INTERIM LESSONS LEARNED- AFTER ACTION REPORT ON THE 2010 INFLUENZA PANDEMIC

TheCypressTimes.com ^ | 10/23/2009 | James Rush

[Patriot1259]

James Rush, the writer of this "After-Action report" on an influenza disaster that has yet to occur has over 30 years experience in dealing with pandemic proportion disasters and he sees the H1N1 as a pandemic with the potential to collapes the U.S. Health Care System, and its ability to deal with H1N1.

[Patriot1259]

Scary stuff - seems right on the nose regarding H1N1

[Constitutionalist Conservative]

It is anticipated that the American Healthcare Industry will be rebuilt as a National Healthcare System with some Private Healthcare entities providing elective procedures.

Hmmmmmmm......

<tinfoil>Mission accomplished?</tinfoil>

[nomad]

Bull sh*t!I currently have some form of Influenza now and I feel ok.Symptoms started yesterday early and peaked last night,aching, tired, mild stomach upset, headache, and fever topping out at about 102.Felt chills during the night and by morning the fever broke.Now I feel a little tired but ok.I did have the Hong Kong flu as a little kid and the swine flu as a pre-teen in 76,afterwards I`ve never had more than a day of symptoms from Influenza.

BTW,I heard that they`ve developed a field test (Aren`t they called ELISA tests?), for this H1N1 variant but the Doctor didn`t even ask,just assumed it`s swine flu and told to me go home and do the usual supportive care.Question is,if they have an effective field test,why aren`t they using it to quantify the spread and severity of this virus?