Comments on: This Week in Swine Flu: Elmo, Mobile Apps, & Back-to-School Fears

By: Tina

Tina — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 21:56:01 +0000

Sooo, Ifff you people say that more kids will die from this swine flu in schools than those at homes than why are we still in school?! If what you’re saying is true then we don’t need to be in school. I think it’s better to stay alive at home than to get an education out where you can get sick like never before. Email me at T111894@aol.com when you have the answer to the above question. And by the way Cory has a point. I think we should get education but it isn’t safe with this flu running around. Besides vaccines create some sort of pill or something that will strengthen your immune system 5 times as strong as it already is if it can’t handle this new kind of flu.

By: cory

cory — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 16:07:23 +0000

oooooooooooooooooo-kaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay……

ignoring the above commenters, I really wish that somebody would clarify the quote in the article about, “It simply may be because older children were more likely to encounter the virus — at schools, summer camps — than very young children who spend more time at home”—

What actually IS the number of kids under school age that stay at home vs. that are placed in daycares and preschools? What is that ratio to the number of deaths of infected children at any age? I can see using that information to explain an incidence pattern (more kids in school exposed=more kids infected over age five =more kids dead from the infection), but nowhere is it said that that is the case. What is the rate of infection in school age children vs. toddlers at home vs. toddlers in preschools/day care centers? And then, what are the death rates in each group? Unless ALL that information is collected, the quoted statement is meaningless. ugh! would it be too much to receive THAT information in an article ?

By: Alexander Notarangelo

Alexander Notarangelo — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 23:24:33 +0000

eh.. were over populated anyway.

wasnt it darwin that said whenever a species gets to large in numbers it will face an enviormental hardship to contain the numbers within the species.

The United States needs to control population density within its nation, you do all realize that at current growth your going to have 500 million people by 2050. You cant even afford a universal health care plan (which could use preventative measures to ensure an outbreak is controlled and taken care of in the early stages) for 300 million.

By: Henny

Henny — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 16:12:04 +0000

Mother Earth is going to have a great big flush soon. It is like we are that big burrito she ate, when she shoulda just had a taco. Now it is the next day, and she’s about to take a seat. Viralox isn’t going to save you if a 1918 kind of flu hits.
In 1918 America lost half of its pregnant women to flu. More soldiers died in W.W.I from flu than from war. For a modern day example, just look outside. Crow and some other bird populations crashed a few years back, because of flu, and still haven’t recovered. In Chicago we still have only 15% of the original crow numbers.

By: Christina Viering

Christina Viering — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 12:22:51 +0000

I don’t like taking flu shots because they make me sick, but this year I am required to have it by my employer.

By: Mova

Mova — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 00:24:00 +0000

This flu vaccine is scary – if the flu shot doesn’t kill you, the flu will. I used Viralox, the last flu season and didn’t get as much as a sniffle. Viralox Health Spray is a broad spectrum anti-viral support. My family will be naturally protected…no side effects. Be well. Mova

By: bill

bill — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 17:12:35 +0000

If some of the breeders would take a sickday instead of riding public transportation, or teach their spawn some hygeine- like “cover your mouth!” things’d be easier.