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Forget the Women & Children, Vaccinate the Cats!

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It seems that no living being is immune to swine flu. It has been reported that a cat in Iowa has been tested positive for the H1N1 virus. This obviously is a foreshadowing of the end of times. This disease discriminates not. Whether you are man or beast, you are in danger of contracting this virus and being uncomfortable for a few days (in most cases). But let’s get back to the matter of the poor cat.

With this new revelation, it is imperative that the government and pharmaceutical companies redouble their efforts to get even more vaccines on the market to stop the rising pet swine flu pandemic. Human can fend for themselves but the poor pets are helpless against this evil disease.

…the case is prompting the association, along with the American Association of Feline Practitioners, to remind pet owners “they should monitor their pets’ health very closely, no matter what type of animal, and visit a veterinarian if there are any signs of illness.” (Washing Post)

So for the love of God, please keep a close eye on your pets, especially cats. And even more importantly, keep your children away from your pets. They might get sick by contracting the swine flu virus brought home from school or the playground.

34 Comments to Forget the Women & Children, Vaccinate the Cats!

  1. Art on The Sarcasmist Art
    November 4, 2009 at 1:29 pm |

    OH MY GOD! NOT THE CATS! NOT THEM! WHY GOD ARE YOU SO CRUEL?!?! TAKE ME! TAKE MEEE!!!!!!!!!!!

  2. Celeste on The Sarcasmist Celeste
    November 4, 2009 at 1:51 pm |

    LOL Art. Your comment made me pee a little.

  3. fuzzysheep on The Sarcasmist fuzzysheep
    November 4, 2009 at 1:52 pm |

    Why? Because God is a dog.

    And he hates cats.

  4. Lena on The Sarcasmist Lena
    November 4, 2009 at 1:54 pm |

    This is all a fucking business for some intelligent people who manipulate stupid people and make them believe these kind of shit and spend money on medicine……

  5. Lori on The Sarcasmist Lori
    November 4, 2009 at 1:58 pm |

    Oh crap, my cat sneezed, hurry everyone get your safety masks and call the ambulance. We all need to rush to the emergency vet. Lets put the poor thing down before he suffers horribly from the sniffles and has to take medicine for a week!!

  6. Josh on The Sarcasmist Josh
    November 4, 2009 at 1:58 pm |

    The swine flu does not exist.

    • pig on The Sarcasmist pig
      November 4, 2009 at 8:15 pm |

      haha well done. kudos for a very complete and logical statement.

    • Kyle on The Sarcasmist Kyle
      November 6, 2009 at 12:20 am |

      You don’t exist.

  7. Wow on The Sarcasmist Wow
    November 4, 2009 at 1:59 pm |

    Lena I hope you know this swine flu ISNT something to joke about? Its worse than it was back in 08. As for the animals, poor them.

    • Liliai on The Sarcasmist Liliai
      November 7, 2009 at 5:48 pm |

      mooooron.
      I caught “swine flu” from one of my friends, and it lasted two days and was no worse than the common cold.

      Upon research I found that swine flu has fewer death rates than the regular flu, AND it has the exact same symptoms as the regular flu.

      This leads me to believe that the swine flu is in fact just the regular flu, and they are just trying to make money off of unnecessary vaccines.

      Do some actual research and find out for yourself, rather than furthering the media-driven pandemic.

  8. Binky on The Sarcasmist Binky
    November 4, 2009 at 2:04 pm |

    OMG am I going to die because that lazy slacker maid who runs my house could possibly bring home a disease. I need to go to my country house wait a minute I am already at the Versailles, never mind let them eat cake!

  9. Hahaha on The Sarcasmist Hahaha
    November 4, 2009 at 2:08 pm |

    Complete with a smack at the current U.S. health care system, sarcastic comment of Apocalyptic proportions, and the Lolz-catesque picture, this has got to be my favorite Sarcasmist post yet. Keep up the good work!

  10. RealityCheck on The Sarcasmist RealityCheck
    November 4, 2009 at 2:24 pm |

    Whats funny is the fact that H1N1 hit us in 1918. It killed between 50 and 100 million people worldwide, infected 1/3 of the population of the earth, yet it got no media attention because it would damage morale. Except Spain decided to write about the epidemic. Therefore it was commonly known as… the Spanish Flu.

    • Notquite on The Sarcasmist Notquite
      November 4, 2009 at 2:41 pm |

      Actually, the 1918 influenza pandemic was a completely different strain of H1N1.

    • Meli on The Sarcasmist Meli
      November 5, 2009 at 11:47 am |

      You, AND your first commentor, need to read the book called Flu (Nonfiction, not sure of the author). It dives into the search for what made the disease so deadly, and the general history of the Flu…
      If you read this, youd know more about it, and know that the 1918 influenza was NOT H1N1, that term is only describing how the virus is built, its not a general term for all flues. AND, it was called Spanish Influenza, NOT because the spanish wrote about it, but because everyone believed it had originated in the Spanish countries.
      I could go on, but I havnt read the book in 2 years… I should find it at my library and read it again, itll be interesting to compare to todays flu.

    • Kyle on The Sarcasmist Kyle
      November 6, 2009 at 12:22 am |

      You guys are arguing about the science and history of the flu on a website dedicated to sarcasm… Brilliant.