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This is a restart of the old Medclinician 3 a.m. Avian Flu Diary. It has been several years now since I began posting seriously online concerning the coming Pandemic when I posted in March 2006 "Not if, but when."
December 14, 2008 Update
First, my thanks to the Admin of Flu Wiki for being able to continue my Flu Diary here. Briefly Bird Flu is sweeping across Asia. Over the last two months it has hit multiple locations, including India, and now Hong Kong and seems to headed for Korea.
We are seeing mutations and recombination which in one recent study published 12/12/08 show 24/25 flu samples resistent to Tamiflu. Considering this is the drug of choice and it has not been withdrawn as a recommended treatment, one finds this a bit strange. Why give a drug that does not work and has been proven to not only not be effective, but also further creates resistant strains.
Well, may the reader form their own conclusions on this. In the drug industry, many is the drug that has been proven totally useless for what it is prescribed for and may even make it worse. Example, the use of steroids in human avian which then creates a cyto storm and death.
Avian Flu and even seasonal flu is serious business - and I think the word business is why antibiotics continue to be given for viral infections creating horrific strains of MRSA and VRSA.
January and February are usually when we go fever pitch with the new strains and already we are seeing wide outbreaks and very little reporting.
If this was a new column I would list links to all of the above, but since it is simply a diary, I will just leave it at that.
Oh, btw, do watch out for the much under reported nasty nasty lung fluish thing which most of the people I know have (me included 103 temp), or have fought for weeks. Bluebird has it as we speak and is battling it in her lower lungs.
Z-Pak seems to be the antibiotic being .. um given out and perhaps IMHO this will keep down the nasty bug bugs in the lungs from creating havoc and death. Z-Paks is pretty hefty but if they keep giving it out like breath mints-it effective life span isn't going to hold out much longer.
Have a great Xmas and I am writing.. that is all I will say here until the critter is born.
Our prayers are with you.. Bluebird, Little Skye, and myself.
Medclinician
Medclinician
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