Got me there UBIQUITOUS, here are the links, UK swine flu deaths reach 29: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/8154419.stm
Pandemic threat worse than Terror: http://news.aol.co.uk/pandemic-threat-worse-than-terror/article/20090716113640881432565
Is that taking into account the vaccination which will be rolled out there next month?
Swine flu vaccine still months away, says global health chief.
Head of World Health Organisation casts doubt on government's claim that first stocks will arrive in August
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jul/14/swine-flu-vaccination-who-chan
That's what I was wondering. How many spares are available?There will be definitely more survivers, as blood can be oxygenated outside the body, so we are only limited by number of machines.
I would say that the mortality figures will be nowhere near those. The take up on the swineflu vaccination will be much much higher than the regular flu vaccination. I expect this will result in an eradication of this strain within a couple of years.
Hey, i'm sounding like an expert now, but am really just guessing.
Britain battles flu panic as thousands rush for treatment
July 25, 2009
SWINE flu panic has gripped Britain, with a dramatic spread of the virus sending a new online prescription service into meltdown. Infection cases have doubled to 100,000 in just a week.
The new National Pandemic Flu Service, established to provide internet users with Tamiflu scripts without seeing a doctor, crashed within minutes of going live on Thursday. It was receiving an estimated 2600 hits a second and 9.3 million hits an hour, forcing the Government to immediately announce increased capacity for the site.
The British chief medical officer defined children under 14 as "super spreaders" as 100,000 people became infected with the H1N1 virus in the seven days to Sunday compared with 55,000 infections the week before.
Significantly, fewer elderly people appear to be succumbing than was initially predicted, suggesting they have developed a level of immunity.
It is not just the old and very young who are dying.my point being i dont think we need to be too hysterical about the issue just need to safeguard those of the public who are in high risk categories eg. the young, the old and the ill
Gob$hiteDYOR if you want to know the truth. The truth will set you free.
Be utterly afraid.
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Report just published:
Swine flu's potency revealed in report
Here, we present the first six cases of H1N1 influenza ... in which patients required admission to intensive care in Australia," a group of doctors write in the Medical Journal of Australia.
The article is informative and manages to be so without being alarmist.
It concludes:
The doctors note the swine flu was a "benign disease" but that it could lead to severe respiratory complications.
"In our series, prompt diagnosis and intensive therapy was associated with favourable outcomes," they also write.
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