Phoenix Gold Phorum

Were all fucked....studying it right now in econ and life as we know it is fucked

sweeeeet........

um, more info

ditto

just read some articles one it.....pretty much seems like the flu will spread like wild fire the mortality rate will not be so high, but should kill a decent chunk of people. The main problem will be from people reactions to the flu, basically food, water, other essentails, air masks, guns sales at first will go out of the roof. Eventually get to the point where prices rise and GOVT will cap the price causing in a sense a black market for all of these products and a shortage. Ever producers output will decrease as when the flu hits half of everyone will not show up to work, causing price to raise higher and quanity to decrease even more.

Next people will charge everythign at first w/o any care of paying it back, thus causing credit card companies to fail, makign all credit card worthless. Next everyone will pull their money out of the bank, banks can not give everyone the money which will cause the GOVT to print excess money causing super high inflation making money for the most part worthless. Everyone will liquidate from the stock market, causing it to crash worse then ever. For most part money will be worthless, cuasing us to barter for what we want. All law enforcers at this point will be gone, causing crime to sky rocket like in NO, but across the world. Basically waterfall to a possible anarchy and GOVT collapses worldwide.

so pull my money out now and bury it in a jar in the backyard is what your saying.

Bfowler wrote:so pull my money out now and bury it in a jar in the backyard is what your saying.

not even, you have to spend it right away and have things of value, before the inflation flys....

Like guns, food, water ect....

So hold on... please clarify why people are going to climb over their own mothers to buy guns and other useless shit due to a viral outbreak?

Oh yeah, you're talking about America, I forgot

it gets even better than that, there are two known anti-viral options and every major government has them stock-piled at this point except the US as they are not "FDA" accepted, so the US has just enough on hand to save the politicians and maybe 1/8 of the US population after that.

The only thing we are waiting on at this point is for it to go airborne as it is currently only spread by bodily fluids at this point. It currently has near a 48% mortality rate. Those who get treatment within 24 hours of contraction typically survive however the recovery is a long process.

I could be a bit off at this point as my knowledge of the subject is about a year old.

VW337 wrote:it gets even better than that, there are two known anti-viral options and every major government has them stock-piled at this point except the US as they are not "FDA" accepted, so the US has just enough on hand to save the politicians and maybe 1/8 of the US population after that.

The only thing we are waiting on at this point is for it to go airborne as it is currently only spread by bodily fluids at this point. It currently has near a 48% mortality rate. Those who get treatment within 24 hours of contraction typically survive however the recovery is a long process.

I could be a bit off at this point as my knowledge of the subject is about a year old.

little off from what I read today.


Most agree on around 20% mortality rate, around 90% of world population infected. That anti viral stuff is good but not a cure, as it doesn't help agiasnt every virus, pretty much 50/50 chance it would work. the scary thing is the flu wont destroy our way of life, it is peoples reaction that will.

The flu has only transfered from birds to humans on a few occasions. NO HUMAN TO HUMAN TRANSACTIONS, but only a matter of time if it's jumped from birds to humans.

anyone remeber this classic post!

http://phoenixphorum.com/super-fun-new- ... ight=virus

So the mortality rate has gone down then.

The anti-viral has been tested and proven to work if taken within the first day of symptoms.


There was one or two cases which were thought to be human to human but they could not verify either as all parties were dead before they could get answers.


I am just glad I tend to be near immune to any strains of flu, I just get gas for a day or two. I think it is because I had salmonella at a very young age, and comparing the flu to that is like comparing Everclear to 7up.

VW337 wrote:So the mortality rate has gone down then.

The anti-viral has been tested and proven to work if taken within the first day of symptoms.


There was one or two cases which were thought to be human to human but they could not verify either as all parties were dead before they could get answers.


I am just glad I tend to be near immune to any strains of flu, I just get gas for a day or two. I think it is because I had salmonella at a very young age, and comparing the flu to that is like comparing Everclear to 7up.

Actually I read in the cases they believe that there could of been human to human transfer, from a daughter to a mom but couldn't confirm it as both "could" of had contact w/ the birds.

That anti virus stuff could work but they just arent sure has it has not mutated yet....once it does they can test to see if it does but by then it will be to late. Yet we all should have one IMO...

BTW is it supposed to be "BRIDE" flu or "BIRD" flu? Either way you are a credit to the US education system...........

VW337 wrote:BTW is it supposed to be "BRIDE" flu or "BIRD" flu? Either way you are a credit to the US education system...........

lol, I clearly know how to spell bird, just BLOW a typing, yet BRIDE FLU is prob worse. Those damn BRIDES.....

yeah, at least if you get bird flue it will kill you fairly quick. bride flu could can make you deathly miserable for decades.

pandy, you poor poor sucker

bdubs767 wrote:

VW337 wrote:BTW is it supposed to be "BRIDE" flu or "BIRD" flu? Either way you are a credit to the US education system...........

I clearly....just BLOW a typing,

point taken.............

VW337 wrote:

bdubs767 wrote:

VW337 wrote:BTW is it supposed to be "BRIDE" flu or "BIRD" flu? Either way you are a credit to the US education system...........

I clearly....just BLOW a typing,

point taken.............

true story

I suppose you bought a generator for the year 2000 scare too.

bird flu, schmird flu

gridracer wrote:I suppose you bought a generator for the year 2000 scare too.

being 14 then no lol

Sounds like your econ prof is a bit out of touch.

He is actually a 100% conservative you should like.... so as you expect I go at w/ him in class about political and social issues, yet he is extremely knowledgeable got his DR. degree from Princeton, which in my mind is impressive.

My explanation here was all worst-case scenarios...but he was just trying it illustrate the potential of how a waterfall effect could occur, that could lead to a devastating outcome.

Some of the most unintelligent people I have met have PhDs. One of which I work with.

Having a PhD does not make you intelligent or even knowledgeable. All it makes you is educated, and these days educated does not amount to a hill of beans in many cases.

The smartest and most knowledgeable professor I ever had, only had a masters degree. My college required PhDs, but he was there well before that rule came about and was “grandfathered” in.

I don’t want to make this a political debate, but I personally don’t much care for 100% conservatives, or 100% liberals. Anyone who blindly conforms to an idealism 100% is not a fan of mine.

Ahh fearmongering at it's greatest. God I love it.