oh joy
i cannot help but be a bit concerned about this
If so it will be all over the world via airplanes in a matter of days/weeks.
God help us in our day. Amen.
From...
Time Online
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/health/article6716477.ece
Britain could face up to 65,000 swine flu deaths
July 16, 2009
Sam Lister, Health Editor
“The number of swine flu cases has jumped by nearly 50 per cent in a week”
Up to 65,000 people could die as a result of swine flu as the pandemic takes hold of the country, according to latest planning calculations by the Department of Health.
Sir Liam Donaldson, the Chief Medical Officer, said that the estimate of 65,000 deaths was based on 30 per cent of the population becoming ill. But the actual figure could be anywhere between 3,000 and 750,000 fatalities, he added.
He said that statistics showed “exceptional influenza activity” in terms of the number of people visiting their GP across most of the country, except Yorkshire and the Humber.
OVER 160 NEW A/H1N1 FLU CASES CONFIRMED IN EUROPE
2009-07-19 07:02:07
STOCKHOLM, July 18 (Xinhua) — A European health agency said on Saturday that 169 new A/H1N1 flu cases were reported in European countries within the last 24 hours.
Of the new cases, 87 were confirmed in Spain, 33 in France, 15 in Switzerland, 10 in Portugal, six in Luxembourg, five in Ireland, three in Slovenia, two each in Belgium, Bulgaria, Lithuania and Iceland, and one each in Poland and Romania, the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) said in its daily situation report.
The total number of confirmed cases of the A/H1N1 flu virus in the EU (European Union) and EFTA (European Free Trade Association) countries rose to 16,059, with 1,309 cases in Spain and 10,649 in Britain, 514 in France and 834 in Germany, the ECDC said.
The ECDC publishes a daily situation report about A/H1N1 flu cases in the EU and EFTA countries based on official information from these countries.
A/H1N1 FLU CONTINUES TO SPREAD WORLDWIDE, MORE CASES REPORTED
2009-07-19 13:35:11
BEIJING, July 19 (Xinhua) — With the A/H1N1 flu pandemic continuing to spread, more confirmed cases were reported worldwide on Saturday.
The European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) said in its daily situation report Saturday that 169 new A/H1N1 flu cases were reported in European countries within the last 24 hours.
Of the new cases, 87 were confirmed in Spain, 33 in France, 15 in Switzerland, 10 in Portugal, six in Luxembourg, five in Ireland, three in Slovenia, two each in Belgium, Bulgaria, Lithuania and Iceland, and one each in Poland and Romania.
The total number of confirmed cases of the A/H1N1 flu virus in the EU (European Union) and EFTA (European Free Trade Association) countries rose to 16,059, with 1,309 cases in Spain and 10,649 in Britain, 514 in France and 834 in Germany, the ECDC said.
In Russia, the number of confirmed cases rose to 10 after one new case was registered in southwestern Siberia, the RIA Novosti news agency reported Saturday.
The new patient, a 14-year-old girl from Tomsk, contracted the flu virus on a trip to Britain, the regional administration said.
In Georgia, authorities on Saturday confirmed the country’s first case of the flu in a male Georgian citizen who had recently returned home from Britain. The man has been put under isolation and was in a stable condition, said authorities.
Singapore reported its first death from the A/H1N1 flu virus Saturday, signaling a worsening situation of the epidemic in the Asia-Pacific region.
According to Singapore’s Health Ministry, a 49-year-old man infected with the virus died of heart attack Saturday afternoon.
The ministry said the patient had multiple co-morbidities, including diabetes, hypertension and high cholesterol.
He was admitted to Singapore’s Changi General Hospital on July 16 after four days of flu-like symptoms and was diagnosed with A/H1N1 influenza.
According to the latest official data, Singapore has confirmed more than 1,200 infection cases.
Indonesia said on Saturday that 15 people were infected with the A/H1N1 virus, bringing the total number in the country to 157.
Of the new cases, two were foreigners and the rest were Indonesian citizens.
Four of the 15 were male and 11 were female aged between four and 49. All of them were being treated at hospitals in Jakarta, Bandung of West Java, Bali, Medan of North Sumatra and Surabaya of East Java.
The Bangladeshi authorities have confirmed two more A/H1N1 flu cases, bringing the total number of such cases in the South Asian country to 24, according to local newspaper The Independent on Saturday.
