Posted on 10/13/2009 3:07:30 PM PDT by nickcarraway
The White House has carefully excluded briefing-room regular Major Garrett from its fatwa against Fox News, because even though he's sometimes a jerk, all White House reporters are sometimes jerks (except one). And they are probably feeling good about that this week, because Garrett has come down with swine flu, and is staying largely off the air and outside of the White House. (As opposed to, say, becoming a human virus bomb and taking out the enemy from within.) Mediaite claimed the story earlier today, using one of our favorite tactics (emphasis ours): "After a summer of Celebrity Swine Flu Watch, Mediaite has learned Fox News White House correspondent Major Garrett is the latest reporter to contract the H1N1 virus, or Swine Flu," they write, going on to quote Garrett's own Twitter feed. Aw, Twitter. Best exclusive source ever.
Nothing by accident. Can Fox put in a replacement while Major is out of commission or is Fox, the enemy of the WH, out of the picture?
...Major sat too close to Helen Thomas
Chris Rovzar has the snark flu....
It would not surprise me to find out he had been intentionally infected by one of Obamas goons, or from a CNN/MSNBC “reporter”. Was Ms. DungLeech seen around his chair before the Press Briefings, in the last few days?
So does my sister. Why isn’t there an FR thread about her?
How severe is illness associated with 2009 H1N1 flu virus?
Illness with 2009 H1N1 virus has ranged from mild to severe. While most people who have been sick have recovered without needing medical treatment, hospitalizations and deaths from infection with this virus have occurred.
In seasonal flu, certain people are at “high risk” of serious complications. This includes people 65 years and older, children younger than five years old, pregnant women, and people of any age with certain chronic medical conditions. About 70 percent of people who have been hospitalized with this 2009 H1N1 virus have had one or more medical conditions previously recognized as placing people at “high risk” of serious seasonal flu-related complications. This includes pregnancy, diabetes, heart disease, asthma and kidney disease.
Young children are also at high risk of serious complications from 2009 H1N1, just as they are from seasonal flu. And while people 65 and older are the least likely to be infected with 2009 H1N1 flu, if they get sick, they are also at “high risk” of developing serious complications from their illness. See People at High Risk of Developing Flu-Related Complications for more information about who is more likely to get flu complications that result in being hospitalized and occasionally result in death.
CDC laboratory studies have shown that no children and very few adults younger than 60 years old have existing antibody to 2009 H1N1 flu virus; however, about one-third of adults older than 60 may have antibodies against this virus. It is unknown how much, if any, protection may be afforded against 2009 H1N1 flu by any existing antibody.
How does 2009 H1N1 flu compare to seasonal flu in terms of its severity and infection rates?
With seasonal flu, we know that seasons vary in terms of timing, duration and severity. Seasonal influenza can cause mild to severe illness, and at times can lead to death. Each year, in the United States, on average 36,000 people die from flu-related complications and more than 200,000 people are hospitalized from flu-related causes. Of those hospitalized, 20,000 are children younger than 5 years old. Over 90% of deaths and about 60 percent of hospitalization occur in people older than 65.
When the 2009 H1N1 outbreak was first detected in mid-April 2009, CDC began working with states to collect, compile and analyze information regarding the 2009 H1N1 flu outbreak, including the numbers of confirmed and probable cases and the ages of these people. The information analyzed by CDC supports the conclusion that 2009 H1N1 flu has caused greater disease burden in people younger than 25 years of age than older people. At this time, there are relatively fewer cases and deaths reported in people 65 years and older, which is unusual when compared with seasonal flu. However, pregnancy and other previously recognized high risk medical conditions from seasonal influenza appear to be associated with increased risk of complications from this 2009 H1N1. These underlying conditions include asthma, diabetes, suppressed immune systems, heart disease, kidney disease, neurocognitive and neuromuscular disorders and pregnancy.
Major will be out for three days and then back to work. Just like pretty much everybody who catches this horrible disease.....
He’ll die but he’ll get better XD
Chances are, Major got swine flu from taking the vaccine!
Start one.
(post pictures!)
I hope Major takes this opportunity to snag an exclusive interview with the President. (only half-sarcastic)
They moved it to smoky back room. Best wishes to her.
It would not surprise me to find out he had been intentionally infected by one of Obamas goons,
Obama invented the Swine Flu.
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