How can we be prepared if the swine flu gets out of hand and people are getting the flu like swine disease?
How can a family or people get prepared if an outbreak of the swine flu gets uncontrollable. I live in new york city area and i heard that a few school student in a public high school has been confirmed of the flu like swine disease.
Posted by What I Say
Preparedness? Outbreak? Uncontrollable disease? Hang on...
1. Think about this: If Relenza and Tamiflu seem to be effective against the current strain of swine flu, and these vaccines were developed for a different strain of influenza, how much dangerously different could this swine flu be? The CDC says, symptoms for swine flu are typical "flu-like" and not some bizarre never before seen symptom. ""The symptoms of swine flu in people are expected to be similar to the symptoms of regular human seasonal influenza and include fever, lethargy, lack of appetite and coughing. Some people with swine flu also have reported runny nose, sore throat, nausea, vomiting and diarrhea."
2. The swine flu of concern is a category A influenza. Pig farmers have always caught a variant of swine flu. If you tested pig farmers around the globe, and their family, and anyone who worked with them- you'd find they have immunities against swine flu variations. What makes this one unique is that it doesn't seem to require pigs as a vector. What's different is how it is spreading, from person to person now, as opposed to from pig to person. In general, every year there are new strains of influenza that have mutated or were more resistant to existing vaccines and nobody ever warns about a pandemic from new cases.
3. The body's immune system is the most important element when recovering from exposure to influenza. That means in the absence of having an already compromised immune system you're no worse off than if you came into contact with any other flu virus. Even if you get the most common flu viruses that have been out for years, and you don't take care of yourself after contracting sypmtoms (e.g., you continue to go to work, you don't get enough sleep, you don't drink enough water, your diet is poor, etc.), you could get worse and need hospitalization. And guess what? The current flu vaccines don't always protect you.
4. Speculation about the swine flu "mutating" into a "more deadly" strain that will cause a pandemic with thousands of deaths worldwide is only SPECULATION, and until someone can predict the future there's just no reason to be worrying to the extent that the media is senationalizing all this. Freakin' world of angst. The current preeminent hype sounds more like a way to get people scared enough to pay for flu shots.
5. (perhaps most important for your health) Stay away from the news media sensationalizing a "pandemic" of swine flu that hasn't even occurred yet.
6. Want to lessen your chances of getting ANY type of influenza? Wash your hands after being in public places and around others and refrain from touching your eyes or nose.
Posted by Tornado
Hi, I'm from Mexico D.F.
A coworker who is the "El Yunque" I secretly hoped that they (those in THE YUNQUE) dispersed the new strain of swine influenza virus.
He says he did that because they wanted to create a health emergency in the city of Mexico in order to strike the head of government of the Distrito Federal (Marcelo Ebrard) and an inept that it should not be in office.
It was assumed that the virus, when a new strain would not be easy to heal, but the "specialist" said the YUNQUE in the virus strain was not deadly as were tested in pigs, rabbits and mice and they did not die.
Now that people began to die on the YUNQUE are ordered complete silence of the case.
My coworker said it was not known if the YUNQUE is the antidote, and so the number involved in the case are very alarmed, and at least wants to leave the country.
I thought it necessary to comment because I believe that if THE YUNQUE is to deliver the vaccine to health services and respond to the deaths that are growing. Saludos:
Oscar Saldaña Núñez
México D.F. Hola; soy de méxico D.F.
Un compañero de trabajo que es del grupo "EL YUNQUE" me confió en secreto que ellos (los del YUNQUE) dispersaron la cepa nueva del virus de la influenza porcina.
Dice que hicieron eso porque querían crear una emergencia sanitaria en la ciudad de México para poder tachar al jefe de gobierno del Distrito Federal (Marcelo Ebrard) como a un inepto que no debe estar en su cargo.
Se suponía que el virus; al ser una nueva cepa no sería fácil de curar, pero el "especialista" del YUNQUE en virus afirmo que la cepa no era mortal pues la estuvieron probando en cerdos; conejos y ratones y no morían.
Ahora que empezó a morir gente en el YUNQUE se ordeno un silencio total del asunto.
Mi compañero de trabajo dice que no sabe si el YUNQUE tiene el antidoto; por lo que el y varios implicados en el asunto están muy alarmados y por lo menos el quiere irse del país.
Creí necesario comentarles esto porque creo que si el YUNQUE tiene la vacuna debe entregarla a los servicios de salud y responder por las muertes que estan multiplicandose.
Saludos:
Oscar Saldaña Núñez
México D.F.
Posted by Skippy
Know the symptoms and seek medical attention
The symptoms of swine flu in people are similar to the symptoms of regular human flu and include fever, cough, sore throat, body aches, headache, chills and fatigue. Some people have reported diarrhea and vomiting associated with swine flu. In the past, severe illness (pneumonia and respiratory failure) and deaths have been reported with swine flu infection in people. Like seasonal flu, swine flu may cause a worsening of underlying chronic medical conditions.
State # of laboratory
confirmed cases
California 7 cases
Kansas 2 cases
New York City 8 cases
Ohio 1 case
Texas 2 cases
TOTAL COUNT 20 cases
Check out http://swineflu-symptoms.info
It has all you need to know about swines
Posted by ProArtWork
You may want to stay away from restaurants since most workers are Mexicans. They are at higher risk of being expose to people they know that travel to/from Mexico!
Posted by audine
Salt your meat. Eat roast beef with salt.
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