He: "And what about me?"
She: "Ping Null and Void!"
Posted on 06/04/2019 5:13:29 PM PDT by djf
An investigation into the cause of their deaths is ongoing, but a recent World Health Organization alert warns of a deadly influenza strain, including in Fiji where it is “particularly affecting young adults.”
Texas couple on holiday in Fiji die from unidentified illness
https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/04/asia/us-citizens-dead-illness-fiji/index.html
This sounded much like the 1918 accounts I have read, but the NY Post article was the only “flu” reference I could find.
I wonder if it is the flu, if NY Post will re-think it’s position after a few die... after ten thousand die... who knows anymore?
Let’s combine it with ebola./s
fiji newspapers have some stories on it. a radio station there blames climate change. LOL
https://www.fbcnews.com.fj/news/health/flu-surge-a-symptom-of-climate-change-says-health-minister/
Is it colder in Fiji than normal? Is it warmer? Are the lights still on? Do they have glaciers yet?
The funny thing is, we ask all those questions and it might be that the main question should be “Am I still alive today?”...
If it was in fact an influenza strain that killed the couple in Fiji it should have been identified early on, first as influenza and then as known strain or novel strain. No reason it should take days or weeks to get the preliminary indication. Possible the identification has been made but is being held up for political reasons.
Held for political reasons...
That’s exactly what I was thinking. I suspect much as you that the various CDC’s involved already know what it was. But it actually might not be influenza, it could be a look-alike like adenovirus...
Post to me or FReep mail to be on/off the Bring Out Your Dead ping list.
The purpose of the “Bring Out Your Dead” ping list (formerly the “Ebola” ping list) is very early warning of emerging pandemics, as such it has a high false positive rate.
So far the false positive rate is 100%.
At some point we may well have a high mortality pandemic, and likely as not the “Bring Out Your Dead” threads will miss the beginning entirely.
*sigh* Such is life, and death...
If a quarantine saves just one child's life, it's worth it.
We go out, not with a bang...but with a whimper
I think it’s because they can’t return the bodies to the US until this is identified. I read that if it is definitely the flu or some other virus (and not something like carbon monoxide poisoning in their hotel room), they will have to cremate the bodies before they can be returned.
I fear that if it is the flu virus, we are already doomed - because they showed symtoms only a day or two after arriving - and the flu generally takes 14-21 days to really get going - meaning they were already infected when they left.
So if I lived in Texas...
Watch the water
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Spanish flu, 2019 version?
It’s always something.
I remember with the 2009 swine flu (was it that long ago???) the flu was very strange and often evaded the flu tests; ie did not show up. Many unusual aspects to that flu.
From my extensive flu readings some years ago, after contracting flu symptoms generally show up in 24-48 hours, and that is my experience as well.
Get your Tamiflu before supplies run out
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