Swine flu pandemic fears

[Datsun Disguise]

Oh, come on - here in Victoria nearly everyone has it : People are all having to stay in their cars to get diagnosed at the doctors office, and the pharmacy is out of tamiflu, as well as masks! Doc said it was too late for tamiflu for me anyway, ugh

The furnace for you Nyden - resistance is futile.

 

[Nyden]

The furnace for you Nyden - resistance is futile.

A furnace? Ohh, that sounds so warm. I just might take you up on that ... brr :goodnight

There is a very bright side to this though, the fact that I decided to sell my stock holdings so that I wouldn't have to worry about losing profits whilst I was sick Thank you swine-flu

 

[johenmo]

Oink, oink - I've got the swine flu!

Hope you're wearing gloves when you type Nyden. Or we'll have keyboard-keyboard transmission next.

Might have to put a maskon the monitor...

Seriously - hope the recovery goes well and is quick

 

[Julia]

Bad luck, Nyden. Hope you're better soon.

 

[Aussiejeff]

A furnace? Ohh, that sounds so warm. I just might take you up on that ... brr :goodnight

There is a very bright side to this though, the fact that I decided to sell my stock holdings so that I wouldn't have to worry about losing profits whilst I was sick Thank you swine-flu

Lol.

I'm sure I said "Ban him" - not "BURN him"!!!

Which version were you told you had? Swine Flu v1.0 or v2.0. Been to Brazil lately??

BRAZILIAN scientists have identified a new strain of the H1N1 virus after examining samples from a patient in Sao Paulo, a research institute says. The variant has been called A/Sao Paulo/1454/H1N1 by the Adolfo Lutz Bacteriological Institute, which compared it with samples of the A(H1N1) swine flu from California.

http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,25649394-5005961,00.html

Whatever, all the best for a speeedy recovery!



aj

PS: I wiped my keys after typing this....

 

[Nyden]

Thank you all

It really isn't so bad though, I don't quite know what all the fuss is about Just the media blowing it all out of proportion I suppose

Although, those first few days ... boy was I cold

 

[MrBurns]

Looks like we've moved from sustain to protect although no one knows what any of those mean, we were in refrain, mundane and hold then hit with a big stick and run and hide.

Good to see the Govt's got a handle on this

 

[Prospector]

Thank you all

It really isn't so bad though, I don't quite know what all the fuss is about Just the media blowing it all out of proportion I suppose

Although, those first few days ... boy was I cold

Ah, you have man flu then. My nephew, on Day 2 now, is fine, not even sick enough for the Tamiflu.

 

[Aussiejeff]

Ah, you have man flu then. My nephew, on Day 2 now, is fine, not even sick enough for the Tamiflu.

Oh.

I thought the Tamils were finished...??



BTW, will the new Brazilian v2.0 be come known as the Braflu? :hide:

 

[GumbyLearner]

Swine Flu ad from 1976

 

[Timmy]

Oink, oink - I've got the swine flu!

Get well soon Nyden!

 

[spooly74]

4th June The breakdown is: ACT 4, NSW 70, NT 2, Qld 28, SA 7, Tas 5, Vic 521, WA 2, - total 639

3 weeks later it's as follows:
25th June The breakdown is: ACT 127, NSW 592, NT 115, Qld 469, SA 224, Tas 67, Vic 1509, WA 177 - total 3280 with 3 related deaths

 

[noirua]

The UK has announced that the figure for registered cases of swine influenza has reached 10,000, and is expected to accelerate into the Autumn (Sept - November). Deaths total two, one in Scotland and another in England. There is a warning that pregnant women are more likely to contract swine Flu, the reason is not know, and the form has proven to be more virulent.

 

[Prospector]

I think it is not that pregnant women are more likely to contract it, but when they do get it, the effects of the fever (any fever actually) impact on the developing fetus. The first 3 months are the worst. So when a pregnant woman gets symptoms, she will get tested for treatment. If I got the symptoms, I wouldnt bother. So it just seems like pregnant women are more likely to get it. Damn statistics and all that.

Young people seem to be the most likely to be suffering this, although for most their immune system is better able to fight it. It seems that unless you are suffering co-morbidities (obesity/diabetes/cancer) then older people have perhaps already been exposed to enough viruses over the years that they are less likely to contract this virus. Also, younger people dont tend to get immunised against seasonal flu, the way older people do. I am sure the picture of who gets it is a mosaic and not influenced by just 1 factor.

My nephew (who tested positive last week) made a very quick recovery after three days - his main symptom was a sore throat and high temp. He is 14. Neither of his parents, both of whom nursed him, contracted it.

 

[noirua]

I think it is not that pregnant women are more likely to contract it, but when they do get it, the effects of the fever (any fever actually) impact on the developing fetus. The first 3 months are the worst. So when a pregnant woman gets symptoms, she will get tested for treatment. If I got the symptoms, I wouldnt bother. So it just seems like pregnant women are more likely to get it. Damn statistics and all that.

Young people seem to be the most likely to be suffering this, although for most their immune system is better able to fight it. It seems that unless you are suffering co-morbidities (obesity/diabetes/cancer) then older people have perhaps already been exposed to enough viruses over the years that they are less likely to contract this virus. Also, younger people dont tend to get immunised against seasonal flu, the way older people do. I am sure the picture of who gets it is a mosaic and not influenced by just 1 factor.

My nephew (who tested positive last week) made a very quick recovery after three days - his main symptom was a sore throat and high temp. He is 14. Neither of his parents, both of whom nursed him, contracted it.

Thanks for that Prospector. Everything seems to be moving very similar to the epidemic after the First World War when over 50 million were estimated to have died. My Uncle James died from it in 1919, he was 4-years-old, and both my Grandfathers contracted it and one Grandmother and all survived.

 

[Julia]

Noirua, remember that most of those people died from bacterial infections following the virus, and/or had underlying health problems and they had no penicillin.

 

[spooly74]

Noirua, remember that most of those people died from bacterial infections following the virus, and/or had underlying health problems and they had no penicillin.

Roughly 48% of current deaths in the US had no underlying medical condition.

http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=roZ1oOE1QjVE-1BJnkRV5Jw

 

[noirua]

Noirua, remember that most of those people died from bacterial infections following the virus, and/or had underlying health problems and they had no penicillin.

I don't know about what you say but I expect you're right though Julia. There was a long delay burying people and I was told that some were buried in woodland graves near where they died.

A report on the influenza build up: http://www.ballaratgenealogy.org.au/digby/1919flu.htm

Over half of those who died were young healthy adults. 675,000 died in America, 17 million in India and around 13,000 in Australia.
Figures are not precise and deaths were put at 21 million originally and raised to 39 million. Estimates a lot later put figures nearer 100 million.
About one person in five who contracted the virus worldwide died but the figure cannot be checked properly.

 

[Prospector]

I don't know about what you say but I expect you're right though Julia. There was a long delay burying people and I was told that some were buried in woodland graves near where they died.

A report on the influenza build up: http://www.ballaratgenealogy.org.au/digby/1919flu.htm

Over half of those who died were young healthy adults. 675,000 died in America, 17 million in India and around 13,000 in Australia.
Figures are not precise and deaths were put at 21 million originally and raised to 39 million. Estimates a lot later put figures nearer 100 million.
About one person in five who contracted the virus worldwide died but the figure cannot be checked properly.

You really just cannot compare what happened after WWI with current health practices.

 

[Timmy]

About one person in five who contracted the virus worldwide died but the figure cannot be checked properly.

So this pig flu beat up is nothing like that pandemic, right?