News Reports for November 9, 2009

OR: Swine flu pandemic makes school nurse's job even busier

http://www.oregonlive.com/heal...

[snip]

And the swine flu pandemic that has boosted absenteeism to as high as 25 percent at some schools has only made the school nurse's job even more complicated.

[snip]

Meanwhile, the swine flu pandemic has hit Boise-Eliot even harder than Portland's other schools.

"Two weeks ago we'd have four or six kids lined up outside my door," Ward said. "All with thermometers in their mouths, and all with fevers of 101 or 102 degrees. And they all had to go home because they were sick."

[snip]

When it comes to the numbers of school nurses-per-student in the U.S., Oregon ranks 49th.

[snip]

...the abrupt appearance of swine flu, and the wide swath the disease has been cutting through some Portland schools, has given Ward, like all nurses, more than enough to keep her busy.

"It's an overshadowing presence," she said. "It seems to be taking a breather these days," she gestured to the empty chairs outside her office. "But it'll be back."

[snip]
 

Keep the information coming!

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by: Cathy M @ Sun Nov 08, 2009 at 23:27:13 PM CST

India: Chandigarh doctor contracts swine flu

http://story.indiagazette.com/...

A 28-year-old doctor of a hospital here tested positive for the influenza A (H1N1) virus, taking the total number of swine flu cases to 63, health officials said Monday.

[snip]
Till date, 63 people have tested positive for swine flu and three casualties have been reported in this region.

So far 17 doctors, working in various hospitals in Chandigarh, have tested positive for the virus.

[snip]

Keep the information coming!

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by: Cathy M @ Sun Nov 08, 2009 at 23:29:13 PM CST

Canada: Experience from previous pandemics suggest H1N1 may not have peaked: experts

http://www.680news.com/news/na...

TORONTO - As delivery of H1N1 vaccine to the provinces ramps up this week after an unfortunate slowdown, some public health officials are warning that Canadians shouldn't decide they can do without vaccine just because they've made it this far without a shot.

Though a wave of infection appears to be peaking in some parts of the country and is perhaps past its peak in others, the virus still could have plenty up its sleeve, they say.

In parts of the southern United States where flu activity had started to decline there are signs another upsurge in infections is coming, influenza epidemiologist Lone Simonsen said Sunday.

Simonsen, who is a researcher at George Washington University in Washington, D.C., has done extensive study of the wave patterns of previous pandemics.

"In '57 ... we certainly had a fall wave followed immediately by a winter wave. And then we had the same pattern in 1918," she says, adding that in the pandemic of 1889, the bulk of the deaths occurred in the third wave.

[snip]
Critics of the way the vaccine program has been handled have said the vaccine is coming too late. For instance, Dr. Richard Schabas, a former chief medical officer for Ontario, said last week that H1N1 will be a "distant memory" by Christmas and there will be no value in immunizing healthy people.

[snip]
Seasonal flu viruses don't generally have more than one peak (per virus subtype) per season. But Simonsen says history shows pandemic viruses break the rules as they are getting used to their new hosts, humans.

[snip]
Another benefit of vaccination now is the fact it can take several years for pandemic viruses to settle down to the point where they act like seasonal viruses, meaning they stop taking such a heavy toll on younger people and shift their focus to their traditional target, the elderly, Simonsen says.

"[snip]
Butler-Jones said last week anyone who thinks the virus is on the wane should think again, noting hospital admissions, intensive-care unit transfers and deaths from swine flu were three times higher than the previous week.

The Public Health Agency reported the number of deaths known to be associated with H1N1 in Canada at 115 as of late last week.

But Schabas, chief medical officer of health for Hastings and Prince Edward Counties in eastern Ontario, had adamantly insisted the H1N1 outbreak is not a major public health event.

Schabas told the media last week that once the "dust has settled on H1N1" between 200 and 300 people will have died in Canada - far fewer than those who die from seasonal flu every year.

Simonsen says that comparison is "apples and oranges" and doesn't take into consideration the fact that the people who are dying from this flu are more likely to be young adults than people in their 70s and 80s.

"If you count years of life lost instead of lives lost, you will see that it's a lot different to have a mean age of 75 years in those who die and a mean age of 30," she says.

"It is a different texture to have a lot of children and young adults dying than people who are nearing the end of their natural life cycle."

Keep the information coming!

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by: Cathy M @ Sun Nov 08, 2009 at 23:35:16 PM CST

MA:Advocates see homeless as priority for H1N1 vaccine

http://www.southcoasttoday.com...

NEW BEDFORD - Advocates for the homeless are worried about the potential spread of H1N1 flu in that population, but state health officials say they are not a priority.

"No one has spoken to the issue of, 'Should they have priority,'" said Arlene McNamee, executive director of Catholic Social Services. "Given their compromised health, they probably should."

[snip]

McNamee and others who work with the homeless say that as an unsheltered population living on the streets or in tents in the woods, they tend to have compromised health because of their living conditions and lack of regular medical care.

If a homeless person were to seek medical attention, it might be health care workers' only chance to vaccinate him or her.

"You might not see them again because of severe mental health issues," McNamee said.

[snip]
But that's not the way it works.

According to Manley, vaccine administrators agree to follow the state's priority group guidelines when they receive a shipment of vaccine. More than 600,000 doses of the vaccine will have arrived in Massachusetts by today, but that is still only a fraction of the 3.5 million doses ordered by the state.

A change in the guidelines is not in the state's plans, Manley said.

[snip]

Also among the homeless population in January's count were 43 children, considered by the state to be a high-risk group for complications from swine flu. The number of pregnant women is harder to pinpoint, Connelly said, but they probably make up only a small portion of the overall homeless population.

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Keep the information coming!

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by: Cathy M @ Sun Nov 08, 2009 at 23:38:28 PM CST

Afghan Schools close due to increasing flu

http://www.southasianmedia.net...

KABUL: The Afghan government has closed the country's schools and universities for most of November in response to an increased number of H1N1 flu cases. Since July, officials have diagnosed nearly 350 people with the virus. There have been a total of 772 confirmed cases, and 10 people have died. Afghan officials say most of the flu cases have been in Kabul, Parwan and the provinces of Herot, Kandahar, Ningrahar and Bamayan.

[snip]
(Not sure if this is new news, but it had an 11/9 date)

Keep the information coming!

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by: Cathy M @ Sun Nov 08, 2009 at 23:40:07 PM CST

More on Afghanistan

http://www.nytimes.com/aponlin...

11 Afghans Die of Swine Flu, Troops Suffering
Published: November 9, 2009
Filed at 8:45 a.m. ET

KABUL (AP) -- Swine flu has left 11 people dead in Afghanistan, where hundreds of Afghan and international troops are battling the disease and facing a rising militant insurgency. The Afghan Ministry of Public Health reported Monday that 710 of the 779 cases of the flu in the nation have been among military personnel.

