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steven johnson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 08:52 PM Original message |
Swine flu is spreading even in summer |
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emilyg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 08:58 PM Response to Original message |
1. Thank you. |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 09:55 AM Response to Reply #1 |
50. Why are you thankful about this? |
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emilyg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 01:39 PM Response to Reply #50 |
60. Info. |
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virgogal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 09:04 PM Response to Original message |
2. "---most people who are infected don't get tested" I think I'll |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 09:20 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. And most people who get sick |
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lapfog_1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 10:29 PM Response to Reply #4 |
19. World wide the death rate is .5 % |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 10:39 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. How do those numbers compare |
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lapfog_1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 11:29 PM Response to Reply #21 |
28. It's higher than the normal "flu" |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 11:33 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. There are days I feel like doing this |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 11:46 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. I agree - it's certainly worth watching - |
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Robb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 08:29 AM Response to Reply #31 |
48. Most managed care clinics ask you to stay home if you are contagious. |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 10:50 AM Response to Reply #48 |
54. None of the people I referred to |
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Robb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 02:58 PM Response to Reply #54 |
63. LOL. I guess I assume everyone's on managed care these days. |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 03:38 PM Response to Reply #63 |
64. That's what we've come to, though - |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 09:58 AM Response to Reply #21 |
52. 30,00-35,000 people die of flu in the US, every year |
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Mojorabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 03:51 PM Response to Reply #52 |
66. That is actually a made up number |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 08:13 PM Response to Reply #66 |
69. That is information provided by the CDC |
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Mojorabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 11:06 PM Response to Reply #69 |
72. Yes and the cdc |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 03:32 AM Response to Reply #72 |
74. it's an estimate, like the cdc's estimate of the number of cases, so i guess |
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Mojorabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 11:17 AM Response to Reply #74 |
83. I know it is an estimate. I posted the way they came up with it. |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 07:35 AM Response to Reply #72 |
79. I don't think you understand the difference between an estimate |
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Mojorabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 11:15 AM Response to Reply #79 |
82. I understand that it is not a true number of actual counted cases |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 09:04 PM Response to Original message |
3. Expect usual crowd to make fun |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 09:55 AM Response to Reply #3 |
51. Why are you tnakful? |
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emilyg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 01:41 PM Response to Reply #51 |
61. Why are you a sour-puss? |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 08:16 PM Response to Reply #61 |
70. I work in public health and the last thing we need is ill informed |
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emilyg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 08:51 PM Response to Reply #70 |
71. I'm a nurse. I like all the info I might have missed. Peace. |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 07:46 AM Response to Reply #71 |
80. Did you miss this one? |
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emilyg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 06:36 PM Response to Reply #80 |
84. Thanks. |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 09:27 PM Response to Original message |
5. Why is this of interest? The scare headlines? |
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Jake Stillow (28 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 09:33 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. I agree. This was a very useless article |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 09:36 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Here perhaps the CDC will be of education to you |
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Jake Stillow (28 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 10:03 AM Response to Reply #8 |
53. Your nephew will be fine. Trust me |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 03:34 AM Response to Reply #8 |
75. why are you invariably personally rude to anyone who disagrees with you? |
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caseymoz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 12:34 AM Response to Reply #5 |
33. I don't see it as a hype or terror threat. |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 08:15 AM Response to Reply #5 |
45. maybe you should check the CDC website- this is not flu season in the US |
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Skink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 09:28 PM Response to Original message |
6. I'd think in this case more people than usual are getting tested. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 09:37 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Actually no, my BIL called and they are not doing any of the testing |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 09:46 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. It's costly to do testing. If you think you had it and recovered |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 09:50 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. If I did have it, well it was extremely mild |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 09:54 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. My daughter was sick with something like that for two weeks... |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 09:57 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. I called the triage nurse and asked if they wanted to test |
