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H1N1 flu victim collapsed on way to hospital [Latest H1N1 updates downthread]
GuelphMercury.com ^ | June 24, 2009 | Raveena Aulakh

Posted on 06/24/2009 8:04:24 AM PDT by metmom

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To: Larousse2

collapses happen in the fall, i dont know why but they do. sept/oct watch for it.
I know Obama has not posted the yearly figures they are late. he was waiting for healtyh care reform to pass. I understand that we are in the red by 5&3/4%

that would be the first time that we have had to live on borrowed money for programs that are not in existence yet in our history. It will not be good if this information is true.
We will have hyperinflation worse than the soviet union did when they switched to capitalism.

But Michelle Obama will still jet set on the weekends and the white house will throw it’s weekly parties for the press that they love so we should all be happy.


861 posted on 08/16/2009 10:15:02 AM PDT by Munz (All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.)
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To: Munz; Rushmore Rocks; mojitojoe; DvdMom; metmom; LucyT; Smokin' Joe; Alamo-Girl; ExTexasRedhead; ...
"FDIC Chairman Sheila Bair believes up to 500 more banks could fail, according to conversations between US senators and Bair from recent meetings. That story received little if any coverage. The real number is 1000 banks, from Bair’s own conversations. Little banks are dropping like flies, and we are due for a big bank to fail very soon. No need to guess, since accidents will be random among the crippled edifices. The biggest bailed out banks merely invest in USTreasurys, capturing easy profits from the steep yield curve.

Lastly, prepare for a big surprise. AIG will soon be forced to reveal it is bankrupt again, encountering another painful failure, despite all its falsified reports of revival. It is dead, even after $180 billion in aid. AIG has been busy conducting a shell game to move assets from recently audited subsidiaries to the next subsidiary to be audited, in order to hide its neverending bust played out. It is a veritable Black Hole under the USGovt roof. For each and every sector of the ailing defunct landscape, one can safely said THAT AINT RECOVERY, FOLKS!! Stimulus, rescue, bailouts, nationalizations, and more USDollar ruination lie directly ahead. Gold will thrive in the coming months, as panic sets in...."

Please read the entire article:Click Here

862 posted on 08/16/2009 11:19:23 AM PDT by Larousse2 ("Educate and inform the whole mass of the people... They are the only sure reliance for the preserva)
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To: Larousse2

Sorry for the caps. They did it, not me.

TAYLOR BEAN MUST CEASE ALL ORIGINATION OPERATIONS EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATETLY

“TAYLOR, BEAN & WHITAKER MORTGAGE CORP. (“TBW”) RECEIVED NOTIFICATION ON AUGUST 4, 2009 FROM THE U.S DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, FREDDIE MAC AND GINNIE MAE (THE “AGENCIES”) THAT IT WAS BEING TERMINATED AND/OR SUSPENDED AS AN APPROVED SELLER AND/OR SERVICER FOR EACH OF THOSE RESPECTIVE FEDERAL AGENCIES. TBW HAS UNSUCCESSFULLY SOUGHT TO HAVE THE TERMINATION/SUSPENSION DECISIONS OF EACH OF THOSE AGENCIES REVERSED. AS A RESULT OF THESE ACTIONS, TBW MUST CEASE ALL ORIGINATION OPERATIONS EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY. REGRETTABLY, TBW WILL NOT BE ABLE TO CLOSE OR FUND ANY MORTGAGE LOANS CURRENTLY PENDING IN ITS PIPELINE. TBW IS COOPERATING WITH EACH OF THE AGENCIES WITH RESPECT TO ITS SERVICING OPERATIONS AND EXPECTS TO CONTINUE TO SERVICE MORTGAGE LOANS AS IT RESTRUCTURES ITS BUSINESS IN THE WAKE OF THESE EVENTS. WE UNDERSTAND THAT THIS COULD HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON OUR VALUED EMPLOYEES, CUSTOMERS AND COUNTERPARTIES, AND ARE VERY DISAPPOINTED THAT A LESS DRASTIC OPTION IS UNAVAILABLE.”

http://www.mortgagenewsdaily.com/08052009_tbw_shuts_down.asp


863 posted on 08/16/2009 11:38:59 AM PDT by mojitojoe (Socialism is just the last “feel good” step on the path to Communism and its slavery. Lenin)
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To: DvdMom
We just had 2 Tamiflu Resistant Patients in King County (Seattle) WA
864 posted on 08/16/2009 11:49:01 AM PDT by cmsgop (Another proud graduate of the Larry Storch school of posting)
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To: mojitojoe

Thanks for the PING!