Public Health Minister Dr. Mohammad Amin Fatemi says 320 foreign troops deployed in Afghanistan and 390 Afghan National Army soldiers have the flu. An Afghan soldier is among the 11 Afghans who have died.  Earlier this month, the government closed schools and universities for three weeks. It advised anyone with a fever to stay home from work and those with mild symptoms to wear a mask in public places.  

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by: LauraB @ Mon Nov 09, 2009 at 09:10:49 AM CST

[ Parent ]

I wonder if/how this might affect US decision on whether or not to increase troops. n/t

Always have a plan B.

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by: maryinhawaii @ Mon Nov 09, 2009 at 23:35:48 PM CST

[ Parent ]

Canad: Edmonton Theatre department loses founding father

http://www.canada.com/entertai...

Edmonton theatre, and by extension the theatre community across the country, has lost one of its most magnetic and inspirational artists, teachers, mentors, agents provocateur.

With the death Thursday night of Tim Ryan, felled at 62 by congestive heart failure complicated by the H1N1 virus, Grant MacEwan University's influential theatre arts department is now without its leader and visionary founding father.

Daughter Kate Ryan said her father had a heart condition and had been ailing since spring. He entered the heart institute at the University of Alberta Hospital a week ago and was tested for the H1N1 virus, which was later confirmed.

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Keep the information coming!

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by: Cathy M @ Sun Nov 08, 2009 at 23:41:49 PM CST

that's Canada, not Canad... n/t

Keep the information coming!

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by: Cathy M @ Mon Nov 09, 2009 at 09:57:22 AM CST

[ Parent ]

You Tube has a newsclip about the Ukrainian situation

I don't know how to embed videos, but this looked like a good tv reporting of the pandemic:

http://www.youtube.com/v/e7yn3...

hopefully I got the link right.

Keep the information coming!

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by: Cathy M @ Sun Nov 08, 2009 at 23:53:03 PM CST

Ukrainian situation

Excellent! Thanks for that reference.  

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by: Hattifield @ Tue Nov 10, 2009 at 03:25:59 AM CST

[ Parent ]

AZ: Recent spike in H1N1 cases has parents, teachers worried

http://www.abc15.com/content/n...

PHOENIX -- According to the Arizona Department of Health Services, 81 Arizona residents have died from complications due to the H1N1 virus.

Fifty-one deaths have occurred since October 4.

[snip]

According to AZDHS, there have been 6,302 confirmed H1N1 cases in Arizona with 1,088 in the past week alone.

[snip]

Keep the information coming!

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by: Cathy M @ Sun Nov 08, 2009 at 23:54:36 PM CST

Flu outbreaks could put Internet on life support

http://www.chicagotribune.com/...

Like many big organizations, Comcast Corp. is taking precautions to halt the spread of H1N1 flu. For one, it has distributed bottles of hand sanitizer to employees.

But Comcast, the nation's largest residential Internet provider, with 14 million high-speed subscribers, may have a bigger problem if the flu leads to rampant absenteeism by students and workers. All those people may be online at home simultaneously, a recent government report warned, causing an Internet meltdown.

Homebound workers and ailing children could overload the Internet with video game downloads, Web surfing, online shopping and Webcast viewing. Neighborhood telecommunication nodes that act as traffic cops for the Internet could be overwhelmed with data.

A Government Accountability Office report released late last month said the Internet could slow dramatically if worker absenteeism reached 40 percent -- a reasonable speculation for a severe flu outbreak.

[snip] With many more users home with the flu, the Internet could become so congested that functions critical to the economy, such as online banking, might grind to a halt. And the government could have trouble disseminating information about the pandemic itself over the Internet.

[snip]
It notes that in an emergency, authorities could seek to shut down video-sharing Web sites to ease congestion.

Comment: Get yer YouTube now, while ya can! ;-)

Keep the information coming!

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by: Cathy M @ Sun Nov 08, 2009 at 23:57:42 PM CST

no one saw that coming

< snark >

just ban porn and there's plenty of bandwidth freed up.

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by: DemFromCT @ Mon Nov 09, 2009 at 06:28:04 AM CST

[ Parent ]

Too bad they can't sort that out from the webinars...

from an article below:

"I have a laptop and a BlackBerry," Cuppernull said. "I was able to attend a meeting telephonically and participate in online training with hardly a blip."

If they put a halt to video-sharing services, unless they can exempt the webinar folks, all the planning that went into "work at home" might be lost... the devil's in the details...

Keep the information coming!

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by: Cathy M @ Mon Nov 09, 2009 at 09:56:57 AM CST

[ Parent ]

Reported Ukraine Fatalities Increase To 155

http://www.recombinomics.com/N...

969,247 Influenza/ARI

48,972 Hospitalized

155 Dead

The above numbers represent the latest figures from Ukraine. The increases over the weekend have slowed, but it is unclear if this reduction in the rate of increases is due to an improving situation, or just fewer reports received because of the weekend.  Although Lviv still has a wide lead in all categories (see map), including 155,895 cases, the city of Kiev is now up to 60,366 and when combined with the 47,802 cases in the Kiev Oblast, the Kiev city/oblast has increased to more than 100,000 cases, which is higher than any oblast, other than Lviv.  The low number of deaths there, 5, may just be a trailing number, since the largest increases in Kiev were in the past few days.

More...

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by: magdelaine @ Mon Nov 09, 2009 at 01:08:06 AM CST

Inpress: Serbia may declare flu epidemic

http://www.focus-fen.net/index...

Belgrade. Serbia is close to declaring national flu epidemic, Inpress online news edition reports.
There are 244 cases of people infected with the swine flu virus and the number is increasing. Thus, we are very close to announcing flu epidemic throughout the entire country on Tuesday (November 10), Predrag Kon, head of the expert's team on pandemic, announced for the Serbian television.
There are 5 death case registered in Serbia so far. On Saturday, Serbian Healthcare Minister said that if the spreading of the flu virus continues, authorities are to decide on November 9 whether to declare national epidemic like Bulgaria already did, Alfa television says.  

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by: magdelaine @ Mon Nov 09, 2009 at 01:25:56 AM CST

Hawaii: No pandemic plan till September

The city got a $2.1 million grant in December for the planning effort by the Department of Homeland Security through the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Kaku said.

The plan must be finished by next September, he said, adding that a preliminary draft is expected to be ready in June.

http://www.starbulletin.com/ne...

comment: holy simole! No plan until next september?? what have they been doing?

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by: DemFromCT @ Mon Nov 09, 2009 at 06:27:05 AM CST

surfing. trust me. n/t

Always have a plan B.

