Ron Weasley has Swine Flu

[nx1701g]

I'm not making that up:

YAHOO!:
Actor Rupert Grint, who plays Ron Weasley in the Harry Potter films, has contracted swine flu, his publicist said Saturday, three days before the latest Potter blockbuster premieres in London.[MORE]

 

[Admiral James Kirk]

Poor kid. I hope he recovers soon.

 

[Takeru]

A lot of people have swine flu, it's no big deal.

 

[sidious618]

A lot of people have swine flu, it's no big deal.

Your compassion is overwhelming.

 

[Bob The Skutter]

Had swine flu, it was reported he's recovered and no longer contagious, and will be attending the premiere.
Glad to hear he's over it and it was only a mild case.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8134632.stm

 

[bigdaddy]

A lot of people have swine flu, it's no big deal.

Yep, they say there will be 100,000 new cases of swine flu A DAY in August. You have to listen to the media hype through! They will never lie to you for ratings!

 

[MeanJoePhaser]

In an unrelated story, Ron Piggly has Ferret Flu.

 

[Shazam!]

Has anyone made a Swine Flu/Hogwarts joke yet?

 

[Neeka Keet]

Had swine flu people, had. Ginge is fine now.

 

[RoJoHen]

A couple of my mom's students had swine flu, too. Do I care? No, because they recovered just fine.

 

[bigdaddy]

Just to report, I had regular flu this year... twice!

 

[Anthony Sabre]

I closed the flue on my chimney today.

 

[Takeru]

Just to report, I had regular flu this year... twice!

And just for the record, a regular flu is more likely to kill you than swine flu. The media hype is just ridiculous, swine flu is really not a big deal, a lot of people have it, most of them will recover completely.

 

[Aurian]

It might not be a dangerous thing.. but it does sound more icky than ordinary flu.

 

[Teelie]

Swine Flu is the new Avian Flu. All media hype, little actual damage. IIRC, more people die in a month from the regular flu than the swine flu has killed in total. So the only thing to even remotely worrry about is a resurgence in 3-4 months that may or may not happen and might but probably not kill even more people.

 

[Jax]

The normal Flu kills more at this rate so nothing to wrry about really anyone who has died in the UK all 2 of them (or 3) had underlying conditions before they had the Flu...

Am sure at Hogwarts someone has made a cure

 

[Bob The Skutter]

The normal Flu kills more at this rate so nothing to wrry about really anyone who has died in the UK all 2 of them (or 3) had underlying conditions before they had the Flu...

Am sure at Hogwarts someone has made a cure

I believe the number stands at 4 in the UK so far. 383 worldwide. Not that high but that doesn't there isn't a risk. No doubt the news has been overblown but new strains of flu are something to be cautious over.

 

[tomalak301]

A lot of people have swine flu, it's no big deal.

Yep, they say there will be 100,000 new cases of swine flu A DAY in August. You have to listen to the media hype through! They will never lie to you for ratings!

Swine flu was so April. Now is Michael Jackson.

 

[roguephoenix]

A lot of people have swine flu, it's no big deal.

Your compassion is overwhelming.

i think he needs to experience it for himself. here's to hoping!

 

[roguephoenix]

Swine flu was so April. Now is Michael Jackson.

i think that's more of a mental condition than anything contagious. although, one can also debate if mental condition is contagious.