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CDC says too late to contain U.S. flu outbreak
Reuters ^ | 4/24/09

Posted on 04/24/2009 2:42:42 PM PDT by Crazieman

WASHINGTON, April 24 (Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Friday it was too late to contain the swine flu outbreak in the United States.

CDC acting director Dr. Richard Besser told reporters in a telephone briefing it was likely too late to try to contain the outbreak, by vaccinating, treating or isolating people.

"There are things that we see that suggest that containment is not very likely," he said.

He said the U.S. cases and Mexican cases are likely the same virus. "So far the genetic elements that we have looked at are the same." But Besser said it was unclear why the virus was causing so many deaths in deaths in Mexico and such mild disease in the United States.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; Mexico; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bho44; bhocdc; cdc; flu; illegalimmigration; immigrantlist; influenza; mexico; mexicosfault; obama; outbreak; pandemic; swine; swineflu; thanksmexico
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To: PghBaldy

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=a9Vdmq5kT9Rc&refer=home


281 posted on 04/25/2009 9:33:47 AM PDT by TornadoAlley3 (Obama is everything Oklahoma is not.)
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To: All

CDC Podcast RE: Swine Flu:
http://www2a.cdc.gov/podcasts/player.asp?f=11226


282 posted on 04/25/2009 9:50:59 AM PDT by backspace (Please don't laugh at my tagline)
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To: backspace
18 cases in Canada?
"WHO further said Canadian labs had confirmed 18 cases as swine flu, 12 of which were “genetically identical” to ones in the United States."

http://blogs.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2009/04/dizzying-deluge.html
283 posted on 04/25/2009 9:55:43 AM PDT by backspace (Please don't laugh at my tagline)
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To: backspace

http://edition.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/04/25/swine.flu.family/

Texas family quarantined after son contracts swine flu

Health officials arrived at the Henshaws’ house Friday and drew blood from the whole family, then told them to stay inside and away from the public, Henshaw told CNN.

The whole family is quarantined indefinitely, according to CNN-affiliate KABB.


284 posted on 04/25/2009 10:09:22 AM PDT by TornadoAlley3 (Obama is everything Oklahoma is not.)
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http://www.who.int/csr/disease/avian_influenza/phase/en/index.html

WHO, level 3


285 posted on 04/25/2009 10:12:26 AM PDT by TornadoAlley3 (Obama is everything Oklahoma is not.)
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http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/26/world/americas/26mexico.html?hp

Mexico cancels more events

286 posted on 04/25/2009 10:15:29 AM PDT by TornadoAlley3 (Obama is everything Oklahoma is not.)
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To: TornadoAlley3

Scary article.....


The whole family is quarantined indefinitely, according to CNN-affiliate KABB. Henshaw said his family was shocked when they got the news about their son.

“Stunned. My wife was having a panic attack,” Henshaw told the affiliate.


287 posted on 04/25/2009 10:17:54 AM PDT by txhurl (ralph...history books will read: Lincoln freed the slaves & Obama enslaved the free.)
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To: metmom

Asian Flu was sent. The samples were lost in Mexico and
another country.

At the time they said anyone born after 1968 had were likely
NOT immune.

Guess we found out who played with this deadly H2N2 virus.


288 posted on 04/25/2009 10:51:40 AM PDT by JHENN22499
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To: txhurl
The whole family is quarantined indefinitely, yet ill Mexicans can enter US as they please.
289 posted on 04/25/2009 10:52:42 AM PDT by TornadoAlley3 (Obama is everything Oklahoma is not.)
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To: JHENN22499

These samples were sent in Sept 2003 and ordered destroyed in April 2004. They were sent by mistake in testing kits.


290 posted on 04/25/2009 10:53:34 AM PDT by JHENN22499
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in case you had concerns:

The White House says President Barack Obama, who traveled to Mexico last week, was not at risk of contracting the swine flu that has killed at least 68 people in the country.

291 posted on 04/25/2009 10:54:38 AM PDT by TornadoAlley3 (Obama is everything Oklahoma is not.)
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To: JHENN22499

I remember threads on that here.


292 posted on 04/25/2009 11:01:07 AM PDT by txhurl (ralph...history books will read: Lincoln freed the slaves & Obama enslaved the free.)
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To: livius

Since he seems to be out to destroy our country, maybe he would be proud to be named the vector!