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by: maryinhawaii @ Mon Nov 09, 2009 at 23:34:42 PM CST

[ Parent ]

Hawaii Plan

In one of my PPT lectures, I mention that falling coconuts kill more humans annually than H5N1.  Maybe they have been working on that.

rrteacher

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by: rpmashes @ Mon Nov 09, 2009 at 08:09:16 AM CST

Canada: Wealthy hospital donors jump the H1N1 queue

First it was hockey players. Now, wealthy hospital donors have jumped the queue to get H1N1 flu shots.

News emerged Friday that the top 200 donors at Montreal's Jewish General Hospital have been inoculated.

Board members of Toronto's Mount Sinai Hospital were offered H1N1 flu shots at a regular board meeting Oct. 26, says the union representing 46,000 health care workers in Ontario.

(Snip)

In Montreal, a spokeswoman for Jewish General Hospital said all 200 donors who received H1N1 shots serve as volunteers. "It has nothing to do with the fact that they gave money," said Karen Ohayon. "There's absolutely no link."

http://www.vancouversun.com/he...

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by: Ruby Murray @ Mon Nov 09, 2009 at 08:48:50 AM CST

"It has nthing to do with the fact that they gave money," There's absolutely no link."

What!!!!!! Really!?? What is going on? A lot of someones need to be fired. NOW!!!!!

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by: JonC @ Mon Nov 09, 2009 at 20:36:50 PM CST

[ Parent ]

Tymoshenko: Flu rate in Ukraine goes down

http://www.kyivpost.com/news/n...

Today at 12:52 | Interfax-Ukraine Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has reported a decline in the rate of new cases of flu and acute respiratory viral diseases in Ukraine. "Certain positive signs have appeared of the decline in the rates of the flu and acute respiratory diseases. While on November 4 there were 127, 254 sick people, on November 8 - 32, 468. Certain positive dynamics are apparent," she said at a Monday meeting with representatives of the World Health Organization in Kyiv.

She said that in 17 regions the sickness rate still exceeds the epidemic threshold, but "in 10 it has gown down below the threshold and the sickness rate is already declining."Tymoshenko said that in 2007, "the worst year so far", 6.28 million people contracted flu and acute respiratory disease in the first nine months while the figure for this year is 5.316 million. She said that the rate of deaths caused by pneumonia complications stood at 4, 720 in the first nine months of 2007 and at 3, 822 this year.

"The trend has been the same in the past few months of 2009. While in October-November 2007 688 people died, during the same period of 2009 15% less," she said.

comment: Don't forget that she is at laggerheads with the president, so take what she says with a grain of salt

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by: LauraB @ Mon Nov 09, 2009 at 09:13:54 AM CST

And more on Ukraine...

http://www.kyivpost.com/news/n...

WHO studies A/H1N1 impact in Zhytomyr Today at 07:59

A World Health Organization team of experts has continued its work in Ukraine over the weekend. While four members continued investigations in Lviv - one of the most affected regions in the country - two others travelled 100 km west of the capital, Kyiv, to Zhytomyr: a medium-sized city and a regional (oblast) capital. The health authorities there have invested resources in preparing for the pandemic in line with the central Government's guidelines. The two team members went to the area, along with WHO's representative in Ukraine, to see how a typical region prioritizes action to prevent an outbreak of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 influenza.

A total of 1.3 million people live in the wider Zhytomyr oblast, explained the head of the oblast health administration to the WHO team. As of 7 November 2009, nearly 20 000 people had reported acute respiratory illness (ARI) in the previous 8 days. The region confirmed an ARI epidemic 2 days ago, with the numbers breaching a defined threshold (set using the weekly ARI incidence for the past 10 years).

There are 747 hospital beds earmarked for infectious patients (406 are designated for children) and a contingency plan is in place to allocate an extra 1415 beds at extremely short notice. The emergency response plan also includes the transformation of one hospital into a dedicated treatment and care unit for pandemic (H1N1) 2009 influenza.

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by: LauraB @ Mon Nov 09, 2009 at 09:16:02 AM CST

[ Parent ]

H1N1 exposes weak leave policies

http://www.washingtonpost.com/...

Bill calls for paid time off Some firms adjusting rules as flu spreads

Monday, November 9, 2009

When Great Falls resident Carolyn Cuppernull's 10-year-old daughter came down with swine flu, she didn't have to take time off work to stay home with her. Cuppernull is senior marketing manager of the Washington office of the law firm Akerman Senterfitt. Under the group's former policy, she would have had to use paid leave to stay home if she or a relative got sick. But the firm recently updated its rules to allow employees to stay home with full pay -- without using leave time -- for H1N1-related absences.

"I have a laptop and a BlackBerry," Cuppernull said. "I was able to attend a meeting telephonically and participate in online training with hardly a blip."

In Washington and across the country, the arrival of the flu season has prompted companies of all sizes to weigh how to accommodate sick workers while keeping the business running. President Obama has declared the swine flu situation a national emergency, and federal agencies recommend that businesses remain flexible and let sick workers stay home. Congress has also weighed in with a proposal that would mandate employers to offer paid sick leave. Under a bill introduced last week by members of the House Education and Labor Committee, employers with 15 or more workers would be required to provide five paid sick days per year for workers sent home with contagious conditions such as the swine flu.

comment: another good article laying out the choices facing many workers

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by: LauraB @ Mon Nov 09, 2009 at 09:24:47 AM CST

Total Destruction of Lungs in Ukraine Fatal H1N1 Cases

http://www.recombinomics.com/N...

Total Destruction of Lungs in Ukraine Fatal H1N1 Cases
Recombinomics Commentary 04:22  November 9, 2009

The symptoms are observed at different stages of disease - a fever with a temperature over 38 C, cough, respiratory disorders. When cough was characterized by negligible allocation phlegm or dry unproductive cough with blotches of blood. All the patients come to hospital on average by 3-7 days of onset, were in serious condition. Period of time from onset to death averaged from 4 to 7 days. In all patients during a hospital for signs of respiratory insufficiency of various degrees, which quickly rose and manifested accelerated respiration rate, shortness of breath and effectiveness of independent breathing. X-ray studies were performed on 1-2 day hospitalization. Most patients experienced a double-headed particles of lower lung lesion, followed by a trend towards total destruction.

The above translation is from an announcement today from the Ukraine Ministry of Health describe 90 fatalities (see map) associated with community acquired pneumonia.  The full report included the age distribution, which exactly match distribution reported previously by other countries for swine H1N1. 52/90 fatalities were in the age group of 19-40, followed by 26/90 in the 41-55 age group.  

Coughing up blood followed the "total destruction" of lungs again gives a clinical picture of hemorrhagic pneumonia caused by H1N1 swine flu.  However, although the 90 recent fatalities described above are clearly due to H1N1, many reports continue to cite a low number of H1N1 lab confirmed cases, which is more reflective of limited testing than actual cases.

