Contagion, Contagious:
The process by which one person infected with a disease passes it to another, either through direct skin contact, inhaled droplets or contact with contaminated materials. Some potential biological weapons, such as anthrax and botulism, are not contagious, while smallpox and plague are highly contagious.

Your immune system gets rid of them.

That’s the definiition of “infectious”.

You can’t have “contagious airborne.” contagious = touch.

I’d rather err on the side of safety. Look at how the media across the world are trying to keep the citizens informed about the outbreak: http://www.newsy.com/videos/tracking_an_outbreak/

Not that having ANY viruses running around unattended is a good thing but I don’t think this is the strain that is causing the current mini-meltdown.

Rumsfeld’s company is GD Searle.

I’m sure Donald Rumsfeld & Dick Cheney are thrilled today! The vaccines they’re associated with will be making some money!

http://www.talkleft.com/story/2006/03/12/041/43370

Spit. I hate them.

Paranoia on the part of average Americans who don’t have enough information or know enough science and are only too willing to believe that things are a lot worse than they are. It’s akin to the “dangers” of cute girls being kidnapped which you’d think was a sort of epidemic if you watched the news. Xenophobia on the part of the Lou Dobbs/Pat Buchanan wing of humanity who see all outsiders as disease-bearing dangers to “our way of life”. Swine Flu is only the latest reason for them to say, “See? I told you so”. Finally, it is wishful thinking on the part of both the media, who see big ratings in sensationalist headlines, and the Glenn Beck lovers who are only too ready for a plague to wipe out the human race so they can have their Rapture.

Yes, take precautions as I do by washing my hands often and staying away from slobs that sneeze without covering their mouths. And remember, if life hands you Swine Flu, make bacon.

When crisis is averted it is easy in hindsight to mock, but when someone drops the ball, it’s too late.

When you look back on that outbreak did people die from another strain of flu, the vaccination or swine flu? Influenza kills thousands every year.