If I'm not mistaken, Colbert was talking about this the other day. Or was it Stewart? Anyhow, it'll be like West Nile: kill a handful and eventually diminish enough to where it's not as big of a threat anymore. _________________ "Anyone can bring pen to paper. Only a true writer bleeds the ink." - Simply Just
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I thought I heard something about this... I've been sort of out of it the past couple of days. I know FOX news was going on about some sort of flu killing kids or something. _________________ thanks to Yasmine Stupidity is not a learning disability.
IIRC, Swine Flu's killed more people in less than a week than SARS did overall.
Considering all the fuss people made about SARS, I'm surprised the American government hasn't given everyone HAZMAT suits yet. _________________ If you are having difficulty with a book, try the element of surprise. Attack it at an hour when it least expects it. - H.G Wells.
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Ginny and Sarah, be careful. _________________ "Anyone can bring pen to paper. Only a true writer bleeds the ink." - Simply Just
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I did hear about this... hopefully it'll go the way of the bird flu.
hopefully....but, the bird flu was a much bigger threat as of right now than the swine flu...
I just hate how the US media makes it sound like some major epidemic, even though the people who really know don't seem nearly as concerned. I was browsing and saw the press conferance held by the NY governor....and, didn't he say something like "It doesn't seem to be an issue of concern"? I dunno, but, I am slightly concerned, but, with things like this, it's typical that everyone blows it out of proportion...
^Yeah, Mexico has it bad.... I hope they contain it in New York... if they can do that, then we'll be ok, I think. _________________ thanks to Yasmine Stupidity is not a learning disability.
^Yeah, Mexico has it bad.... I hope they contain it in New York... if they can do that, then we'll be ok, I think.
I'm not sure, but, I think New York is fine. It was only obtained by 8 high school kids, who were part of 20 who went to Cancun, so, they got it there. All 20 cases in America are not severe at all, in fact, only one had to be hospitalized. They don't know why it isn't as destructive here as in Mexico. but, with an increase in monitoring what and who comes into this country, I'm sure this influenza will subside....
^Yeah, Mexico has it bad.... I hope they contain it in New York... if they can do that, then we'll be ok, I think.
I'm not sure, but, I think New York is fine. It was only obtained by 8 high school kids, who were part of 20 who went to Cancun, so, they got it there. All 20 cases in America are not severe at all, in fact, only one had to be hospitalized. They don't know why it isn't as destructive here as in Mexico. but, with an increase in monitoring what and who comes into this country, I'm sure this influenza will subside....
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It might not be as big of a threat here because we actually have clean water and sterile equipment in our hospitals. Not to say Mexico doesn't, we just have more. _________________ "Anyone can bring pen to paper. Only a true writer bleeds the ink." - Simply Just
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^Yeah, Mexico has it bad.... I hope they contain it in New York... if they can do that, then we'll be ok, I think.
I'm not sure, but, I think New York is fine. It was only obtained by 8 high school kids, who were part of 20 who went to Cancun, so, they got it there. All 20 cases in America are not severe at all, in fact, only one had to be hospitalized. They don't know why it isn't as destructive here as in Mexico. but, with an increase in monitoring what and who comes into this country, I'm sure this influenza will subside....
-SL213
Well, there are 8 confirmed cases here... and one possible on LI. So we're not fine at the moment, But I think we will be, ya know? I'm not worried, either way. _________________ thanks to Yasmine Stupidity is not a learning disability.
^Yeah, Mexico has it bad.... I hope they contain it in New York... if they can do that, then we'll be ok, I think.
I'm not sure, but, I think New York is fine. It was only obtained by 8 high school kids, who were part of 20 who went to Cancun, so, they got it there. All 20 cases in America are not severe at all, in fact, only one had to be hospitalized. They don't know why it isn't as destructive here as in Mexico. but, with an increase in monitoring what and who comes into this country, I'm sure this influenza will subside....
