A MEMBER of the World Health Organisation has dismissed claims that more than 150 people have died from swine flu, saying it has officially recorded only seven deaths around the world.
Reports have put the likely death toll from the virus at 152, with Mexican officials confirming 20 deaths.
The number of cases under observation in Mexico alone has reportedly reached 1614.
But Vivienne Allan, from WHO's patient safety program, said the body had confirmed that worldwide there had been just seven deaths - all in Mexico - and 79 confirmed cases of the disease.
"Unfortunately that (150-plus deaths) is incorrect information and it does happen, but that's not information that's come from the World Health Organisation,'' Ms Allan said.
Preventative and self defence is ok if the supply is reasonable. At the moment it isn't
Your argument is not relevant to the social justice and ethical behaviour of doctors. They should not be doing this at the moment. If you were travelling to america, or mexico yes, staying in Australia, no.
I never said it is a bad thing to have protections vs this, but to take it away from people who need it is a social justice problem, which is what I said.
Anna Bligh has been on the radio again this morning recommending everyone gets a flu vaccination. Given how recent the outbreak of swine flu is, it's hard to imagine much work has been done on measuring the effectiveness of the seasonal flu vaccine against swine flu.Experts say that the seasonal flu vaccines, freely administered here to the young and the aged( i.e the more vulnerable) are not believed to offer any protection against the swine flu.
And yet I heard on the radio this morning that in Mexico these same age groups who received these vaccines during their winter have had few fatalities. It is very unlikely that the young healthy adults who are succumbing would ever had the vaccine.
I agree with you on this, and would bet most GP's are not in fact making it available to anyone who asks.But why are they in short supply ?
It is unethical for a doctor to prescribe relenza to a healthy individual, with no obvious risk of developing swine flu, and hence restrict the availability to people who have or are at high risk ( social justice )
You are confusing fluvax with tamiflu
I think that doctors have been very unethical doing prescriptions for relenza for people with no symptoms or risk.
Thank you Prospector for the ingredient. I'll buy it from Herbies some wonderful receipe for aniseTamiflu's principle ingredient is star anise,
I don't get flu shots because of the side effects that could happen as was told by a doctor.Not confusing anything. When it comes to my health I know what I can and can't have. They weren't writting prescriptions, just informing me of what could happen if I had it. Geez wish people would read. Never had a flu shot never will.
I thought it was a bit sus when at first i wake up in the morning, turn the tv on and there was 50 or so deaths. The next day, 150 deaths. I thought this morning I would turn the tv on to hear 1000 deaths etc. but nope.. 150 deaths.
People suddenly stopped dying? Yeah right.. sounds like they never started dying from swine flu.
This isnt exactly, just the flu. It does have some of the characteristics of the H5N1 (bird flu) in that it influences the immune system so much. That is why the young get ill and suffer the side effects - it is their immune system reaction that kills them.
Having said that, it appears that this strain is not particuarly virulent. It does give our emergency services a chance to test out their systems though, so that is an excellent side-effect.
Not confusing anything. When it comes to my health I know what I can and can't have. They weren't writing prescriptions, just informing me of what could happen if I had it. Geez wish people would read. Never had a flu shot never will.
Buy Qantas before this gets out.......
I thought it was the pneumonia that killed them?
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