Posted on 06/28/2009 4:05:27 PM PDT by TaraP
US health officials estimate that at least one million Americans have been infected with swine flu since the H1N1 virus emerged nearly three months ago.
The number is far higher than cases actually reported to the authorities.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said many cases were mild, although 127 people had died.
The CDC based its figures on surveys, rather than laboratory evidence, but the numbers suggest the death rate from swine flu is lower than thought.
"We're saying that there have been at least a million cases of the new H1N1 virus so far this year in the United States," said Anne Schuchat of the CDC.
"Reported cases are really just the tip of the iceberg."
The CDC has based its estimate on mathematical modelling, based on surveys by health officials.
If the figures are correct, it is reassuring news, because it indicates that the fatality rate from swine flu is even lower than thought, says BBC medical correspondent Fergus Walsh.
However, Dr Schuchat warned that swine flu might exhibit higher infection rates than seasonal flu and could return in a more virulent form in the autumn.
According to the CDC, there have been 27,717 confirmed or probable cases; some 3,000 people have needed hospital treatment and there have been 127 deaths.
Argentina's hospitals are coming under pressure Swine flu continues to affect mainly people under 50 years of age, with many of those worst affected having underlying health problems such as asthma or diabetes.
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We’re seeing quite a bit of flu in our community (SE PA). There were 4 or 5 cases in the school district before the end of the school year, and I’m hearing about more families affected. At our swim meet yesterday, the coach told me she had 3 or 4 no-shows due to 104 fevers and twice that number previously signed out (I don’t know reasons for the latter). We’re definitely getting hit, but people I’ve spoken to who had it in the family said it’s a typical flu in terms of severity. No picnic and lingering cough, but not terrifying either. Another mom related that her doctor said about 90% of the flu currently popping up is swine flu, which isn’t surprising this time of year. It’s not normally flu season.
I find "real" to be relative. But not always. It just depends.
That's how we end up with 45 million uninsured and 637 million homeless or whatever the number is now.
Oh, wait. Obi is prez so there aren't ANY homeless since late January.
47% of all statistics are made up on the spot.
Three months ago they were saying 5% to 6% mortality rate which would 50,000 to 60,000 dead Americans. Instead, they say 127 people died and, based what I’ve read in our local area, many of those were on their deathbeds with other diseases.
They were just as right on swine flu as they are on global warming.
Hey, there's an idea. Maybe the people who get the flu can get some reimbursement for their troubles. How about $10,000 per case? Ooh, I'm not feeling well. Ooh, I think I need to go to the doctor. Please, obi, make me feel better.
I do EMS. Last week had a kid with a sore throat and a fever, but not SICK, looked like a fine healthy kid with a fever. Could not persuade parents to keep him home unless he got worse, could not persuade them to wait until pediatrician opened, could not persuade them to drive him to the ER themselves if that's the care they wanted. I wouldn't even put him in the stretcher; he walked in behind me wearing a mask and the ER doc says "He came by ambulance?" A little mutual eye-rolling ensued.
Anyway, by the time the vaccine is ready, an awful lot of us will have had it, and for the great great majority, it will be just another flu. Maybe by then, they'll have figured out who the most vulnerable group is, and who should really get first dibs on the vaccine.
Bingo.
Same beast, different name... eugenics.
Don’t worry there will be three doses for everyone. Level Six World Health Organization alert has been reached. In an agreement with the CDC this now gives our government the ability to deem you a felon if you refuse the injections. You might want to resist since we are getting vaccinated under extremely unusual circumstances. Very few people are sick and we are at Level Six the highest level. This doesn’t make any sense does it? We have no idea what is in the vaccines of course but there are many believers who will take it. Could the final virus particle be in the vaccine which starts the pandemic? Who knows? We don’t. Personally I’ll take my chances without it.
Level Six gives them the ability to quarantine sections of the country and cities to prevent the spread of the infection. This also is a cover for a takeover by the New World Order banksters perhaps even martial law. Get ready in the fall for economic collapse, the man-made swine flu, collapse of the dollar etc. It’s all coming soon.
The Fed is now running the United States Government. The bill that authorizes the carbon credits (the new tax scheme) was just passed by the house Friday. It was 1,300 pages and only one copy was given to Congress 30 minutes before they voted on it. They voted on it sight unseen. This means that we have no effective representation only what scraps of information that they hand us. We currently have no representation. How does that go again. Taxation without representation is tyranny. Yep, that’s the quote I was thinking of.
Money collected will be paid to the International Monetary Fund. If the Senate passes this legislation we will be under the control of the International Bankers. Sorry, while most of us have been debating the right versus the left paradigm, that is the Democratic, Republican Exhibition Wrestling Match, they have stolen our government from us.
You will not like the future ahead I’m afraid.
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