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Flu Wiki Forum
Welcome to the conversation Forum of Flu Wiki
This is an international website intended to remain accessible to as many people as possible. The opinions expressed here are those of the individual posters who remain solely responsible for the content of their messages.
The use of good judgement during the discussion of controversial issues would be greatly appreciated.
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Fri Jun 26, 2009 at 20:53:40 PM EDT
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Reminder: Please do not post whole articles, just snippets and links. Thanks!!
Argentina
• Influenza and health crisis: "The antivirals are not coming to the territory" (Link)
• Health minister: 100,000 swine flu cases in Argentina (Link)
Australia
• Australia Braces for Swine Flu Outbreak in Jails as Inmates Hit (Link)
Brunei
• Brunei reports first H1N1 flu death (Link)
China
• Hong Kong finds 1st case of H1N1 resistant to Tamiflu; newly arrived from San Francisco (Link and link)
• Chinese swine flu patient electrocuted in shower (Link)
Croatia
• Croatia reports first H1N1 case (Link)
El Salvador
• Boy becomes El Salvador's first swine flu fatality (Link)
Greece
• Hospital stretcher bearer contracts swine flu (Link)
India
• First Suspected Swine Flu Patient Death In India (Link)
• Possible case of "resistant" A (H1N1) virus in India (Link)
Indonesia
• Seven people treated for Swine Flu (Link)
South Korea
• South Korea to spend $152 mln to secure flu vaccine (Link)
United Kingdom
• Swine flu 'to kill 40 Britons a day by end of summer' (Link)
• England: Swine Flu is not controlled (Link)
• Swine flu death toll rises to four (Link)
• Tamiflu policy was 'indefensible' (Link)
• Public warned to avoid 'panic buying' swine flu drugs online (Link)
• Changes to HPA pandemic flu media updates (Link)
• Swine flu - your questions answered (Link)
• Advice for pregnant women (Link)
• Priority for vaccination (Link)
United States
• TX: A/H1N1 flu death toll rises to 17, cases near 4,000 in Texas (Link)
• Hawaii cases continue to increase (Link)
• CA: 800 at San Quentin quarantined for swine flu (Link)
• HI: Focus on swine flu sharpens (Link)
• NV: Friend of Las Vegas H1N1 Victim Speaks Out (Link)
• WA: Fourth death tied to swine flu in state reported in Snohomish County (Link)
• TX: Sixth H1N1 Death in El Paso (Link)
Research
• CIDRAP: Studies: Novel H1N1 affects deep lung tissue, transmits fairly well (Link)
• Aboriginal populations vulnerable to H1N1: report (Link)
• Swine flu transmission studies suggest new virus is here to stay (Link)
Commentary
• Swine flu animal experiments (Link)
• Tamiflu Resistant Swine H1N1 in Hong Kong and San Francisco (Link)
• So what happens next? (Link)
General
• Swine flu's toll continues to rise (Link)
• Learning to Live in a World with the H1N1 Pandemic (Link)
• Fake Tamiflu 'out-spams Viagra on Web' (Link)
• European A/H1N1 flu infections exceed 10,000 (Link)
• Pandemic Flu Home Care Manual (Link)
• H (Link)
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Fri Jul 03, 2009 at 11:01:14 AM EDT
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(good topic for discussion - promoted by DemFromCT)
The Chinese word for crisis is often stated to be composed of two characters, danger + opportunity. Whether this is true or not, influenza can be thought of as equaling both danger and opportunity for businesses.
Businesses need to plan for and mitigate against many possible dangers to their businesses from influenza viruses.
But there are also opportunities for business to serve and assist their communities (including other businesses) by insuring that necessary supplies and services are delivered, by protecting individuals at high risk of dying from influenza, by decreasing both the number and intensity of influenza exposures for everyone else, and by assisting in vaccination (when available).
It is my hope that this forum can be a place for businesses to interact with each other, with the community, and with influenza experts in the development and testing of solutions which will benefit both businesses (through profit) and communities (though decreased disease and death.)
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Wed Jul 01, 2009 at 21:16:55 PM EDT
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For those who missed the webinar this past Friday, the entire video is linked and archived on line.
The following is a message from the webinar moderator:
Dear Colleagues,
Thank you for your participation in last week's seminal Pandemic Information Sharing & Community Resilience Workshop hosted at the National Library of Medicine.