The country’s health authorities were quoted as saying that 18 of the 24 patients, aged between 2 and 46, have fully recovered while six were still receiving medical treatment.
Ten of the cases contracted the virus within the country and all of them were relatives of those infected people who had returned from abroad.
The Saudi Health Ministry Saturday confirmed nine new A/H1N1 cases, bringing the country’s total number of infections to 294.
Seven of the newly diagnosed cases were Saudi citizens — six male and one female — while the other two were foreigners, said Health Minister Abdullah al-Rabia in a statement.
The statement said 215 cases in the country have completely recovered, while the rest were in a stable condition and receiving treatment.
The World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Thursday that it will stop tracking A/H1N1 cases, saying that the pandemic is the fastest growing ever and it is pointless to count each case.
The WHO, however, called on countries to continue to report clusters of severe cases or deaths caused by the new virus or unusual clinical patterns.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-07/19/content_11732005.htm
Australia’s swine flu cases have topped 10,000 with officials in the worst-hit Asia-Pacific country reporting two deaths and warned the virus “preferred young people.”
Health Minister Nicola Roxon said the national tally was now 10,387, more than 10 percent of the global total confirmed by the World Health Organization with 123 people in hospital.
South Australia and Queensland states reported two deaths of people with the disease, taking the national flu-linked toll to 22. A(H1N1) however has not yet been confirmed as the cause of any of the deaths.
Roxon said the number of cases would climb as the southern hemisphere winter progresses. She said the real caseload was likely much higher as mild infections were not being tested.
“The numbers are expected to peak in August ... the pandemic strain of flu is becoming the predominant flu strain in Australia this winter,” the minister told reporters.
She said those hit hardest mostly had pre-existing medical conditions, but warned that health authorities were now worried about a growing number of serious cases in young people.
“We do see that there are some people who are young and otherwise healthy who have the rapidly deteriorating disease ... it’s obviously concerning,” she said.
Roxon said patients’ average age was 19, adding that doctors and health workers had been told to watch for young people with trouble breathing because their condition could quickly become life-threatening.
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.5eef86ae79464179681179084700cbde.be1&show_article=1
Whether you are suffering from some flu bug, a bad chest cold, pneumonia, if you have congestion in your lungs, here is something you can do to help yourself out, it’s cheap and effective:
1.) If you don’t already have one, get a cool mist humidifier unit (many models and types available).
2.) Fill the reservoir container with cold water, leave enough room to add ONE bottle (450 to 500 ml) of 3% hydrogen peroxide, yes I said good ol’ hydrogen peroxide.
3.) Turn the humidifier on as you retire for the night, close the bedroom door to keep the humidified & peroxided air in the room. Be sure your windows are closed.
Now as you sleep, your nose, sinus, throat and lungs will be getting exposed to one of the most powerful and potent antiseptics anywhere, i.e., hydrogen peroxide. It kills germs by the bushel. It will loosen up phlegm and all of that crap in your respiratory system and you WILL be waking up in the morning hacking it out.
Now the manufacturers of humidifiers (and some doctors) will tell you NOT to do this, my advice? Ignore ‘em and do it anyway. I got over my initial reluctance to try this years ago, and I was amazed at the results, and I think you will be too.
Remember also, that the ratio of water to hydrogen peroxide is still overwhelming so you’re not at risk of asphyxiating yourself or anything like that. I’m living proof of it and I’ve been doing this for years now.
As a PS, I also use hydrogen peroxide in the ear canals to get rid of excess wax, and any germs in there die a quick death too. Lay on your side and have someone pour a capful of H-P into your ear, you’ll feel it snap-crackle and pop, it will itch and tickle a little bit, then hold a Kleenex over your ear when you get up to catch what drains out.
‘Hydrogen Peroxide’, better living through simple off-the-shelf products.
Hope this helps someone.
MKJ
“It’s the problem with influenza, right? Either we’re going to see small numbers of these and they’re just going to kind of appear periodically and we’re all going to worry or it’s going to go big,” McGeer said.
And then what do we do?
Ping... (thanks, neverdem!)
I noticed some of the Walmart cashiers are wearing gloves. I wonder if this is why.
US federal officials say the country has purchased 195 million doses of swine flu vaccine for its possible autumn vaccination campaign.
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=101460§ionid=3510203
Question: How effective will these doses be, if the virus mutates? A development which some have predicted as likely.