Earlier reports cited pneumonia deaths not associated with the influenza/ARI category and the basis for the classification of approximately half of such deaths into a separate category remains unclear.The above description of these fatalities increase the need for the immediate release of sequences from H1N1 isolated from the lungs of these fatal cases.    Samples were sent to Mill Hill a week ago and only a minimal description (no "large" changes and no anti-viral resistance) of the sequence data.  As the number of reports of sequences with receptor binding domain changes in isolates from lungs of fatal H1N1 cases increase, the need for full and rapid disclosure of sequences from large outbreaks such as the one in Ukraine become a major health care imperative.

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by: LauraB @ Mon Nov 09, 2009 at 09:46:02 AM CST

Our health care providers need a whole lot of education on symptoms of H1N1

When I was sick for 8 weeks this summer with the damn thing, I couldn't get an appointment with Kaiser because my cough was "unproductive"....they wouldn't see me unless I had a fever over 102 and was coughing up a bunch of mucus. Yet here's this description of the disease symptoms that ending up killing the people who had it

cough was characterized by negligible allocation phlegm or dry unproductive cough

Grrrr.

Always have a plan B.

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by: maryinhawaii @ Mon Nov 09, 2009 at 23:43:28 PM CST

[ Parent ]

CBS Questioning CDC fatality reports

Link here - but it seems to only be working some of the time? (I freely admit to being a technological savant)

http://www.cbsnews.com/video/w...

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by: LauraB @ Mon Nov 09, 2009 at 09:56:45 AM CST

They do love questions

Nov. 9
H1N1 deaths underreported?
During Ashton's visit last Friday to the CDC only 29 states and 1 territory had reported flu deaths and hospitalizations. And according to an internal CDC document obtained exclusively by CBS News, the actual number of people who have died due to H1N1 since September could be almost double, an estimated 1,131 deaths.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories...

Oct. 21
Swine flu cases overestimated?
If you've been diagnosed "probable" or "presumed" 2009 H1N1 or "swine flu" in recent months, you may be surprised to know this: odds are you didn't have H1N1 flu.

In fact, you probably didn't have flu at all. That's according to state-by-state test results obtained in a three-month-long CBS News investigation.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories...

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by: Catte Nappe @ Mon Nov 09, 2009 at 11:32:12 AM CST

[ Parent ]

Next thing we'll hear is that there isn't even a pandemic, just mass hysteria. n/t

Always have a plan B.

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by: maryinhawaii @ Mon Nov 09, 2009 at 23:49:37 PM CST

[ Parent ]

Man it must suck to die from hysteria. N/T

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by: JonC @ Tue Nov 10, 2009 at 07:52:13 AM CST

[ Parent ]

OMG....LSHIHTCMU....

(Laughed so hard I had to change my undies)

Don't worry, that acronym will never catch on...

Always have a plan B.

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by: maryinhawaii @ Tue Nov 10, 2009 at 22:14:59 PM CST

[ Parent ]

sheryl atkisson (Oct 21) is a reporter

with a long history of hostility to vaccines. The Nov 9 report, which goes the opposite way, doesn't seem to grasp that 'estimation' rather than actual measurement is being used, as it is every year during flu season, and finds that a breaking news story - now.

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by: DemFromCT @ Tue Nov 10, 2009 at 08:16:15 AM CST

[ Parent ]

Long history of not-too-bright, too

Years ago, I pegged her as one of the not-too-bright up and coming news reporters when I saw her interview Shari Lewis and ask her about her beloved puppet Lamb Chop - Sheryl called the puppet "Lamb Chops" throughout the entire interview.

Her present attitude and reports come as no surprise to me.

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by: Clawdia @ Tue Nov 10, 2009 at 11:03:01 AM CST

[ Parent ]

Over 2000 Health Care Workers Ill in Ukraine

http://www.recombinomics.com/N...

Over 2000 Health Care Workers Ill in Ukraine
Recombinomics Commentary 14:34 November 9, 2009

As on 06.11.2009, in Ukraine sick 687 physicians and more than 1500 young specialists. In quarantine areas the incidence ranges from 0.5% to 1.3% of the total number of doctors and from 0.5% to 1.2% of younger professionals. In addition, 4 physicians and 2 junior personnel died as a result of their professional duties. This situation complicates the already difficult work of physicians who work with the excessive load. In order to support regions with the most complex epidemiological situation, the Ministry of Health of Ukraine formed more than 570 mobile teams, composed of family physicians, pediatricians, infectious disease, anesthesiologists and others. specialists.

The above translation is from a Ukraine Ministry of Health announcement made today.  Included are the deaths of 6 health care workers as well as more than 2000 who are ill.  These numbers also begin the demonstrate the transmissibility of H1N1 in Ukraine.  The latest release has almost 1 million in Ukraine who are symptomatic and almost 50,000 hospitalized.  The reported death toll is 155, but there are additional pneumonia deaths that are not classified as influenza/ARI.  It is not clear how symptoms in the second group differ from those listed in the government table.  Severe cases of H1N1 without fever have been described in other countries, raising concerns that some of the H1N1 pneumonia deaths are being mis-classified.

All listed oblasts and municipalities are near or above the epidemic threshold, and the sudden rise in cases and deaths raise concerns about small genetic changes, including receptor binding domain changes in the H1N1 in Ukraine. Samples were sent to Mill Hill in London a week ago. At least 15 of the samples were positive for H1N1, so a full data set of sequences should have been completed last week.  Release of those sequences is long overdue.

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by: LauraB @ Mon Nov 09, 2009 at 10:03:14 AM CST

OR: up 113 hospitalizations and 7 deaths in 3 days

www.flu.oregon.gov

Here is the Current Summary (Sept 1, 2009 - November 6, 2009)

County of Residence Hospitalized Deaths  
Baker 1 0
Benton 13 0
Clackamas 80 1
Clatsop 1 0
Columbia 0 0
Coos 27 0
Crook 1 0
Curry 3 0
Deschutes 45 3
Douglas 27 2
Gilliam 0 0
Grant 0 0
Harney 6 0
Hood River 3 0
Jackson 93 2
Jefferson 11 0
Josephine 45 3
Klamath 17 1
Lake 3 0
Lane 142 7
Lincoln 4 1
Linn 15 0
Malheur 3 0
Marion 64 0
Morrow 3 0
Multnomah 184 4
Polk 8 0
Sherman 0 0
Tillamook 1 0
Umatilla 15 3
Union 5 0
Wallowa 4 0
Wasco 1 0
Washington 94 2
Wheeler 0 0
Yamhill 23 1
Unknown 0 0
Total 942 30

Comment: But of course, one has to have cut and pasted the info in order to see the increases...it was at 829 and 23 deaths on Nov. 3rd and of course this is the 9th, so there are likely many more!

Keep the information coming!

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by: Cathy M @ Mon Nov 09, 2009 at 11:58:24 AM CST

Thanks for staying on top of this, Cathy

This represents 4 new deaths since Nov. 5th, including 1 each in Deschutes, Jackson, Lane and Washington counties.  The new state total is 42 (12 before Sept. 1, 30 since Sept. 1), representing 11 deaths per million residents.