293 posted on 04/25/2009 11:01:17 AM PDT by GnuHere
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To: TornadoAlley3

Texas Town Closes High School:

http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/Health_officials_close_Cibolos_Steele_High.html


294 posted on 04/25/2009 11:05:42 AM PDT by backspace (Please don't laugh at my tagline)
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To: Crazieman

The greater the number of crisis’ the better a Democrat can dictate.


295 posted on 04/25/2009 11:06:51 AM PDT by EGPWS (Trust in God, Question everyone else)
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To: backspace

http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/mexico/090425/flu-has-pandemic-potential-who-official-warns

.....With up to 68 people dead from a new lethal strain of swine flu hitting Mexico, fear, panic and downright paranoia are spreading through the streets of the Mexican capital as fast as the disease itself.

The horror stories only got bigger as the World Health Organization said Saturday that those who perished in Mexico’s hospitals could be the first victims of a global pandemic with the potential to wipe out millions.

“It has pandemic potential because it is infecting people (instead of pigs),” WHO Director General Margaret Chan said at an emergency meeting in Geneva. “We are seriously concerned.”

Notorious pandemics such as the Spanish Flu — which wiped out about 50 million people worldwide between 1918 and 1919 — started when viruses jumped from animals to humans, creating a new mutant strain which no one was resistant to.

Also akin to these pandemics, most of the victims have been men and women in their prime — from 25 to 45 years old — rather than the very old and very young, who tend to be struck by seasonal flu.

The brutal symptoms described by medical workers are also adding to the shockwaves of fear.

While starting like a normal flu, victims soon have temperatures that shoot to 102 degrees Fahrenheit, and muscle aches so painful they are almost paralyzing.

“It’s so intense it can be debilitating. It is also characterized by extremely painful headaches and eventually diarrhea and vomiting,” said Mexico City Health Secretary Armando Ahued. “We are urging everyone with symptoms to go to a hospital. Above all they should not self-medicate.”

Tests have confirmed that the swine flu — known medically as H1N1 influenza — is responsible for at least 20 deaths in such cases in Mexico in recent weeks. Another 48 similar deaths are still being examined.

More than 1,000 people have also been admitted to hospitals across the country suffering from the same symptoms.

Patients confirmed to have the sickness are being kept in isolation and given anti-viral drugs known in Mexico as oseltamivir and zanamivir. These methods have prompted fears that you can be incarcerated for having the plague.

“Have you heard the latest news?” asked Hector Cruz, a 21-year-old shop worker. “They have got them all locked up in the East Prison.....


296 posted on 04/25/2009 11:07:46 AM PDT by TornadoAlley3 (Obama is everything Oklahoma is not.)
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To: backspace

BUMP

That’s about 100 miles away


297 posted on 04/25/2009 11:09:20 AM PDT by txhurl (ralph...history books will read: Lincoln freed the slaves & Obama enslaved the free.)
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To: happygrl

Do you think the CDC would have quarantined even if they had time? Not a chance. The CDC’s just a bunch of statisticians who tally up body counts.


298 posted on 04/25/2009 11:11:13 AM PDT by randog (Tap into America!)
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When was the last time the CDC did a presser on a Saturday?


299 posted on 04/25/2009 11:16:52 AM PDT by backspace (Please don't laugh at my tagline)
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To: Mom MD
The good news is the fatality rate in this country with appropriate medical care is quite low.

That statement applies to ordinary seasonal flu. It most certainly DOES NOT apply to an influenza capable of evoking a cytokine storm such as the 1918 Spanish Flu (zero or minor symptoms to dead in 6 to 8 hours). Your concern about numbers of hospital beds in spot on. Even fewer available ventilators than ICU beds.

P.S. For anyone interested in ways of dealing with the unwanted hyper immune system response which is the cytokine storm, refer to an earlier comment of mine with a link to a good article. The cytokine storm is essentially an auto-immune system disorder compressed into a few hours, instead of a lifetime, in which your body attacks its own tissue in an exaggerated response. This is one case where a strong immune system is detrimental.

300 posted on 04/25/2009 11:19:14 AM PDT by steve86 (Acerbic by nature, not nurture)
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