H1N1 (Swine) Flu

[Ra]

Originally Posted by Stryker

Remember when we were all gonna die from the bird flu? Smallpox? SARS?

Haa... I remember freaking out about bird-flu like the young teenager I was back then. "WE'RE ALL GOING TO DIE!!"

I'm reading about the swine flue whenever I can though. While I'd doubt that the human race will kneel over from it, it's still worrying about how something like this can spread so quickly. Hopefully it can be controlled soon.

The sad thing is that this thing is everywhere in the world now. There is no sugar coating that fact. No matter if you are in Australia or Europe, every continent will have someone suspected of carrying (or actually carrying) the disease. I'm suspecting at least one or two cases will be labelled as "clean" while they are still carrying the disease within them, despite showing no symptoms. Hopefully I'm wrong...

Originally Posted by Raph's Girl

Safe nothin!! Swine Flu is currently in New Zealand and there's 88 unconfirmed cases in Australia!

Well, looks like I'm dead. YAY!

[doomiscool]

lol! When I get up every day, all news is practically yelling "You're going to die!!!" at people over here in the UK because 2 people have been diagnosed with it who came back from Mexico

It's just like that bird flu panic...I didn't die then and I'd be surprised if I die now

[Hannah]

omg mrsa rite

[Machias Banshee]

MRSA's actually more dangerous than this, I think...

Having just spent my entire day at a hospital and chatted with the nurses there, I figure a healthy respect and keeping yourself educated on swine flu is the best thing. You just have to take the same precautions as you would to avoid regular flu. Wash your hands after touching doorhandles, keyboards and money. Keep your immune system healthy.

And not kiss any pigs while visiting Mexico, ya know...


The whole death thing in Mexico is happening, I think, because the healthcare (or lack of) is totally different from here in the US. If you live in crowded conditions without clean water or proper medical attention, a disease is going to Flourish. With the US, (the last I'd watched the news) most of the people I've heard about getting sick up here are either recovering or Have recovered.

[MrPliggins]

I think the media is blowing this way out of proportion. There's a need to be concerned and educated, but not panicky like the media wants us to be.

Oh by the way, the one Ohio case was a kid in the town next to mine. I believe he has recovered.

[Roseangelo]

Originally Posted by MrPliggins

I think the media is blowing this way out of proportion. There's a need to be concerned and educated, but not panicky like the media wants us to be.

So I didn't need to duct tape a plastic tarp around my apartment?

[Ninjinister]

Originally Posted by MrPliggins

Oh by the way, the one Ohio case was a kid in the town next to mine. I believe he has recovered.

Masahiro Sakurai yelled at him and he got better.

...I honestly have no idea what I'm posting. I need sleep. F'in heck.

[Raph's Girl]

Mrsa is very dangerous. It was first discovered in 1961 and kills hundreds of people each year (including my brother 20 years ago). Those that survive have it the rest of their lives as it stays in your system (I have a step-uncle with it).

When Sars first came out I kept on laughing whenever it was mentioned because there's a local grocery store called Saars.

Im always super leary about the new strains that come out all the time. This year with Swine flu is really not new for me to panic. I have an extremely weak immune system and get sick very easily.

Oh BTW.. more countries have been added to the list.

Costa Rica: 2 confirmed
Australia now has 91 unconfirmed
Switzerland, Honduras, Venezuela, Iceland, Italy, Panama, Dominican Republic, and Uraguay all have unconfirmed
The confirmed cases in the UK are in Scotland.

More states as well: Maine, Florida, Tennessee, Arizona, Connecticut, Delaware, Oklahoma, and New Hampshire all have unconfirmed cases.

In Canada, Ontario now has 4 confirmed cases and Alberta has 2 confirmed. B.C has 3 confirmed and Nova Scotia has 2. Saskatchewan and Prince Edward Island have unconfirmed cases.

[sdp]

Hype?

Maybe, but currently living in Mexico City and seeing the city as close to a ghost town as it can get is surreal. Its one of the largest cities of the world.

School from primary to university were stopped last Thursday and we won't be back until June. Today its announced that all restaurants can not open, they can only deliver food. most people are wearing surgical masks. Museums/bars/clubs/sports events/concerts/etc all closed/canceled.


Yeah I hope its mostly the goverments overreacting so this doesn't become a problem but putting a city/nation to halt is not done just for fun.




