Comments on: Will the Swine Flu Be the Earth’s Sixth Extinction: Homo-Sapiens? “emergency preparedness committee”

By: Bruce W

Bruce W — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:25:23 +0000

Not likely, but consider this.
The world is experiencing one of the greatest extinction events ever due to the ecological ruin caused by people. Species are dropping left and right as the rainforests are burned, the oceans are overfished and acidified, fresh water is polluted and wasted on inefficient agriculture, the atmosphere is choked out and contaminated creating global climate change. Melting ice caps and hundred year long droughts will take there toll and you’re worried about a little flu bug killing people?
Maybe mother nature is getting tired of the most selfish and inconsiderate species since the dawn of time and s starting to take aim at good old modern man. Seems like its about time.

By: Duke O

Duke O — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:51:20 +0000

There’s no chance in hell. Swine flu is very treatable, this is just a extreme overreaction from the media. You are 1000x times more likely to die from a common flu virus.
Extinction from disease is ultra rare in sexual species. Extinction from Nuclear holocaust or a meteor the size of Texas is much more likely.
With sexual reproduction comes intraspecies genetic diversity. There is bound to be some segment of the population that is resistant or immune to any disease that may come about.
For example, 10% of Caucasians are immune to HIV. I’m 99.99% sure there is a much larger portion of the population that is resistant if not immune to swine flu.

By: The Amazing SpiderManda

The Amazing SpiderManda — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:33:11 +0000

Very unlikely. There was a Flu Pandemic in 1918, and the whole human race wasn’t wiped out. And it doesn’t look like all of the strains of the Swine Flu are deadly. It all depends on how aggressive the strain is, how fast you get it treated, etc. If you get Swine Flu, there’s a good chance that you won’t die. Most of the cases in the US are quite mild, actually.

By: thebulletwithin

thebulletwithin — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 09:58:16 +0000

Eh… probably not, because even the Bubonic Plague didn’t kill EVERYONE. And we have medicine now.