865 posted on 08/16/2009 2:15:26 PM PDT by Larousse2 ("Educate and inform the whole mass of the people... They are the only sure reliance for the preserva)
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To: DvdMom
In 2009, healthcare is very advanced compared to 1918. Tamiflu tablets if taken early may minimise the severity of the disease. But if Tamiflu is used indiscriminately, the virus will adapt and become resistant to the drug.

If we had Obama Health care, the following groups would get Tamiflu - ACORN members, radical women's groups, gays - in and out of the military - homeland security personnel - dem members of congress - and their families and friends. And last - us. Well, not really because if they gave it to conservatives the virus might adapt and become less useful for democrats... And if we complain about the unfair treatment, Janet Napolitano will "investigate" ...

866 posted on 08/16/2009 2:54:36 PM PDT by GOPJ ("Fishy rumors posters" Check 'em out:http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2311664/posts)
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http://www.naturalnews.com/026858_MRSA_hospital_swine_flu.html

NaturalNews.com

Originally published August 17 2009

Swine Flu Could Combine With Hospital Superbugs to Kill Thousands

by David Gutierrez, staff writer

(NaturalNews.com) The combination of H1N1 swine flu and antibiotic-resistant staph bacteria could lead to a deadly form of pneumonia that kills half the people it infects within three days, according to a study published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases.

Researchers analyzed two patients who had experienced bacterial pneumonia that led to blood poisoning, concluding that the culprit was community acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA), the form of MRSA that occurs outside of health care settings like hospitals and nursing homes. "The threat from CA-MRSA in the USA is very serious concern, especially if there is a flu epidemic as this could trigger a large number of cases of necrotizing pneumonia, which has a mortality rate of more than 50 percent in 72 hours," said Richard James, of the University of Nottingham.

MRSA is already a highly lethal bacteria, because its resistance to first-line antibiotics makes it more likely to cause complications such as blood or organ infections, boils or even skin necrosis. The bacteria kills more people each year in the United States than AIDS.

CA-MRSA cases are sharply on the rise, with more and more cases being reported in settings gyms, schools and prisons.

"The concern is that this may be the start of an exponential increase as we saw with hospital MRSA infections in the 1990s," James said. "It took the UK 13 years to get to grips with hospital-acquired MRSA infections; we are not equipped to deal with large numbers of CA-MRSA infections in the community."

CA-MRSA appears to be particularly likely to cause pneumonia when it infects people who are recovering from a flu infection.

"Bacterial pneumonia following influenza can be very serious and in some cases fatal," said MRSA expert Mark Enright, of Imperial College London. "CA-MRSA pneumonia is particularly dangerous due to the rapid, aggressive nature of the infection and the difficulty in providing effective chemotherapy. The emergence of pandemic influenza and increased prevalence of CA-MRSA in many countries may cause increased morbidity and mortality in infected individuals."

Sources for this story include: www.telegraph.co.uk; news.bbc.co.uk.

867 posted on 08/17/2009 6:29:43 AM PDT by Larousse2 ("Educate and inform the whole mass of the people... They are the only sure reliance for the preserva)
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http://www.recombinomics.com/News/08170901/H274Y_Fit_US.html
Commentary

Fit Tamiflu Resistant Pandemic H1N1 in the United States
Recombinomics Commentary 11:20
August 17, 2009

Genetic analysis showed that over several weeks of Tamiflu treatment, the flu bugs in their bodies mutated and were no longer sensitive to the drug.

The above comment on the recent MMWR dispatch warning of prolong shedding of oseltamivir resistant pandemic H1N1 in immunosuppressed patients is in error. The two patients from Washington state were the first confirmed cases of H274Y in swine H1N1 in the United States, but the presentation of the resistance data helped create the above misconception that the H1N1 muted within the patients over a period of several weeks. MMWR dispatches are used to quickly alert physicians to significant medical concerns and the inclusion of August 11 data in the August 14 publication signals the rapid publication of such data as well as the urgency of such reports. However, the description of the resistance could easily be misinterpreted and lead to the false conclusions stated in the above media report.