It really hasn't been that great for me since I moved here, stolen iphone, stolen car, swine flu, earthquake yesterday....then again when I was living in Missouri was when we were getting the deadliest tornados ever and the ice storm that cut off our electricity for almost a week.....maybe god is trying to tell me something.

[That Matt Guy]

Head for the Alps, THE BORDER IS CLOSED!!

[The Stryker]

Run around in circles! IT'S COMING!

[Raph's Girl]

Oy ve! A baby in Texas has died from the swine flu!

http://www.reuters.com/article/topNe...38123420090429

A 23-month-old child in Texas has died from the new H1N1 swine flu, becoming the first U.S. death from the virus, a U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention official said on Wednesday.

It is the first death from swine flu reported outside Mexico, the country hardest hit by the influenza outbreak. U.S. officials have confirmed 65 cases of swine flu, most of them

"Unfortunately, this morning I do have to confirm that we have the first death of a child from H1N1 flu virus. And this is in Texas, a 23-month-old child," Dr. Richard Besser, acting head of the CDC, told the CBS "Early Show."

Besser had predicted that as they searched for cases, CDC experts would find severe infections and deaths in the United States, even though most of the patients had mild illness.

"As we look, we're going to find more cases. We're going to find more severe cases and I expect that we'll continue to see additional deaths," Besser told NBC's "Today" show.

He said additional details would be released by Texas authorities.

Mexico previously had reported the only deaths -- 159, based on symptoms and initial tests, with seven deaths so far confirmed by additional laboratory analysis at the World Health Organization.

Influenza regularly kills people around the world, with an estimated 250,000 to 500,000 deaths from the seasonal virus every year. Every year at least a few perfectly healthy children die from seasonal influenza in the United States.

WHO and CDC officials have been trying to assess just how serious the new H1N1 swine influenza strain is. It has been found globally, with cases across North America, Europe and New Zealand.

"We have about 100 cases outside Mexico, and now you have one death. That is very significant," said Lo Wing Lok, an infectious disease expert in Hong Kong.

Besser said the news should not change anyone's behavior. "We're not changing our recommendations. The recommendations we've been giving are the right ones to reduce the risk of you or your family members getting flu," Besser said.

The CDC recommends frequent hand-washing to avoid infection with the new flu virus. It also recommends that people who are sick stay home, cover sneezes and coughs, and avoid unnecessary travel to Mexico until more is known.

And a country update: Spain now has 4 confirmed, Germany has 3 confirmed, and Austria has 1 confirmed

[The Stryker]

Never mind that infants die all the time from normal sicknesses.

[BubblyShell22]

This is scary for me. I understand we shouldn't panic, but we should still be on alert. The confirmed case in Indiana was a Notre Dame student. There haven't been any reports on how the person got the flu, but he/she recovered.

[doomiscool]

Lol! Even our government is over-reacting now!

The other day an article said the UK wasn't bothering about getting protective face masks as they have no evidence of helping stop swine flu spreading, then today, front page of the newspaper "FLU: BRITAIN ORDERS 32M MASKS"

It also now claims "As the death toll in Mexico reaches 152, 4 out of 10 people in Britain (40%) are at risk of catching Swine Flu"

The joy...

[Ninjinister]

Originally Posted by That Matt Guy

Head for the Alps, THE BORDER IS CLOSED!!

F***! I was planning on going to Taco Bell today for lunch.

Originally Posted by Stryker

Run around in circles! IT'S COMING!

I do that anyway... wheeee!

[That Matt Guy]

I'm leaving this galaxy for one less complicated.

[Raph's Girl]

Lets all move to Russia or Japan. Those are about the only countries not effected.

Meanwhile, 2 kids in Lowell, Masachusetts have been confirmed as having Swine Flu.

[The Stryker]

I must go now, My planet needs me.

[Evenstar227]

Influenza regularly kills people around the world, with an estimated 250,000 to 500,000 deaths from the seasonal virus every year.

The flu regularly kills half a million people each year and people are getting bent out of shape over the couple hundred deaths reported thus far? Doesn't that seem a bit skewed?

Originally Posted by Raph's Girl

Oy ve! A baby in Texas has died from the swine flu!

http://www.reuters.com/article/topNe...38123420090429

The article says that was a Mexican child who came to the US for treatment. Puts a different spin on it to know that (my first thought was that it was a US kid), but still sad.