The cumulative listing of reports is here, and the breakdown by county is:

H1N1 Deaths by County (June 1 to Nov. 6, 2009)

County	Deaths before 9/1/09	Deaths since 9/1/09	Total cumulative deaths	County Population	Deaths per 1 million population
Clackamas	0	1	1	380,576	2.63
Deschutes	1	3	4	158,456	25.24
Douglas	0	2	2	104,059	19.22
Jackson	1	2	3	201,138	14.92
Josephine	0	3	3	81,618	36.76
Klamath	1	1	2	66,425	30.11
Lane	1	7	8	346,560	23.08
Lincoln	0	1	1	45,946	21.76
Marion	3	0	3	314,606	9.54
Multnomah	3	4	7	714,567	9.80
Umatilla	0	3	3	73,526	40.80
Washington	2	2	4	529,216	7.56
Yamhill	0	1	1	98,168	10.19
Total OR	12	30	42	3,790,060	11.08

...with the caveat that deaths reported before Sept. 1 were confirmed H1N1, and deaths since Sept. 1 were confirmed influenza and were presumably H1N1 ("Almost all of the influenza viruses identified since then are pandemic H1N1 influenza" per the OR DHS website).

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by: AlohaOR @ Mon Nov 09, 2009 at 21:25:18 PM CST

[ Parent ]

Age distribution for OR deaths, by month

H1N1 Deaths by Age by Month (June 1 to Nov. 6, 2009)

Month Reported	Total	0-4	5-18	19-24	25-49	50-64	65+	Age not rept.
Jun '09	3	1		1		1
Jul '09	4				2	1	1
Aug '09	5				2			3
Sep '09	2				1		1
Oct '09	17		1		6	5	5
Nov '09 (to 11/06)	11				3	4	3	1
Total OR	42	1	1	1	14	11	10	4

 

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by: AlohaOR @ Mon Nov 09, 2009 at 22:11:37 PM CST

[ Parent ]

Thanks for the extra info - where are you getting it?

I can't find the breakdown by age on the Oregon page -- the Flu Bites (sooo aptly named!) has at least a 2 week lag... are there pages I'm missing?

Keep the information coming!

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by: Cathy M @ Mon Nov 09, 2009 at 23:44:22 PM CST

[ Parent ]

Over 2000 Health Care Workers Ill in Ukraine

http://www.recombinomics.com/N...

As on 06.11.2009, in Ukraine sick 687 physicians and more than 1500 young specialists. In quarantine areas the incidence ranges from 0.5% to 1.3% of the total number of doctors and from 0.5% to 1.2% of younger professionals. In addition, 4 physicians and 2 junior personnel died as a result of their professional duties.

This situation complicates the already difficult work of physicians who work with the excessive load. In order to support regions with the most complex epidemiological situation, the Ministry of Health of Ukraine formed more than 570 mobile teams, composed of family physicians, pediatricians, infectious disease, anesthesiologists and others. specialists

.

The above translation is from a Ukraine Ministry of Health announcement made today.  Included are the deaths of 6 health care workers as well as more than 2000 who are ill.  These numbers also begin the demonstrate the transmissibility of H1N1 in Ukraine.  The latest release has almost 1 million in Ukraine who are symptomatic and almost 50,000 hospitalized.  The reported death toll is 155, but there are additional pneumonia deaths that are not classified as influenza/ARI.  It is not clear how symptoms in the second group differ from those listed in the government table.  Severe cases of H1N1 without fever have been described in other countries, raising concerns that some of the H1N1 pneumonia deaths are being mis-classified.

Cont.

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by: magdelaine @ Mon Nov 09, 2009 at 13:03:41 PM CST

Reported Ukraine Cases Top One Million - 174 Fatalities

http://www.recombinomics.com/N...

1,031,597 Influenza/ARI

52,742 Hospitalized

174 Dead

The latest update for Ukraine includes more than 1 million reported cases (see map).  The fatalities have jumped from 155 to 174 and almost 53K have been hospitalized. The biggest jump in fatalities was in Lviv, where reported deaths rose from 63 to 74.  However, the largest jump in cases was in Kiev, raising concerns that the infections were spreading east.

Cont.

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by: magdelaine @ Mon Nov 09, 2009 at 13:05:01 PM CST

DE: Delaware officials report 4th confirmed death

DOVER - Delaware public health officials today reported the state's fourth death from swine flu.
Officials said they were notified that a 52-year old Kent County man who was hospitalized Oct. 21 with flu-related complications died Saturday.

Officials said the man had a very serious underlying health condition before contracting swine flu.

http://www.delawareonline.com/...

"I have come to value liberated minds as the supreme good of life on earth."

epitaph on grave of J. Frank Dobie

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by: Joseph_Roehl_kiwiamerican @ Mon Nov 09, 2009 at 13:11:35 PM CST

WHO Silence on Ukraine Sequences Raises Pandemic Concerns

http://www.recombinomics.com/N...

Snip

In the days post shipment, cases in Ukraine have quadrupled to over 1 million and the reported fatalities have grown from 30 to 174. The clinical presentation of 90 of the fatalities was classical H1N1 linked hemorrhagic pneumonia, which led to the "total destruction" of both lungs.  These fatal cases were hospitalized 3-7 days after disease onset, highlighting the rapid progression of the infection in a large number of patients, suggesting genetic changes in the H1N1 virus.

Although politicians and media reports continue to downplay the significance by citing a small number of  lab confirmed cases or more traditional pneumonia deaths, the number of fatal hemorrhagic cases was unusually large. These deaths involve hemorrhagic pneumonia in previously health young adults.  Most deaths were 19-40 years of age.  The age group with the second highest totals was 41-55.  Thus, the age profile of these cases parallels those seen in other countries in H1N1 infected patients.

Snip

Sequencing should have been largely completed last week and the presence or absence of regional markers should be clear.  Release of the sequences or a list of polymorphisms under further investigation would be useful.

The silence on the sequences continues to increase concerns.

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by: magdelaine @ Mon Nov 09, 2009 at 13:13:25 PM CST

Niman has been busy...

He's really beating the drum on this. You'd almost think that there may be something to it...

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by: magdelaine @ Mon Nov 09, 2009 at 13:15:35 PM CST

[ Parent ]

yes it appears the sequence reports are OVERDUE, so Niman may see that as intentional

Besides this, Niman has been noting the high numbers of hemorrhagic pneumonia in the Ukraine, and says that slight changes may make a big difference in viral loads, especially changes of the virus' binding receptor sites. I have to wait for the sequences but agree with you it may be something more than the SOS.

