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Posts: 6102 (06/21/09 6:13 AM) |
Who all has had the H1N1?
Someone close to me has a confirmed cased of it. Yesterday I got really sick and now I can barely move. Looks like sadllama is going to get his wish. I loved you all... 
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holygeeziwannalickm |
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Posts: 3369 (06/21/09 6:31 AM) Registered User |
viva la blonde wrote: RF? |
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Aunt Pappy |
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Posts: 18924 (06/21/09 8:14 AM) |
No, Charming Nemesis, NOOOOO!!!
*cactus* |
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Posts: 11135 (06/21/09 9:16 AM) Registered user |
There's a huge outbreak of Norwalk here. Over 100 staff at one of the hotels. Thankfully they are all quarantined in their staff housing compound. However,
there are some on the loose with it. Bob works there and just infected his gf Jenny who I work with.
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Charming Nemesis |
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Posts: 6109 (06/21/09 9:44 AM) |
Over a hundred people with Norwalk in one place... scary!
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Posts: 11136 (06/21/09 9:47 AM) Registered user |
Yeah we heard it was Norwalk from a firefighter who went up there on an ambulance trip. Thankfully, we try to keep them on the other side of the river.
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JLK Name |
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Posts: 1975 (06/21/09 10:45 AM) Registered User |
I don't have it yet!
Thank God! |
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NewOrleansIsSinking |
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Posts: 11138 (06/21/09 8:55 PM) Registered user |
feeling better?
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Shemeji Yabara |
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Posts: 436 (06/21/09 9:02 PM) Non Sequitur |
1968--the year sex was invented
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Posts: 1 (06/22/09 5:04 AM) |
Swine Flu is all a load of hogwash. How many people died of H1N1 compared to ordinary flu?
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Charming Nemesis |
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Posts: 6115 (06/22/09 5:12 AM) |
NewOrleansIsSinking wrote:When I got up from my last 2-3 hour almost sleep shift I felt a bit better. Haven't taken any Tylenol, so it must be improving. Thanks for asking. <3 |
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Aunt Pappy |
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Posts: 18938 (06/22/09 9:09 AM) |
*takes back cactus*
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Charming Nemesis |
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Posts: 6134 (06/22/09 9:20 AM) |
Aunt Pappy, your post was a statement that got me through a really rough patch. It lifted me up and made me stronger. And no words I could have said would have
been able to express that properly. But I still should have tried... even though I am dying.
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El Bingo Gringo |
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Posts: 3046 (06/22/09 9:22 AM) Registered User |
Please change the title.
I am not dying. thx |
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PoChop |
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Posts: 2694 (08/22/09 5:47 PM) Registered user |
WTF? The swine flu has now jumped to turkeys? Does that mean the swine flu has morphed into the bird flu? Or is this now the swine-bird flu combo deal?
There's no way I'm putting bacon on my turkey sammitch anymore.
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) - Chile said Friday that tests show swine flu has jumped to birds, opening a new chapter in the global epidemic. Top flu and animal-health experts with the United Nations in Rome and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta were monitoring the situation closely, but said the infected turkeys have suffered only mild effects, easing concern about a potentially dangerous development. Chile's turkey meat remains safe to eat, they said, and so far there have been no signs of a potentially dangerous mutation. Chile's health ministry said it ordered a quarantine Friday for two turkey farms outside the port city of Valparaiso after genetic tests confirmed sick birds were afflicted with the same virus that has caused a pandemic among humans. So far, the virus-a mixture of human, pig and bird genes-has proved to be very contagious but no more deadly than common seasonal flu. However, virus experts fear a more dangerous and easily transmitted strain could emerge if it combines again with avian flu, which is far more deadly but tougher to pass along. http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9A7E7380&show_article=1 |
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Posts: 183 (08/22/09 5:58 PM) |
at least 6 people on my block have/ have had the swine flu :S
they shit down all of the schools in the area for about a month in june. |
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Posts: 12228 (08/22/09 6:18 PM) |
FYI, yall, during the 1918 outbreak of Spanish Influenza, it went pretty dormant for three months after the initial deaths, and then the fatal one came that
wiped out a ton of the population. So we should be getting the killer swine flu in a month or so.
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Posts: 12229 (08/22/09 6:20 PM) |
no edit... actually around 5ish months. This thread was started in April. Expect scary swine flu in September yw. ^_^
Deadly second waveThe second wave of the 1918 pandemic was much deadlier than the first. During the first wave, which began in early March, the epidemic resembled typical flu epidemics. Those at the most risk were the sick and elderly, and younger, healthier people recovered easily. But in August, when the second wave began in France, Sierra Leone and the United States,[39] the virus had mutated to a much more deadly form. This has been attributed to the circumstances of the First World War.[40] In civilian life evolutionary pressures favour a mild strain: those who get really sick stay home, but those mildly ill continue with their lives, go to work and go shopping, preferentially spreading the mild strain. In the trenches the evolutionary pressures were reversed: soldiers with a mild strain remained where they were, while the severely ill were sent on crowded trains to crowded field hospitals, spreading the deadlier virus. So the second wave began and flu quickly spread around the world again.[41] It was the same flu, in that most of those who recovered from first-wave infections were immune, but it was now far more deadly and the most vulnerable people were those who were like the soldiers in the trenches - young, otherwise healthy, adults.[42] Consequently, during modern pandemics, health officials pay attention when the virus reaches places with social upheaval, looking for deadlier strains of the virus.[41] |
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Posts: 253 (08/22/09 7:29 PM) |
my mom's co-worker's sister was on vacation in new zealand and got sick and died. they just confirmed it was h1n1. apparently the doctor recommended
'a massage with coconut oil' when she came in with a fever and told her husband that her convulsions were just 'an anxiety attack.' she died 10
minutes later. =(
I'm terrified about the second wave. |
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Posts: 12233 (08/22/09 7:36 PM) |
Wow, that's really scary. Did she have any underlying health issues? Sorry for your mom and all her family/friends!
WHO official predicts H1N1 'explosion'
updated 12:14 p.m. EDT, Fri August 21, 2009
The world will soon see an "explosion" of swine flu cases as the H1N1 virus spreads rapidly around the world, a top World Health Organization official said Friday. 
Spread of the H1N1 virus is entering an "acceleration period," WHO official says.  Spread of the virus is entering an "acceleration period" and it is certain that there will be more cases and more deaths, said Dr. Shin Young-soo, the organization's regional director for the Western Pacific. "Most countries may see a doubling of cases every three to four days for two months until peak transmission is reached," he said at a symposium in Beijing, China. "At a certain point, there will seem to be an explosion in case numbers. I believe it is very likely that all countries will see community-level transmission by the end of the year." More than 1,490 people around the world have died from the virus since it emerged this spring, Shin said. Swine flu is the first influenza pandemic in more than 40 years. So far, it has caused mostly mild illness, but Shin warned "the virus has a sting in its tail" because it is very infectious and "has the potential to cause more serious disease." Don't MissAny widespread resistance to antiviral drugs, expected to be available this fall, could make the situation worse, he said. The virus so far has shown itself to be unpredictable, Shin said, so the public needs to be prepared. He called for accurate and timely public health messages and early treatment of severe cases. The public needs to comply with these health messages, and everyone needs to be able to recognize symptoms early and get timely medical care, he said. "We will only be safe when we have applied these lessons in every country dealing with this virus," Shin said. "We need to learn quickly since, as I believe, it appears that this pandemic will get worse before the situation gets better." |
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