Recent data on the detection of H274Y in pandemic H1N1 has supported the silent spread of the polymorphism which is usually detected in patients treated with osletamivir. Since the H274Y is present as a mixture, sequence analysis of untreated patients produces a “Tamiflu sensitive” genotype, with H274. Indeed, the only reported case of H274Y in a patient who was not treated with Tamiflu was a San Francisco resident who was identified in Hong Kong through routine surveillance. However, multiple examples of H274Y in patients who have been briefly treated with Tamiflu support a relatively high level of H274Y prior to treatment. Published sequences are a consensus and represent the dominant nucleotide at a given position, so samples with H274Y in 10-20% of the virions will not be represented in the published sequence. When levels approach 50% the consensus sequence will show a mixed signal at the position, but sequences published to date have either had wild type or H274Y at position 274. This is due in part by the ability of the Tamiflu, in combination with and the host’s immune system, to rapidly clear the wild type sequences (and most patients can clear the H1N1 without antiviral treatment)..

This type of data was most clearly presented in the recently released sequence from an American traveling from Honolulu to Singapore. The patient developed symptoms during the flight, but successfully passed through the thermal scanner. However, her condition did not improve and she was hospitalized the next day, May 27. The H1N1 was confirmed on May 28 and the sequence indicated the virus was Tamiflu sensitive. The infection was mild and the patient was discharge on May 31. However, a sample was collected on May 30, and the associated sequence had H274Y, signaling the rapid appearance of the resistance, and the rapid clearing of the wild type sequence (the sequence had no mixed signals).

This rapid appearance of H274Y was also seen in multiple patients on prophylactic Tamiflu. These were asymptomatic contacts of confirmed cases infected with Tamiflu sensitive H1N1. However patients in Denmark and Japan developed symptoms after 5 days of treatment and a patient from Hong Kong developed symptoms on day 6. Since the incubation period of influenza is 2-4 days, the slightly longer than normal incubation period indicated the H274Y was silently spreading as a minor component, which was subsequently detected after brief Tamiflu treatment.

In the two patients in Washington, the clearance of wild type was likely delayed somewhat by their immuno-compromised state. The first patient responded to Tamiflu treatment, but then had an H1N1 recurrence which had H274Y. Testing of samples collected earlier showed that prior to treatment the virus was sensitive, as was the sample from treatment day 4. However, H274Y was identified on day 11 after the start of treatment, indicating the H274Y reached a detectable level between days 4-11 post initiation of treatment, and the H1N1 was evolutionarily fit and produced a recurrence in the patient.

Data from the second patient produced similar results, but that H1N1 with H274Y has produced a persistent infection which has not been cleared by aggressive Tamiflu treatment or treatment with inhaled and intravenous Relenza, as well as ribovan. The patient remains hospitalized with H274Y positive H1N1, again demonstrating the virus is evolutionarily fit. Data on earlier collections indicated that the H1N1 was sensitive prior to treatment and H274Y was detected on day 18 after the start of treatment. However results on earlier collections on day 3 and 6 of treatment were not disclosed, so the H274Y reached detectable at some time between day 1-18 post treatment. Testing of samples collected on days 3 and 6 could help resolve the initial date of detectable H274Y.

However, the above data clearly show that H1N1 is evolutionarily fit and can cause significant medical problems linked to prolonged shedding, as well as the condition of infected patients. These data increase concerns that H1N1 with H274Y could be linked to the increased number of fatal and hospitalized patients, who are frequently treated with Tamiflu.

Testing of samples collected after the start of Tamiflu treatment would be useful because, as seen in recently released data, virus which is Tamiflu sensitive prior to treatment can be quickly replaced by Tamiflu resistant H1N1, leading to significant complications.


868 posted on 08/17/2009 8:43:48 AM PDT by DvdMom (Freeper Smokin' Joe does the freeper Avian / H1N1 Ping List)
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UK:

Crazy Christmas looming over swine flu immunisations

17 Aug 09
By Christian Duffin
http://www.pulsetoday.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=23&storycode=4123458&c=1#

GPs face a frantically busy run up to Christmas after the Government announced practices would have to ensure all priority groups were immunised against swine flu in just three months, on top of the seasonal flu campaign.

The Department of Health confirmed last week that the swine flu vaccination programme would not start until October, six weeks after the first deliveries of vaccine – as Pulse revealed in our last issue.

But ministers want all vaccines to be administered to GPs, practice staff and priority groups by Christmas at the latest.

The Government has modified its priority groups slightly from the ‘tentative’ list obtained by Pulse last month, with top priority to be given to individuals aged six months to 65 years in seasonal flu at-risk groups, followed by pregnant women.

Women at later stages of birth may be given different priority to those in early stages.

Third on the list will be ‘household contacts of immuno-compromised individuals’ followed by ‘individuals over 65 in seasonal flu at-risk groups.

But GPs may be faced with initial shortages of swine flu vaccine after it emerged US pharmaceutical company Baxter is not able to supply as many doses as was first promised.

