Swine Flu
#22
Posted 27 April 2009 - 03:31 AM
#23
Posted 27 April 2009 - 03:41 AM
Vaccine's for each new year are based off last years Vaccine, because the flu is just a mutation of what we have already dealt with. We also have a built up immunity from the human flu too.
That's why Swine flu is so deadly, it's a strain we never get, and because of that we have no immunity and no Vaccine prepared. Even if we use the vaccine from the last outbreak it will need to be updated from last time to fit this strain of the virus.
We have 4 confirmed cases here in Canada just announced today, but 2 are from a more minor strain. I will bet we might see a case or two in Europe and Asian before the week is out. As there are no travel bans in effect.
#24
Posted 27 April 2009 - 04:07 AM
#25
Posted 27 April 2009 - 05:18 AM
Though the World Health Organization (WHO) is referring to the situation as a "public-health emergency of international concern," the apparent emergence in several countries of an entirely new strain of H1N1 flu virus has led some scientists to believe that it is only a matter of time before the WHO declares pandemic status, a move that could prompt travel bans to infected countries. "We are clearly seeing wide spread," says Michael Osterholm, a pandemic risk expert who runs the University of Minnesota's Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy. "There is no question."
#26
Posted 27 April 2009 - 07:04 PM
#27
Posted 27 April 2009 - 07:36 PM
The black Plague ring any bells seriously and the west Nile
#28
Posted 27 April 2009 - 08:34 PM
President Barack Obama urged calm, saying there was reason for concern but not yet "a cause for alarm."
But administration officials said they were already waging a vigorous campaign of prevention, unsure of the outbreak's severity or where it would show up next.
"We want to make sure that we have people where they need to be, equipment where it needs to be and, most of all, information shared at all levels," Janet Napolitano, head of the Homeland Security Department, told reporters.
The World Health Organization "now has us at a level 3" out of six levels of intensity, with six being a full pandemic, she said.
"Even if they raise the level today, our preparations are as if they had already been raised. We are proceeding as if we are preparing to a full pandemic," she said.
She said travel warnings for trips to Mexico would remain in place as long as swine flu is detected.
#29
Posted 27 April 2009 - 08:55 PM
Edited by RyrineaHaruno, 27 April 2009 - 08:59 PM.
#30
Posted 27 April 2009 - 10:27 PM
I can't wait for this to hit Europe. I'll probably soil my pants as I make this stupid and sarcastic doodle.
Hey, face life with a smile , right kids?
#31
Posted 27 April 2009 - 10:33 PM
I can't wait for this to hit Europe. I'll probably soil my pants as I make this stupid and sarcastic doodle.
Hey, face life with a smile , right kids?
It's all fun and games until someone gets hurt..
I wonder when ABC will make a movie about it like they did with the Avian flu?
#32
Posted 27 April 2009 - 11:42 PM
Black Plague was from the 13th century.
West Nile wasn't exactly a global pandemic like it is now. This is a strain of influenza which we've never encountered. Don't know why those two have to do with his comment.
Swine Flu is on global alert now, with cases everywhere. Travel bans should be in place soon, methinks, or at least limited.
Wait, wait, wait.
Obama Administration said there's no need for alarm? We're breaking out all over the world here! D:<
Edited by Cloud, 27 April 2009 - 11:43 PM.
#33
Posted 28 April 2009 - 12:17 AM
ALL flu comes from Pigs that is how it is vectored Waterfowl > Pigs > Humans to think this in any different is just wrong serious maybe but pandemic NOT YET
Also to compare this with the Black Death where whole villages were wiped out is just silly
Edited by Verilance, 28 April 2009 - 12:19 AM.
#34
Posted 28 April 2009 - 01:51 AM
How is keeping informed spreading panic?
It's better to remain informed of what's going on, than to close your eyes and assume that there isn't really anything to be concerned about.
I choose to remain informed, and keep those I know informed with me.
#35
Posted 28 April 2009 - 03:05 AM
when people start talking about global catastrophes they need to really think about what they are saying it does no one any good to fly of the handle.
IF it starts to spread at an incredible rate then maybe I would be worried but for now just doing what I normally do to avoid any flu ie frequent washing of my hands is enough precaution in my book
#36
Posted 28 April 2009 - 04:01 AM
Just keep clean, drink lots of OJ, get a lot of sleep, and don't worry about it. Do what you can do, but don't worry about stuff outside your control.
I know this might sound a tad religious, but "It's in God's hands now. I can't think of a better place for it."
#37 Guest_Kodachi Claws_*
Posted 28 April 2009 - 05:20 AM
Besides, I actually think I may have came down with this 3 weeks ago; I woke up violently ill and had to eject from both ends, if you know what I mean, as soon as I got to the bathroom (twice, in fact). I also had a slight headache and fever, and I'll tell you, the ride sure isn't pretty, but you should pull through in a couple of days.
This editorial I read sums up how the media tends to treat outbreaks:
#38
Posted 28 April 2009 - 09:03 PM
Most of the nation's confirmed cases were in New York, where the city health commissioner said "many hundreds" of schoolchildren were ill at a school where several students had confirmed cases of swine flu.
Richard Besser, acting director of the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, noted that although ordinary human flu accounts for 36,000 deaths every year, he was concerned by this strain.
"I fully expect we will see deaths from this infection," Besser said at an Atlanta news conference.
He said he did not know about a newspaper report of two deaths in two southern California hospitals in which the victims appeared to have suffered from swine flu symptoms.
New York has the largest number of swine flu cases, with a heavy concentration at a Catholic school in Queens where students recently went on a spring break trip to Mexico.
There were indications that the outbreak may have spread beyond the school, with two people having to be hospitalized and officials closing a school for autistic children down the road. Those cases have not been confirmed.
"It is here and it is spreading," New York City Health Commissioner Thomas Frieden said. "We do not know whether it will continue to spread."
Mayor Michael Bloomberg said that 82 of 380 students at P.S. 177, a school for autistic children, have called in sick. A third school in Manhattan is being evaluated because students there are sick, Frieden said.
The CDC said the country has 64 confirmed cases across five states, with 45 in New York, one in Ohio, two in Kansas, six in Texas and 10 in California. At least four other cases have been reported by states.
At least five other people have been hospitalized in the U.S., including three in California and two in Texas, Besser said.
#39
Posted 28 April 2009 - 09:04 PM
Damn. Targets the young and healthy, so I'd better shape up.
#40
Posted 29 April 2009 - 06:19 AM
I think the flu is spreading through people who travel; they go to infected places, catch the flu, then go home and bring it back with them. Might as well keep clean, I guess.
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