Comments on: World Health Organization Ups Pandemic Alert Level for Swine Flu

By: Margit Ehrenberg

Margit Ehrenberg — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 21:08:15 +0000

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By: mindreader

mindreader — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 16:53:27 +0000

Citizens and the government should help each other in dealing this situation. Governement alone can’t handle this. It needs the cooperation of the governed people. The alert is no joke! This virus is lethal! At this moment where in no cure or vaccine has been confirmed to be 100% effective, people should be cautious of their own health and life as well as their families. We should set aside the indifferences and work hand and hand to combat the disease. Our future is at stake especially the future of young generations! It’s actually good that this blog is shared and posted so that every one will have an idea on what is happening not only to their local town but as well as to other neighboring place or country.

By: YouRang

YouRang — Sat, 02 May 2009 16:01:33 +0000

One thing I haven’t seen: I hope that if one of the worse case scenarios come to pass that tamiflu and tamiviren will only be available to people who have no potential to infect other people. IOW NO TAMIFLU FOR ANYONE WHO WANTS TO GO BACK TO WORK!!! (or school or the reunion concert of Spinal Tap etc, or etc) and INFECT OTHER people. If that means hospitalization, or dispensation by home health nurses, so be it.
AND relative to the one death being an illegal alien. OF COURSE it’s an illegal alien who doesn’t want to be deported so he doesn’t go to get treatment. He’s just as likely to have gotten it here and died from LACK of treatment. Closing the border will only mean that there are even more infectious persons not getting treatment and spreading the disease. The prez needs to declare temporary amnesty for all illegals with flu-like symptoms. Hell why just flu-like? Temporary amnesty for all illegals needing a doctor. I mean: It’s amazing we haven’t had a TB epidemic resistant to antibiotics. And the tone of BONuts post seems to be: they’ll be swarming to get away from the flu. Ri-i-i-ight, they’ll be willing to die in the desert heat when the heat is going to exacerbate any latent illness; I don’t think they’re that dumb. We don’t have 100 million illegals because they know the crossing is already hazardous. And what? Husbands are going to risk the trip and leave their family to die of flu? Bullshit.

By: BONuts

BONuts — Fri, 01 May 2009 01:03:10 +0000

“akin to closing the barn door after the horse is out”. HUH???
This clown is an ignoramus!! What about the other “horses” that will
be swarming across the border?
The death in texas was an illegal alien. WAKE UP PEOPLE!!
CLOSE THE BORDER NOW!!!

By: long island girl

long island girl — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 19:10:04 +0000

swine flu is spreading very fast. we must take note of all the possible prevention and get a lot of information about swine flu, symptoms, prevention and treatment. stay at home as much as possible.

By: Nick

Nick — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 17:45:55 +0000

H1N1 has been around since before the 1918 Pandemic (and even caused it) – we get it every year, just some strains happen to catch us more off-guard… and I’m guessing yearly flu vaccines weaken (y)our natural immunoresponsiveness to such things.

However, it’s important to note that our planet is overpopulated, the most populace places are the hardest hit, and only sports around a 10% mortality rate.

In other words, there’s a 90% chance that any given person will be fine, and that probably goes up the further away from giant population centers you are.

And as John Stewart said: Swine flu – still the least likely thing to kill you in Mexico.

By: The Mad LOLScientist, FCD

The Mad LOLScientist, FCD — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 17:34:24 +0000

BTW, If you’re a Twitter user, follow @CDCemergency for the latest info.
Non-Twitterers: go to http://twitter.com/cdcemergency

By: The Mad LOLScientist, FCD

The Mad LOLScientist, FCD — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 17:33:16 +0000

@Wendy: It’s a matter of privacy. Don’t know where you live, but in the US it’s against the law to release your medical info unless you specifically authorize it to a specific person/organization. Unrestricted access can affect things like employment, insurance, etc. It’s a pain in the behind, but in my experience the benefits outweigh the risks.

I certainly don’t want anyone I don’t know blabbing my medical info around! Much better to tell people directly (phone, email, etc. to avoid physical contact); that way you have control of who knows.

@wanda: AFAIK, you have at least some immunity after you recover. Don’t know how long the immunity lasts, but you shouldn’t catch the same strain again during the same outbreak. Immunity to one strain doesn’t give you immunity to others though – for instance, if you’ve had swine flu (H1N1) you can still catch bird flu (H5N1). Beyond that, it gets complicated in a hurry, because immunity to one H1N1 strain doesn’t make you immune to another H1N1. That’s why they have to formulate new flu shots every year.

By: wanda cook

wanda cook — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 16:46:22 +0000

If you had the virus and recovered can you be reinfected?

By: Wendy Steepe

Wendy Steepe — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 16:44:03 +0000

I don’t understand why you don’t publish the names of those who have been confirmed as having the Swine Flu? If I had it, I would want everyone to know so that anyone who has been in contact with me could take extra precaution and try not to infect their loved ones.