doihavepigflu.com

Good scam, 1) put up a silly website capitalizing on a current crazy, just simple text with one amazon associate link that will pay commission on anything someone buys from amazon during that session... 2) get it picked up by boing boing, other outlets... 3) PROFIT!

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#12 posted by Anonymous, April 30, 2009 2:36 PM

These sites really need RSS feeds so I can keep up with this sort of information :)

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#13 posted by MrAndrews, April 30, 2009 2:44 PM

That site is silly. It just gives everyone the same answer. For a real scientific analysis, you need to use mine:

http://1889.ca/doihaveswineflu

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#14 posted by jasonjayr, April 30, 2009 3:05 PM

What's astounding -- is the amount of code+css behind those tiny little sites ....

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#15 posted by Chevan, April 30, 2009 3:07 PM

The real question: http://hasmadagascarcloseditsport.com/

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#16 posted by Anonymous, April 30, 2009 3:14 PM

Is it any surprise that people buying the Pandemic Swine Flu First Aid and Safety Kit on Amazon are the same right wing nuts who are scared of Obama?

Check out "customers also bought" at the bottom
http://www.amazon.com/Pandemic-Swine-Flu-First-Safety/dp/B000FUMO68/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=hpc&qid=1241127197&sr=1-4

or, screen grab hosted here:
http://slackerdiy.com/images/amazon-swine-flu.jpg

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#17 posted by t3hmadhatter, April 30, 2009 3:48 PM

I'm going to Madagascar.
(for those of you who never played Pandemic 2, you won't get it.)

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#18 posted by sum.zero, April 30, 2009 4:59 PM

http://www.endoftheinternet.com

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#19 posted by Stefan Jones, April 30, 2009 5:00 PM

#14: They need all that code to run the soul-stealing part.

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#20 posted by Anonymous, April 30, 2009 5:02 PM

Shouldn't it be

http://www.doihaveswineflu.com/

I've never heard it referred to as "Pig Flu" before...

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#21 posted by Anonymous, April 30, 2009 5:26 PM

endofworld.net

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#22 posted by fnc, April 30, 2009 5:31 PM

#16 - The first customer review is awesome.

"100% success rate."

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#23 posted by Anonymous, April 30, 2009 5:34 PM

Haha, yeah guys, high five! Stupid WHO, what do they know?!

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#24 posted by justanotherusername, April 30, 2009 5:52 PM

Sure the media likes scaremongering, but pandemics are -pardon the pun- nothing to sneeze at.

Laurie Garrett on lessons from the 1918 flu.
Larry Brilliant wants to stop pandemics. (goto 13:00)

For the moment however everybody can keep coughing and sneezing and spreading their germs: http://www.google.org/flutrends/

From InSTEDD Influenza Manual v1-5:

"Did you know there is a scientific method for washing your hands?

According to the CDC, hand washing is the “most important means of preventing the spread of infection.” Here’s how to wash them well and perhaps avoid a cold or the flu. As we mentioned before, wash our hands for 20 seconds or the time is takes to sing `Happy Birthday’ twice.

Instructions:

• Step 1: Turn on the sink and get your hands wet with warm water.
• Step 2: Use plenty of soap and rub hands together vigorously for at least 10 seconds.
• Step 3: Wash palms, backs of hands, wrists, fingers and under fingernails.
• Step 4: Rinse hands thoroughly with warm water.
• Step 5: Dry hands with a clean towel or paper towel.
• Step 6: Turn off the sink with the towel - this prevents reinfection of your hands."