one solution that will take what we have in...

Tags: H1N1 flu, Motrin, Tylenol, fever, flu, cloud computing

Discussion threads 2009-05-21

Is 'Universal Cloud Computing' the answer to H1N1?

My youngest son has been out of school for 5 days now with a weekend thrown in there for good measure. He's finally feeling better, but still needs Motrin to keep his fever down, Benadryl to fight the cough, and he has 5 more days to go on a course...

Tags: School, Cloud Computing, H1N1 Flu, SIMtone Online, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-05-21

Exam contingencies for swine flu epidemic

The swine flu (H1N1 hereon in) epidemic has gradually petered out and levelled off, but still more and more cases are being discovered every day. Over 4,700 cases have been confirmed, spreading over every continent of the world except Africa (thankfully, because let's be honest, it would be a biological...

Tags: Exam, H1N1 Flu, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2009-05-11