-SL213
Well, there are 8 confirmed cases here... and one possible on LI. So we're not fine at the moment, But I think we will be, ya know? I'm not worried, either way.
yea, but, the cases aren't fatal.....which they don't know the reason for....but, it's likely that if it isn't dealt with, it will become deadly over time. If people just take simple precautions they'll be fine...I have already....like, not chewing my pen, washing my hands more thoroughly, etc.
That number will grow. _________________ "Anyone can bring pen to paper. Only a true writer bleeds the ink." - Simply Just
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yea, saw it on CNN a little while ago. Thing is, from what I've heard, it isn't 100 percent certain that all those cases are swine flu, they're saying it's all proposed.......also, most of them are from that same high school....I'm not sure where the others are from, though. I'm getting nervous now.....but, that may be because I watched CNN, who always seems to put up the worst case scenario....
but, I did hear some possible good news. They say one reason why the flu hasn't been so deadly here is because it has mutated, and has become less of a threat. However, they say it's unpredictable, so, it could get worse, could get better...who knows.....
uh oh......I think my throat is starting to get sore....
Updated, 1:38 p.m. | The authorities have confirmed 28 cases of swine flu of the more than 100 students sickened at a private high school in Queens, and have classified another 17 cases as probable instances of swine flu, but so far there is no sign of any wider influenza outbreak in New York City, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg announced on Monday.
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So far, the mayor said, there is only one reported cluster of swine flu, at St. Francis Preparatory School in Fresh Meadows, Queens, where the number of confirmed and likely cases is 45. “It just means that we have more data back confirming what we had suspected and talked about yesterday,” the mayor said.
He added, “Four to five days after seeing the first signs of the swine flu in Queens, we are still dealing with a single cluster of swine flu cases, all associated with this one school.”
The mayor added that six students with flulike symptoms, tested at a daycare center in the Bronx, also tested negative for swine flu. “This rules out this day care center as a flu cluster, and there are no other clusters evident in New York City,” he said.
Updated, 1:38 p.m. | The authorities have confirmed 28 cases of swine flu of the more than 100 students sickened at a private high school in Queens, and have classified another 17 cases as probable instances of swine flu, but so far there is no sign of any wider influenza outbreak in New York City, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg announced on Monday.
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So far, the mayor said, there is only one reported cluster of swine flu, at St. Francis Preparatory School in Fresh Meadows, Queens, where the number of confirmed and likely cases is 45. “It just means that we have more data back confirming what we had suspected and talked about yesterday,” the mayor said.
He added, “Four to five days after seeing the first signs of the swine flu in Queens, we are still dealing with a single cluster of swine flu cases, all associated with this one school.”
The mayor added that six students with flulike symptoms, tested at a daycare center in the Bronx, also tested negative for swine flu. “This rules out this day care center as a flu cluster, and there are no other clusters evident in New York City,” he said.
I know, I know, but, really, my throat is feeling funny at the moment... >.> but, even, God forbid, I do have it, at least it's not deadly...yet....omg......what if I'm the first..... o.o
and those articles still confuse me. So, only 1 has been confirmed of swine flu? Then what are the other cases? I dun get it...
Queens: Didn't Peter Parker live there? _________________ "Anyone can bring pen to paper. Only a true writer bleeds the ink." - Simply Just
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It's in Europe... I didn't know that....
From what I understand it travelled there from Canadian tourists or something...
Swine Flu Hits Europe With First Confirmed Cases in Britain, Spain
By Craig Whitlock
Washington Post Foreign Service
Monday, April 27, 2009; 5:13 PM
BERLIN, April 27 -- As the first cases of swine flu outside North America were confirmed Monday in Spain and Scotland, European health officials issued a series of contradictory public warnings and vacillated over whether it was safe to travel to the United States or Mexico.
In Luxembourg, Androulla Vassiliou, the European Union's health commissioner, told reporters she was "not worried at this stage" about a global pandemic spreading to Europe but nonetheless urged all travelers to avoid the United States and Mexico "unless it is very urgent for them."
