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Old 28-04-2009, 12:11   #148
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Re: Pandemic Flu - This one could be for real......

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Originally Posted by Osem View Post
So what? Get out your Oxford University thesaurus and check its exhaustive list of alternatives listed to the word 'shambles' all of which are appropriate to this discussion and don't convey a total degree of anything. If I'd used one of those, would it alter the argument one jot? You acknowledge my use of the phrase 'varying degrees of chaos' so you clearly understand my meaning and are now arguing about simply about a choice of word. Frankly I'd rather we were debating HMG's ability to deal with a flu pandemic.
It just that Shambles is to strong a word to use.

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Frankly I'd rather we were debating HMG's ability to deal with a flu pandemic
OK.
I will repeat it one more time the WHO have said we are best placed to deal with the flu pandemic. Do you know something that the World Health Organisation don't.
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