On June 26, 2009, major steps were taken towards building a coalition of willing participants internal and external to government to better our nation's planning and response efforts in support of the upcoming 2009 flu season.
For those of you who were unable to attend the workshop, the full proceedings can be viewed via webinar at:
http://workshop.mphise.org
We will be posting additional materials, including archives of the breakout sessions and related PowerPoint slides on a collaboratory in the near future. Details will be forthcoming.
Additionally, we will keep you apprised of several meetings leading up to the September 1st 2009 mid-term initiative review of the 120 day mission, which starts today, July 1 2009.
We look forward to working with you to mitigate the impact of the second wave of SO-H1N1 this fall, and will be in touch soon to begin an active engagement across all our focus groups and communities.
Dr. Michael McDonald
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Sun Jun 28, 2009 at 14:07:28 PM EDT
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School closure has been an important part of the non-pharmaceutical interventions to use in a pandemic. The guidelines called for variation in when to close schools, and the recommendations or suggestions were keyed to the severity of the pandemic strain.
However, the recommendations for closure only varied by duration: in a severe pandemic, 12 weeks school closure is recommended. For a moderate pandemic, 4 weeks of school closure is suggested.
These options are "all or nothing". And a problem is that closing schools involves a BIG decrease in their ability to provide the services to the community, but there is no way to make the loss of those services proportional to the severity of the disease. Schools are either "open" or "closed".
Critics of school closure, or those who are reluctant to implement them, bring up concerns about child care and the provision of school lunches to poor children, in addition of course to the social and academic services schools provide. These are real concerns and the longer schools are closed, the more significant they become as issues.
I feel that there will be (is) resistance to closing schools because it is perceived as being very disruptive. We need some other alternatives, ones that allow parents and schools more flexibility.
As schools plan their pandemic response now, for the fall in the US, they may wish to consider alternatives to full scale closure, so that they may keep schools open with flexibility for students and teachers. Here are some ideas and options in how they might be able to provide flexible schooling on a temporary basis.
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Thu Jun 11, 2009 at 11:50:34 AM EDT
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WHO declares swine flu pandemic
http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH...
(CNN) -- The World Health Organization raised the swine flu alert Thursday to its highest level, saying H1N1 has spread to enough countries to be considered a global pandemic.
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Thu Apr 10, 2008 at 07:39:11 AM EDT
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Open this diary to find preppers and information in your area.
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Sat Jun 20, 2009 at 01:59:11 AM EDT
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Use this diary to find and post links to your favorite prepping diaries.
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Mon Jun 15, 2009 at 16:53:55 PM EDT
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The original wiki has moved to fluwiki.info. Details below.
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Thu Jun 25, 2009 at 22:35:10 PM EDT
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Not sure where to post? Want to communicate with the Mods? Need some help? Post on this thread.
Welcome, new posters! Lurkers are always welcome to register and join in the discussions.
Note: the wiki proper will be down for some maintenance issues. Go Daddy will redirect to a bland page. We are aware and working to rectify the situation, which may take some time. This site will not be affected.
-- DemFromCT
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Mon Jun 29, 2009 at 00:26:33 AM EDT
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Highlights of the H5N1 outbreak news this week (open diary to read more):
- H5N1 outbreaks in poultry in Indonesia and Vietnam
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Sat Jun 13, 2009 at 00:49:28 AM EDT
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This diary is to track news regarding Indonesia. Please post news articles and comments relative to specific news articles on this thread. For other discussions or questions related to Indonesia, please go here.
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Wed Mar 25, 2009 at 15:37:45 PM EDT
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Because of the recent increase in reporting by the Indonesian media concerning villages and their poultry deaths, this diary will be utilized entirely to track domestic poultry outbreaks, wild bird migrations, market place conditions, and bird smuggling.
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Tue May 12, 2009 at 22:01:53 PM EDT
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This Diary is to report and discuss the situation in Egypt
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Sat Jun 20, 2009 at 04:32:47 AM EDT
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Use this diary to find and post links to country-specific diaries.
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Mon Jun 01, 2009 at 15:38:57 PM EDT
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wonderful analysis -DemFromCT
Here is how it sounds when an official treats the public like grownups.
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