Chief medical officer Professor Liam Donaldson said Baxter the shortfall would eventually be covered by vaccines from the other contracted supplier, GSK. The DH is aiming to provide 54.6 million doses by the end of the year, and 132 million in all.

But its push on vaccination came as the other central plank of its swine flu policy – blanket use of antivirals for suspected cases – came under strong criticism in research published by the BMJ.

GP researchers collated data from four trials of the treatment of seasonal flu in nearly 1,800 children treated with Tamiflu – and found while it shortened duration of symptoms a little, it had no significant impact on the number of asthma exacerbations or the incidence of otitis media.

Study leader Dr Matthew Thompson, senior clinical scientist at the University of Oxford and a GP in Oxford, said: ‘While morbidity and mortality in the current pandemic remain low, a more conservative strategy might be considered prudent, given the limited data, side effects such as vomiting, and the potential for developing resistant strains of influenza.’

Weekly GP consultation rates for flu-like illness decreased from 42 per 100,000 to 30.9 for the week ending August 9, although the proportion of deaths from swine flu in healthy people rose from 12% to 21% .


869 posted on 08/17/2009 8:54:22 AM PDT by DvdMom (Freeper Smokin' Joe does the freeper Avian / H1N1 Ping List)
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SAN BERNARDINO, CA – County Health Director Dr. Maxwell Ohikhuare says there will not be prompt reporting of Swine flu deaths so as not to “panic” the public.

http://www.inlandnewstoday.com/story.php?s=9961


870 posted on 08/17/2009 9:07:34 AM PDT by DvdMom (Freeper Smokin' Joe does the freeper Avian / H1N1 Ping List)
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First test group needs to be mandatory vaccinations for the Muslim Messiah, his shrew, Zero’s daughters, Axelrod, Rahm and Mengele Emanuel, Carvelle, Howard Dean, and all members of the US Senate and US House of Representatives; next mandatory group getting swine flu vaccinations would be all governors and all state government politicians. Wait six weeks to two months and see how they tolerate all the shots.


871 posted on 08/17/2009 10:08:28 AM PDT by ExTexasRedhead
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To: ExTexasRedhead

Go ahead and give the shots to the fool in Washington.. I don’t want to take one..I will however take the regular flu shot I did last year..


872 posted on 08/17/2009 10:25:42 AM PDT by PLD
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To: ExTexasRedhead

That is brilliant!


873 posted on 08/17/2009 10:59:25 AM PDT by Borax Queen
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To: ExTexasRedhead; All

Those creeps will line up for SALINE SOLUTION fake injections, and then proclaim, “See that didn’t hurt one bit. Now, Americans, you go get your H1N1 vaccinations today, or you are not Patriotic!”


874 posted on 08/17/2009 11:31:57 AM PDT by Larousse2 ("Educate and inform the whole mass of the people... They are the only sure reliance for the preserva)
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To: ExTexasRedhead

Then the call for vaccinations would be rejected quicker than Lindsey Graham’s application to the “National Coalition of Men with Backbones”.


875 posted on 08/17/2009 11:50:18 AM PDT by redstateconfidential ("They augur misgovernment at a distance; and snuff the approach of tyranny in every tainted breeze.")
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To: ExTexasRedhead

YES! Great idea!


876 posted on 08/17/2009 1:08:01 PM PDT by Palladin (Just say NO to Obama Spam!)
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To: ExTexasRedhead

Damn straight.


877 posted on 08/17/2009 3:42:24 PM PDT by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
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To: DvdMom; ExTexasRedhead

GBS:

This is a fear much greater than catching the flu... GBS destroys the covering of the nerves, & leads to paralysis & sometimes death from suffocation; & since it hasn’t been in trial long, I am refusing it & I will never let it near my daughter...If the school says its mandatory, then she’ll stay home! The UK had the GBS problem as well. The CDC has said that a few days in bed will be all thats needed if you catch the flu, so why risk getting paralyzed from a drug that they are putting in the vaccine?


878 posted on 08/17/2009 4:23:34 PM PDT by Atom Smasher
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To: DvdMom

abc7Teen boy dies of ‘swine flu’ H1N1 virus, 3rd to die in IE; Officials think problem get worse when school starts up http://bit.ly/HqWsU

IE = where San Bernardino is


879 posted on 08/17/2009 5:56:21 PM PDT by WestCoastGal (Brickyard will become a road course next year - wait for it.)
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To: metmom

If that stuff is so good the congress and black house should all get the shot.


880 posted on 08/18/2009 6:50:57 AM PDT by Piquaboy (Military veteran of 22 years in Navy, Air Force, and Army.)
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