Here is Oregon's CDC graph 
These numbers are completely off from the numbers compiled by my physician. They may be different because I live in CO and the Swine (that’s what the kids here have dubbed it) hit earlier here than it did elsewhere. But three weeks ago when everyone we know had at least one kid down with the flu, my Dr said he was swabbing folks with fevers and other flu symptons and most of them were swabbing H1N1 positive. His case load was way up; but it was because of the Swine.
OTOH, most folks are over it in 2-3 days, he says. My whole family got it in the space of a week. One bad day and then a couple of mildly funky days and it was over. The bad day was bad, though.
That’s a kind of bizarre difference between the two accounts. It may just be where they are located.
“Never let a crisis go to waste.” The propagandists in the state controlled media are even overseas. If there is an epidemic, why a shortage of vaccine? Wouldn’t take it anyway.
I’m in.
I like this author.
Full of common sense and patience.
Thanks for this, neverdem.
It is totally in line with global warming and other MAN-MADE HYSTERIAS being utilized to create an order in the political culture that wants to exclude choice and personal responsibility and give the almighty government more clout.
Unless there is a revolt (which I believe is building) this country is headed for a shift so great that our republic will be unrecognizable.
I never thought I would see the day when so many would be so easily swayed and "Chicken Little" would be the only response that was acceptable.
If this doctor is really testing for the swine flu in his officer after July, he’s unique because state labs stopped testing for swine flu in July. What is happening now is that doctors test for regular flu and if you come up positive they assume you have the swine flu. Only those hospitalized and the dead are tested in this country for swine flu.
The other thing is that he’s using that bogus number of 36,000 dying from regular flu every year. That was a number made up by CDC on the fly in April and it was way off. Usually one to two thousand people die from regular flu each year.
I agree we don’t want to panic people. But giving out real data and the truth is the best way to not panic people. Knowledge is safety with our health.
Here is Oregon's CDC graph
Yesterday morning I woke up with the television on, and a story being reported about increased stress on the internet because so many people were going to have to be working from home due to being sick with the H1N1 virus. This cracked me up.
So nobody worked from home last year because of influenza related illness?
How many people can actually work from home?
Most folks simply put their work on a memory stick and take it home with them, if they need to work. Then they take it back to work.
If people can connect to their work computer, chances are they do work on the internet already. What’s the diff if they do it from work or from home?
What this does indicate is that someone is trying to hype the idea that the internet is stressed. And if it is stressed, why there needs to be some remedy.
That remedy would be keeping everyone off the internet to relieve the stress. Certain sites that were not work related would have to stand down. Political sites would not be necessary to the completion of commerce.
One by one the government could contact ISPs and have them categorize their clientele, so that all unnecessary sites could be flicked off for periods of time.
These seemingly innocuous stories are troublesome.
This H1N1 isn’t being hyped in a vacuum. Somebody sees some value in it.
I got here before the neverdem ping.
You IMO Always post the most logical medical/sce articles.
And so Thanks.
Now about this whole swine flu deal I have givin it alot of thought and I sum it up to be Obama Drama. : )
Never a rat : ) How come you have not pinged yet the list.
Our local hospital has told employees the flu vaccine will be manadory next year, no exceptions.
In other words, if you work for us, we own your body.
We have an administration that will try to divert attention away from other issues and a public health system that is more than willing to help them.
would a muslim get a swine flu vaccine?
would a muslim get a swine flu vaccine?
Also, Keep up with other H1N1 update stories on this thread: H1N1 flu victim collapsed on way to hospital [Latest H1N1 updates downthread] thanks to DvdMom and others.
I doubt he knows this.
I suspect he voted for Obama and needs an excuse why the vaccine is not available to all who want it.
Prayers for Kalon please has H1N1 - My friend says he is resting, no longer sedated right now. Still on the ventalator tonight. He was able to breathe on his own for 45 minutes and just got too tired.