"I have come to value liberated minds as the supreme good of life on earth."

epitaph on grave of J. Frank Dobie

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by: Joseph_Roehl_kiwiamerican @ Mon Nov 09, 2009 at 13:24:59 PM CST

[ Parent ]

Canada: 5 deaths confirmed in past week in Newfoundland

Health officials in Newfoundland and Labrador confirmed Monday that a fifth person in the province has died from swine flu-related illness.

Eastern Health said the woman, a 69-year-old from central Newfoundland, died late Sunday. A release from the health authority said the woman had other health problems that put her at risk of complications from the H1N1 virus.

Earlier in the day, Central Health CEO Karen McGrath confirmed a 48-year-old man died Sunday afternoon of complications from an H1N1 infection.

She said he was in hospital for several days being treated for influenza, and on a ventilator in the intensive care unit when he died. However, McGrath said the man was otherwise healthy.

"In this case, we do not know of any underlying [medical] conditions."

The latest death, the fifth in the province in little more than a week, is the fourth in central Newfoundland, and McGrath said that has prompted a review by the health authority

http://www.cbc.ca/health/story...

"I have come to value liberated minds as the supreme good of life on earth."

epitaph on grave of J. Frank Dobie

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by: Joseph_Roehl_kiwiamerican @ Mon Nov 09, 2009 at 13:20:03 PM CST

WI: 1st death in Wisconsin's Grant County confirmed

LANCASTER (WKOW) -- The Grant County Health Department has confirmed the first H1N1 influenza related death in that county.

According to a news release posted last Friday, Director/Health Officer Jeff Kindrai said, "The loss of a loved one for anyone is heartbreaking. Our thoughts are with the family and friends during this difficult time."

The deceased is described as an adult with underlying health conditions.

http://www.wkowtv.com/Global/s...


"I have come to value liberated minds as the supreme good of life on earth."

epitaph on grave of J. Frank Dobie

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by: Joseph_Roehl_kiwiamerican @ Mon Nov 09, 2009 at 13:27:34 PM CST

WI: 1st death in Wisconsin's Grant County confirmed

LANCASTER (WKOW) -- The Grant County Health Department has confirmed the first H1N1 influenza related death in that county.

According to a news release posted last Friday, Director/Health Officer Jeff Kindrai said, "The loss of a loved one for anyone is heartbreaking. Our thoughts are with the family and friends during this difficult time."

The deceased is described as an adult with underlying health conditions.

http://www.wkowtv.com/Global/s...


"I have come to value liberated minds as the supreme good of life on earth."

epitaph on grave of J. Frank Dobie

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by: Joseph_Roehl_kiwiamerican @ Mon Nov 09, 2009 at 13:33:37 PM CST

my apologies to all on the double post~!

"I have come to value liberated minds as the supreme good of life on earth."

epitaph on grave of J. Frank Dobie

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by: Joseph_Roehl_kiwiamerican @ Mon Nov 09, 2009 at 13:34:33 PM CST

[ Parent ]

Modova: 3 deaths and tripling of cases in last few days

Chisinau. Number of people infected with swine flu in Moldova has increased three times over the last days.
Some 113 new cases of A(H1N1)-infected were registered by November 6. Three days later the patients ill with swine flu run to 316, RBC reports, citing a press release of Moldova's Healthcare Ministry.
Moldova's government decided to extend the flu vacation at schools and universities with one more week.
Up to now, 3 people died of swine flu in Moldova.

http://www.focus-fen.net/index...

"I have come to value liberated minds as the supreme good of life on earth."

epitaph on grave of J. Frank Dobie

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by: Joseph_Roehl_kiwiamerican @ Mon Nov 09, 2009 at 15:43:23 PM CST

Moldova is on SW border of Ukraine n/t

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by: magdelaine @ Mon Nov 09, 2009 at 15:51:53 PM CST

[ Parent ]

thanks Magdelaine...yeppers it sure is getting busier to be a newshound

"I have come to value liberated minds as the supreme good of life on earth."

epitaph on grave of J. Frank Dobie

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by: Joseph_Roehl_kiwiamerican @ Mon Nov 09, 2009 at 15:55:30 PM CST

[ Parent ]

Pneumonia Death of Belarus Doctor Near Ukraine Border

http://www.recombinomics.com/N...

A worker of the scientific and practical centre of radiation medicine in Homel has died from pneumonia.

This fact has been confirmed to BelaPAN by the head of the Health Care directorate of Homel regional executive committee Mikalai Vasilkou.

As said by him, the worker of the centre was taken to the emergency hospital with acute respiratory failure. "On Friday we received confirmation from anatomical pathologists that the woman died of hard total pneumonia," the head of the directorate stated.

As the BelaPAN has found out, the deceased was about 30, she had a maternity leave recently. She worked in the ultrasonography diagnostics department of the centre.

Mikalai Vasilkou added that there are other death cases from pneumonia, but they are to be confirmed by anatomical pathology centres still.

The above translation describes a pneumonia death of a Doctor in Gomel, which is in Belarus near the Ukraine border (see map). The report describes additional pneumonia deaths in the area.  Belarus has acknowledged 20 deaths and widespread H1N1 including excessive absenteeism in schools.  These deaths raise concerns that the spike in cases in Ukraine is being mirrored in Belarus.

Cont.

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by: magdelaine @ Mon Nov 09, 2009 at 15:46:45 PM CST

TX: 17th death confirmed in Dallas

The death of a 51-year-old Dallas County man was confirmed as the county's 17th H1N1-related death, Dallas County Health and Human Services said today

http://www.dallasnews.com/shar...

"I have come to value liberated minds as the supreme good of life on earth."

epitaph on grave of J. Frank Dobie

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by: Joseph_Roehl_kiwiamerican @ Mon Nov 09, 2009 at 15:53:14 PM CST

Is it just me??? or...

... do the headlines seem to be trying to minimize the death count. They started with, "First Death in the State" ... moved to "First Death seen in Western (wherever)" ... then on to "First Death in Our County" ... "First Death in the City of (insert your city here)" ... I am to the point that it will not surprise me to read, "First Death Reported on Elm Street" ... I guess it is just me ...

PANIC/09 (Porcine Avian Novel Influenza Contagion / 2009)

A prudent man sees danger and takes refuge,
  but the simple keep going and suffer for it.
Proverbs 22:3

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by: David @ Mon Nov 09, 2009 at 16:08:20 PM CST

Nope - not just you!

I think intense efforts have been made to minimize everything about H1N1 since Day 1 - right down to the repetition of the word "mild" ad nauseum.

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by: Clawdia @ Mon Nov 09, 2009 at 16:25:59 PM CST

[ Parent ]

"Mild" flu...

Is that like a "mild" cold... or a "mild" heart attack. That word is somewhat ambiguous.

