Comments on: Swine Flu facts

By: bangkok malco

bangkok malco — Tue, 05 May 2009 21:31:36 +0000

We are coming out of the normal time of year when we have flu circulating in the UK so we don’t really know what size of epidemic there may be in the next couple of months.

By: Carlos

Carlos — Sat, 02 May 2009 06:40:33 +0000

Typical. CRISIS! PANIC! DISASTER!

Until His Hollowness walks calmly out in his smart suit (with optional teleprompter) and lets us all know he’s got the situation well in hand.

“Course, if it obviously isn’t, then it’s something he inherited from GW and not his fault, but he’s doing the best he can given that it was a disaster when he got to the WH.

And it was his own people whipping up the crisis-panic- disaster fears to begin with!

By: Samson

Samson — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 15:25:55 +0000

Actually H1N1(swine flu) has been killing perfectly young adults. Most of the deaths have been linked to previously healthy individuals who are in their 20’s, 30’s and 40’s. Typically the seasonal flu kills 36,000 a year in the U.S. However, these deaths are mostly infants and seniors, not so with this particular strain. Tamiflu has been known to treat the disease, I suggest that a person who is suspected of having H1N1 should get a hold of Tamiflu before they recieve test results, as to mitigate the spread of infection. A suspected case is defined by the CDC and WHO as a person with flu-like symptoms who has either been in direct contact with a CONFIRMED {clinically tested) case or who has traveled to an area within the last 14 days where a H1N1 case has in fact been confirmed.

By: Me

Me — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 15:12:39 +0000

I work for a large hospital group in the South. I sit on the safety committee here are a couple of true fact that were discussed this AM:

1.) There are more cases than are currently being reported. Once the virus is diagnosed & confirmed, the CDC will not report the case for 72 hrs. As of this AM they “think” there are at least 10-15 X’s more cases than being reported.

2.) The swine flu is very antibiotic tolerate. The reason for this is because 70%-80% of all healthy pigs are given antibiotics to prevent illness, thus making the swine flu very difficult to treat.

3.) The mortally rate for the swine flu is about 50%-60% higher than the common “human” flu.

4.) The CDC has this level of urgency rated at a Level 6, which is the highest possible. To my knowledge this is the first ever the CDC has posted a Level 6.

By: Tango

Tango — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 02:03:40 +0000

…I said a few days back that the media hype over the Pig Flu (in the US) was getting to the point of absurd.

The sky ain’t falling, folks!

By: Brian R. Higgins

Brian R. Higgins — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 19:59:24 +0000

If you are reading this you are not at risk. It’s the infants and oldsters who are most at risk. Be considerate of them.

By: NC Cop

NC Cop — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 17:57:39 +0000

Things like this sell newspapers, that’s all. They don’t care about panicking the population, well actually they do, because then people will buy newspapers and watch news shows to see what’s going on.

Our MSM at their finest.

By: MissJean

MissJean — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 16:15:06 +0000

Not all journalists are jumping on the Hype Bandwagon. Today’s frontpage headline in The Port Huron Times Herald:

SWINE FLU NOT CAUSE FOR ALARM: Local health officials say virus is preventable

Inside they ran an AP story on how federal officials predict that the spread of swine flu is unstoppable, but I’d chalk that up to having editorial balance.

By: richmondgirl

richmondgirl — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 14:29:43 +0000

The 23 month old who died in Houston was from Mexico. Crossed at Brownsville then moved to Houston. God knows how many people infected by this one child especially if driven from Brownsville to Houston by its family.