The statement prompted a rebuke from U.S. health officials, who said there was no need to impose a ban on travel to the United States, where 40 cases of swine flu -- none of them fatal -- have been diagnosed. Richard E. Besser, acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, called the E.U. travel warning "quite premature."
Vassiliou later backtracked and said she was simply advising Europeans to avoid "unnecessary travel" to areas in North America where there have been "serious outbreaks" of swine flu in humans.
"People should use their common sense," she told the BBC. "It's unreasonable to ban traveling, or to even advise travelers not to go to, let's say, Chicago or other places where there are no outbreaks. It's only that people should be more careful before they leave."
The European Union said it would hold an emergency meeting of health ministers from its 27 member countries to coordinate a response to the spread of swine flu. The meeting, however, is not scheduled to occur until Thursday.
Meanwhile, individual European countries have issued a melange of travel and health advisories, with some warning against travel to Mexico but others playing down the risk.
Robert Madelin, the European Union's director-general for health and consumer protection, said it was imperative for European countries to fashion a united response.
"If we do not coordinate, individual regions and countries take measures which are inconsistent and create huge economic and personal costs," he told reporters in Brussels.
In Germany, the foreign ministry issued an advisory Monday against nonessential travel to Mexico. It urged the public to monitor conditions in the United States but did not warn against travel there.
Two large German tourism companies, TUI and Thomas Cook, canceled flights to Mexico City until at least next week. They told customers it was still safe to travel directly to Mexican beach resorts, for the time being.
Officials at Frankfurt and Munich international airports, two of Europe's busiest, distributed swine-flu informational leaflets and instructed employees to watch for passengers who might be infected.
"I think we can assume that we will see the virus here soon," Michael Pfleiderer, a German government virologist, told Bavarian radio. "But that does not mean that we should paint the whole picture dark or even black." He said that normal hygiene measures were sufficient to guard against the virus and that local health agencies were well prepared.
In Spain, health officials confirmed that a 23-year-old university student who returned from Mexico last week had tested positive for the virus. The patient has been isolated in a hospital ward in the town of Almansa since Saturday, but his condition is not serious, said Trinidad Jimenez, the Spanish health minister.
Spanish officials said they were treating 20 other suspected but unconfirmed cases, all involving people who recently traveled to Mexico. Suspected cases were also reported in France, Sweden, Germany and Switzerland.
In Scotland, Health Secretary Nicola Sturgeon said late Monday that two people who returned Friday from Mexico had tested "conclusively" for swine flu. Officials said the two patients were being kept in isolation in a hospital in the town of Airdrie and were expected to recover.
Seven people who had been in contact with the travelers have displayed mild flu symptoms but are not being hospitalized, Sturgeon said. "We remain very encouraged by the fact that outside Mexico everyone who has contracted swine flu has experienced mild symptoms only," she said.
British officials said a Canadian tourist visiting Manchester also was suspected of having swine flu after a general test for influenza came back positive. Health officials are investigating 14 other cases involving people with flu-like symptoms who recently traveled to the United States or Mexico. None are hospitalized, however, as they undergo further tests.
British Health Secretary Alan Johnson told the House of Commons that the government had a stockpile of 33 million doses of flu vaccine, enough for about half the United Kingdom's population. He said the government had been building up stockpiles against a potential flu pandemic for the past five years.
Johnson said the government had stepped up health checks for passengers arriving in the United Kingdom. Passengers on planes from Mexico have been questioned by a doctor before being allowed to leave the aircraft.
Correspondent Kevin Sullivan in London contributed to this report.
Oh lord, are we looking at another Black Plague? This is getting a little crazy. When did it start in Mexico?
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I know it started there, I just want to know when, lol. It's been "breaking news" for like a week now, so I'm assuming a little longer than that... _________________ "Anyone can bring pen to paper. Only a true writer bleeds the ink." - Simply Just
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