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RayOfHope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 10:02 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. How high of a fever, did they say? n/t |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 10:10 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. 103 I think |
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RayOfHope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 10:15 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Wonderful. I'm laying here with my 7 yo who just sprung a 103.5 fever out of nowhere |
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CoffeeCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 10:26 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. If i remember correctly, you are supposedt to take... |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 10:41 PM Response to Reply #16 |
23. Kids spike fevers so fast, |
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Hissyspit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 10:23 PM Response to Reply #11 |
17. If I had it, it was pretty rough. And it was summer (June). |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 03:36 AM Response to Reply #11 |
76. how do you know you "got it" when you weren't tested? |
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MrsBrady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 05:58 AM Response to Reply #6 |
42. right as this all started in the spring, |
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Jake Stillow (28 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 03:53 PM Response to Reply #6 |
67. That's a great point, Skink |
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CoffeeCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 10:35 PM Response to Original message |
20. So, for those of you who have had the Swine Flu... |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 10:56 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. I woke up with a headache |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 03:39 AM Response to Reply #24 |
77. you don't know you had swine flu. |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 08:20 AM Response to Reply #20 |
46. Suddenly - typical of influenza. I was out for a week and severe brochitis for 3 weeks |
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bluesmail (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 10:40 PM Response to Original message |
22. Do a search 60 minutes 1976 swine flu documentary |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 10:57 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. Except that in '76 it was CONTAINED at Ft Dix |
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Boddingham (80 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 11:01 PM Response to Original message |
26. Have any "swine" been infected? |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 11:31 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. Actually YES... a few in Canada |
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Boddingham (80 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 12:06 AM Response to Reply #29 |
32. So, H1N1 is actually a human flu? |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 12:37 AM Response to Reply #32 |
34. It is animal in origin, as in piggy flu |
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Boddingham (80 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 12:42 AM Response to Reply #34 |
35. Uh huh. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 12:56 AM Response to Reply #35 |
37. No from pigs to humans and back to pigs |
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Boddingham (80 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 01:02 AM Response to Reply #37 |
39. Isn't the human element in this flu just like the Spanish flu? |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 01:07 AM Response to Reply #39 |
40. Nobody is quite sure, and the reason is this |
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Hestia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 01:54 AM Response to Reply #35 |
41. No, it's bird to swine to humans. Just read "The Great Influenza" - all flu's come from birds |
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Mojorabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 12:46 AM Response to Reply #26 |
36. And in Argentina reported yesterday. nt |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 12:58 AM Response to Reply #36 |
38. So more piggies are getting sick too... |
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dgibby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 11:05 AM Response to Reply #36 |
55. OMG!! This is HUGH! 11's. I'm Series!!11 |
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winyanstaz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 11:11 PM Response to Original message |
27. hmmm so why not make ALL school home schooling now? |
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davidpdx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 07:25 AM Response to Original message |
43. Crap, I was hoping this was die down a little over the summer |
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mainer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 07:36 AM Response to Original message |
44. Perhaps this is a good thing. Since it's still mild. |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 08:23 AM Response to Original message |
47. This is not swine flu - it is an assortment that contains human, swine and bird genes |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 09:29 AM Response to Original message |
49. Question, question! (Hand raised) |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 12:44 PM Response to Reply #49 |
57. Good q8uestion |
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DeadEyeDyck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 12:34 PM Response to Original message |
56. this scares the shit out of me... |
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JanusAscending (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 01:14 PM Response to Original message |
58. I call BULLSHIT!!! |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 01:39 PM Response to Reply #58 |
59. Given that big pharma hates doing flu vaccines and I call bulshit on your story |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 02:54 PM Response to Reply #59 |
62. second time you repeat the meme about vaccines being unprofitable bother for pharmacorps. Tiresome |
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Mojorabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 03:39 PM Response to Reply #62 |
65. When every country in the world is ordering |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 07:51 PM Response to Reply #65 |
68. bAxter is shipping vAccine this month. & no, it doesn't require "orders from every country in the |
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Mojorabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 11:47 PM Response to Reply #68 |
73. Baxter's vaccines are using a new technology |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 03:48 AM Response to Reply #73 |
78. this info was in the article i linked. |
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Mojorabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 11:13 AM Response to Reply #78 |
81. No it was not. |
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