Swine flu precautions

[Van]

Ok I'm only bringing this thread back because of this news article which does show that you don't have to have an underlying medical condition to die from the swine flu.

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For those who won't watch the video a 14 yr old girl died from the swine flu, she caught it on Wednesday and died on Sunday, she had no underlying health issues and when her mother took her in initially on Friday the doctor diagnosed her but did not give her any antibiotics based on CDC guidelines.

While at the hospital today I heard the news story about a law requiring health care givers to get a yearly flu shot which I have no problem with. Something that really irked me though was a viewer email where the viewer stated that he/she knows many in the health care industry who claim the shots don't work and another who said that the flu whether regular strains or the swine flu was not a pandemic. While not a pandemic the seasonal flu still kills off allot of people and until we see how the swine flu runs its course this season we have no idea how bad it will or wont be. And one thing is for certain, flu is currently wide spread in Virginia from what the doctor said to my wife today as compared to a month ago. The waiting room of two places we went were full of coughing people.

 

[Derwin0]

Ok I'm only bringing this thread back because of this news article which does show that you don't have to have an underlying medical condition to die from the swine flu. people.

You don't need underlying medical conditions to die from the seasonal flu either.

 

[Van]

Right but there is allot information out there right now that was brought up in this thread that H1N1 was only killing those who had underlying health conditions and I felt that it was important to post that this is not the case.

While I was fighting a bad cough all night I had time to remember that we had gotten K her flu shot last month during an examine to get her registered for school. All three of us have come down the with flu with my wife and I catching it from her first so it looks like the strain that's running amuck through Virginia right now is not in the current vaccine.

 

[DodgerKing]

ETA: This is in no way directed towards the 14 year old girl or anyone else that has passed from this flu. It is simply a symbol of our overreaction to something that is less deadly than the common cold.

 

[mdonnelly]

Just got my regular flu shot thru my work yesterday. Supposed to be the killed virus version, and doesn't cover H1N1. Fact is, I think I had the H1N1 last month - got it from one of my grandchildren visiting from Texas. It didn't hit me really hard, but then I'm a Baby Boomer, and they say we may have some immunity from flu strains that were around in the '50s.

 

[DodgerKing]

Just got my regular flu shot thru my work yesterday. Supposed to be the killed virus version, and doesn't cover H1N1. Fact is, I think I had the H1N1 last month - got it from one of my grandchildren visiting from Texas. It didn't hit me really hard, but then I'm a Baby Boomer, and they say we may have some immunity from flu strains that were around in the '50s.

It doesn't hit most people hard.

 

[navychop]

Well, we're not dead yet. I'm hearing of lot's of flu, and even school closings, but our company hasn't been hit yet. Seems to be very few deaths, but then it's October and November that are supposed to be the worst, no?

Less deadly than the common cold? Haven't heard that- where'd that come from? I thought the flu was the most deadly "common" disease.

 

[Van]

Yea a school system in Houston is shut down due to a large percentage of the students being out sick and yes the flu is more deadly than the common cold and next week is the official start of the flu season but I think it needs to be changed to reflect the start of the fall school year and moved into late August. I know that all it has taken was a month for the start of school here in VB for it to spread like wildfire through the entire community already. So far as I know I'm the first person at work to come down with the flu and the first in my school to have it so at least its out of the way for the remainder of the season.

 

[DodgerKing]

Swine Flu Cases Overestimated?

CBS News Exclusive: Study Of State Results Finds H1N1 Not As Prevalent As Feared

Swine Flu Cases Overestimated? - CBS News

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Duh...I have been saying this all along.

 

[Rey]

this whole thing was exaggerated since day one.

 

[navychop]

And we still get some conflicting reports. If it were all that bad, I think we'd hear more. Nearing the peak of the flu season over the next few weeks, no?