PANIC/09 (Porcine Avian Novel Influenza Contagion / 2009)

A prudent man sees danger and takes refuge,
  but the simple keep going and suffer for it.
Proverbs 22:3

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by: David @ Mon Nov 09, 2009 at 16:33:54 PM CST

[ Parent ]

it's like a mild pandemic

which, of course, is an oxymoron.

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by: DemFromCT @ Mon Nov 09, 2009 at 16:59:39 PM CST

[ Parent ]

All good untill you have a mild case of death. N/T

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by: JonC @ Mon Nov 09, 2009 at 20:52:37 PM CST

[ Parent ]

it's all right madam you have nothing more than a slight mild case of pregnancy j/k

"I have come to value liberated minds as the supreme good of life on earth."

epitaph on grave of J. Frank Dobie

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by: Joseph_Roehl_kiwiamerican @ Mon Nov 09, 2009 at 21:03:34 PM CST

[ Parent ]

8>)

I had a little bird
his name was Enza
I opened the windaaa
and IN FLEW ENZA

Influenza
influenza
i opened da windaaaa
and influenza

wash yo hands and minimize the danger
and last of all send out the man from the manger
but never dare ye think that that bird's bad, ole influenza.

or

ring around the rosies
a pocket full of posies
a'kerchief, a 'kerchief we all fall down.

"I have come to value liberated minds as the supreme good of life on earth."

epitaph on grave of J. Frank Dobie

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by: Joseph_Roehl_kiwiamerican @ Mon Nov 09, 2009 at 21:12:35 PM CST

[ Parent ]

And that golden oldie

It's not the cough that carries you off
it's the coffin they carry you off in.

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by: UK - Bird @ Tue Nov 10, 2009 at 02:13:03 AM CST

[ Parent ]

Canada: Alberta province confirms 5 more deaths, total now 25

CALGARY - Five more deaths in Alberta have been linked to H1N1 influenza, Alberta Health reported on its website today.

The provincial health department said that brings the total number of Alberta deaths related to the virus to 25 since the new strain of flu first appeared in the spring.

No details on the latest victims are yet available, but medical officials are expected to provide an update on the situation at a press conference later this afternoon

http://www.calgaryherald.com/b...

"I have come to value liberated minds as the supreme good of life on earth."

epitaph on grave of J. Frank Dobie

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by: Joseph_Roehl_kiwiamerican @ Mon Nov 09, 2009 at 16:49:31 PM CST

KY: Kentucky records 20th death from H1N1, young man 20s, no prior health conditiions

EDGEWOOD, Ky. -- The Northern Kentucky Health Department says there's been another death associated with swine flu.

The health department said in a statement on Monday that a Boone County man in his 20s with no underlying health conditions has died from the virus. It is the state's 20th death attributed to swine flu.

http://www.kentucky.com/latest...

"I have come to value liberated minds as the supreme good of life on earth."

epitaph on grave of J. Frank Dobie

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by: Joseph_Roehl_kiwiamerican @ Mon Nov 09, 2009 at 16:53:48 PM CST

MI: Kalamazoo County HD inundated with phone calls

By Jessica Leffler
KALAMAZOO, Mich. (WOOD) - The Kalamazoo County Health Department has received so many phone calls to their swine flu clinic reservation line, that at one point, their phone system shut down. Everyone seems to want information on the vaccine.

"When we first opened this morning, apparently, 100 or more calls got into the queue and on hold and what that does is, it ties up all the circuits for the county phone system," said Lina Vail Buzas of the department. "So, people were unable to dial into the county phone system while all those people were on hold."

People with asthma are encouraged to receive the H1N1 and seasonal flu shots as soon as possible, state health officials said Monday

http://www.woodtv.com/dpp/news...

"I have come to value liberated minds as the supreme good of life on earth."

epitaph on grave of J. Frank Dobie

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by: Joseph_Roehl_kiwiamerican @ Mon Nov 09, 2009 at 16:55:38 PM CST

MI: more than 10% of Michigan deaths had asthma

Of 34 H1N1 deaths in Mich. this year, 4 had asthma

http://www.wtol.com/Global/sto...


"I have come to value liberated minds as the supreme good of life on earth."

epitaph on grave of J. Frank Dobie

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by: Joseph_Roehl_kiwiamerican @ Mon Nov 09, 2009 at 17:27:29 PM CST

[ Parent ]

Question: Are those with asthma really 1/3 of all hospitalized H1N1 cases in America?

Chief medical executive Greg Holzman of Michigan's CommunityHealth Department said Monday a third of those hospitalized nationally this year with H1N1 symptoms have had asthma.

source: same article as above, ibid.

"I have come to value liberated minds as the supreme good of life on earth."

epitaph on grave of J. Frank Dobie

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by: Joseph_Roehl_kiwiamerican @ Mon Nov 09, 2009 at 17:42:14 PM CST

[ Parent ]

yep

the number is 32%.

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by: DemFromCT @ Mon Nov 09, 2009 at 18:00:55 PM CST

[ Parent ]

India: a 30 yr old Lunapur, Rajasthan man confirmed death of H1N1

AHMEDABAD: Bhanu Pariya, 30, a resident of Lunapur village in Sirohi district of Rajasthan died at VS Hospital on Monday after testing positive for  
swine flu. She had been brought to the hospital on Sunday.

"She started complaining of fever on November 5 and was admitted to the general hospital at Sirohi. After her condition worsened, she was brought to VS Hospital for better treatment. As soon as she was brought here, she was given Tamiflu and put on the ventilator as her condition deteriorated," said a health department official.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes...

"I have come to value liberated minds as the supreme good of life on earth."

epitaph on grave of J. Frank Dobie

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by: Joseph_Roehl_kiwiamerican @ Mon Nov 09, 2009 at 21:00:09 PM CST

[ Parent ]

what I meant to say was WOW! thanks much DemFromCT _)

"I have come to value liberated minds as the supreme good of life on earth."

epitaph on grave of J. Frank Dobie

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by: Joseph_Roehl_kiwiamerican @ Mon Nov 09, 2009 at 21:01:38 PM CST

[ Parent ]

MI: 6 new deaths, including 2 children, total deaths now 28 in Michigan

The total number of deaths in Michigan is 28, up from 22 on Nov. 5. Victims have ranged from 3 months to 72.

There have been four deaths of asthma sufferers since April. The deaths prompted state health officials today to warn that asthma sufferers should be vaccinated against H1N1. The risk goes both ways - a higher risk of hospitalization and death, and a higher risk of other groups spreading H1N1 to those that can't fight it off.

Approximately 9.5% of Michigan residents have been diagnosed with asthma. That number increases in Detroit, where the latest asthma prevalence data in 2007 was 13.7% and many sufferers end up in the hospital with major complications.

Contact PEGGY WALSH-SARNECKI: 313-222-8851 or mmwalsh@freepress.com

http://www.freep.com/article/2...

