Well..., unfortunately neither did I. But, now we know about that website.
Archived:
Health Care Bill Will Fund State Vaccine Teams to Conduct ‘Interventions’ in Private Homes (for our own good, doncha’ know)
CNSNews.com ^ | July 16, 2009 | Terence P. Jeffrey, Editor-in-Chief
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2293783/posts
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Britain could face up to 65,000 swine flu deaths
TimesOnline (UK) ^ | Thursday, July 16, 2009 | Sam Lister
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2294065/posts
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6,000 could die with swine flu: Roxon
Australian Broadcasting Corporation ^ | July 16, 2009 | Emma Rodgers
A “worst case scenario” could see around 6,000 people die from swine flu across the country this season, Health Minister Nicola Roxon says.
Over 10,000 Australians have contracted the virus, 22 have died and almost 60 are in intensive care.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2293758/posts
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Ignore the Healthcare Professionals, you won’t die of Swine Flu [Danial Hannan MEP]
Telegraph UK ^ | 16th July | Daniel Hannan MEP
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2293765/posts
UK:
Swine flu to hit 12 per cent of NHS staff at one time
16 July, 2009 | By Dave West
http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/acute-care/swine-flu-to-hit-12-per-cent-of-nhs-staff-at-one-time/5004139.article?referrer=RSS
The health service has been told to prepare for up to 8 per cent of the population suffering from swine flu at any one time - and up to 12 per cent of the NHS workforce.
Thirty per cent of the population could have had the infection by the end of the first wave – expected to be around the end of the winter.
Two per cent of those would have been hospitalised, according to “reasonable worst case” assumptions issued by the government today.
Chief medical officer Sir Liam Donaldson said up to 12 per cent of the workforce could be absent at any one time.
He said the NHS needed to prepare for between 0.1 - 0.35 per cent of those affected dying – giving a maximum, worst case of 65,000 total deaths from the first wave.
Sir Liam announced the national pandemic flu service, to prescribe antivirals by phone and on the internet, would be launched for England next week to take pressure off services.
Sir Liam said in “hotspots” GPs were being “completely overwhelmed”.
He said: “As a result of the pressure the NHS has been facing, and coping with very well, we are getting advice that they [the NHS] want us to move to the national pandemic flu service.”
National director for NHS flu resilience Ian Dalton said NHS organisations should be using the Department of Health’s new planning assumptions to develop their existing plans.
Particularly he said they should be ready to provide “surge capacity” in critical care, and consider the impact of staff absence.
He said: “Clearly there are huge discussions to be had which are under way with trade unions and front line staff about how we keep services going.”