"I have come to value liberated minds as the supreme good of life on earth."

epitaph on grave of J. Frank Dobie

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by: Joseph_Roehl_kiwiamerican @ Mon Nov 09, 2009 at 17:00:21 PM CST

IA: Iowa counts 2 more deaths, total now 16

The Iowa Department of Public Health reports two more death attributed to the H1N1 flu. The latest two victims are identified as adults from Polk County. The Health Department says both victims had risk factors that increased the chance of complications.

....Department medical director Patricia Quinlisk says the disease has seemed to hit adults harder in recent weeks. The latest two deaths bring the total in Iowa linked to H1N1 to 16. That includes one child.

http://www.radioiowa.com/2009/...

"I have come to value liberated minds as the supreme good of life on earth."

epitaph on grave of J. Frank Dobie

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by: Joseph_Roehl_kiwiamerican @ Mon Nov 09, 2009 at 17:24:24 PM CST

Ukraine continues to be in a panic about a deadly outbreak...

...of influenza still not confirmed as H1N1 swine flu.

The disease contagion may be showing signs of diminishing. But accounts of young and otherwise healthy victims succumbing continue to circulate, contributing to heightened political tensions in a country that will face a general election on January 17, 2010. The virus has become a pivotal issue. Sentiment within the Central European nation increasingly holds that the country's medical systems and political leaders were slow to react or inadequate in their response to the outbreak. More than 95 victims have died this year.

Signaling the importance given to a show of concern, in the middle of the night on November 3, Prime Minister Yuliya Timoshenko, the Ukrainian foreign minister and the president's chief of staff gathered at Kiev's airport to share solemn words about the arrival of a shipment of Tamiflu, a drug effective against swine flu.

Near panic broke out on October 30 as deaths from flu and respiratory infections increased, leading to the announcement of a flu epidemic. Tymoshenko introduced travel restrictions, closed all schools and universities and banned mass gatherings for at least three weeks, and conducted a live TV session on October 31 with her cabinet, health officials and regional officials. Some officials have had to publicly denied rumors that a plague is afoot in the Central European homeland...

WAY TOO MUCH MORE AT:

http://www.thecuttingedgenews....

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by: Mr White42 @ Mon Nov 09, 2009 at 19:05:47 PM CST

Ukraine: Internet offers Swine Flu common sense

"Since last week, all of Ukraine has been in a state of panic. The flu kills. The epidemic, started in the western part of the country, took the lives of about 100 people.

Initially, health care officials denied the fact that people were dying because of swine flu, saying that the deaths had been caused by an unknown infection, which led to pneumonia. But the thought of an "unknown infection" scared the public even more...

SNIP>

Inconsistency in health officials' reports, plus a lack of information, created many rumors and much gossip. And Ukrainian politicians saw the epidemic as another opportunity to appear on TV and boost their image. Major TV channels ran 5-hour talk shows focused on the flu that were filled with politicians, many of which featured not a single person with a medical education.

SNIP SNIP>
A balanced professional analysis of the flu epidemic by Dr Komarovskyy, a well-known pediatrician with more than 30 years of professional experience, was posted on his personal Web blog...

A SNIPPIT>

I had planned to write about the flu in a few days, after I'd received adequate and objective information. But then, I received a phone call from my fellow nurse...Her boss had ordered her to bring three face masks the next day. When she asked where she could find the masks [drug stores were out of stock], the boss gave a response that reflects the Ukrainian reality "The night is long, so you can sew them." This was the last straw for me, I realized that I cannot stay silent anymore, I need to talk.

In fact, on Friday and Saturday the only thing I did was talk..."

READ MORE AT:

http://globalvoicesonline.org/...

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by: Mr White42 @ Mon Nov 09, 2009 at 19:27:27 PM CST

all across the world we can see that consistency must never have been a basic human trait

"I have come to value liberated minds as the supreme good of life on earth."

epitaph on grave of J. Frank Dobie

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by: Joseph_Roehl_kiwiamerican @ Mon Nov 09, 2009 at 21:15:23 PM CST

[ Parent ]

About Maryna Reshetnyak

FROM THE ABOVE STORY

http://globalvoicesonline.org/...

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by: Mr White42 @ Mon Nov 09, 2009 at 19:37:07 PM CST

NC: deaths from H1N1 for two pregnant women and 3 other people

RALEIGH -- Two pregnant North Carolina women died of pandemic H1N1 flu during the week of Oct. 25, state health officials confirmed today.

A spokesman for the state Department of Health and Human Services declined to identify where the two women lived.

In addition to the two pregnant women, three other people died in North Carolina from "influenza-like illness" during the week of Oct. 25.

http://www.newsobserver.com/ne...

"I have come to value liberated minds as the supreme good of life on earth."

epitaph on grave of J. Frank Dobie

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by: Joseph_Roehl_kiwiamerican @ Mon Nov 09, 2009 at 20:24:30 PM CST

"Supercourse" on Influenza A(H1N1) (Swine Flu): A Global Outbreak

In 12 languages plus English!  

Spanish, Russian, Farsi, Arabic, Vietnamese,
Bahasa Melayu(Malay), French, Macedonian,
Chinese modified, Hebrew, Bosnian, and Japanese

Links to the different languages are on this index page.
http://www.pitt.edu/~super1/le...

The lecture is 56 pages long, like slides, click for "next."

"The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it."  Flannery O'Connor

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by: Jane @ Mon Nov 09, 2009 at 21:48:11 PM CST

Canada - woman dies from swine flu after vaccination

http://montreal.ctv.ca/servlet...

Quebec woman dies after contracting H1N1 virus

A 42-year-old Quebec woman has died from complications resulting from the H1N1 virus.

It is the third death in the province since September.

The woman, who worked at the Monteregie Health and Social Services Centre, died Tuesday night.

Public health officials said the woman was not a nurse or front line worker who was in contact with patients.

She had also received the H1N1 vaccination on Oct. 29, two days before coming down with symptoms of the flu.

COMMENT: the potential for dysregulated host immune response to the H1N1 virus, after receiving adjuvanted vaccines, is being discussed here http://www.newfluwiki2.com/dia...


All 'safety concerns' are hypothetical.  If not, they'd be called side effects...

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by: SusanC @ Mon Nov 09, 2009 at 22:23:24 PM CST

same case, different paper

Meanwhile another death was reported in that province from H1N1. A 42-year-old woman, a health-care worker who had minor asthma, died on Tuesday night. She had received an H1N1 shot two days before she developed flu symptoms. The vaccine can take approximately 10 days to provide immunity.

http://www.nationalpost.com/ne...


All 'safety concerns' are hypothetical.  If not, they'd be called side effects...

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by: SusanC @ Mon Nov 09, 2009 at 22:32:15 PM CST

[ Parent ]

Please post new news stories to ...

News Reports for November 10, 2009

Thank you!

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by: AlohaOR @ Mon Nov 09, 2009 at 23:00:58 PM CST