indigo girl

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  1. My New Diagnosis

    Since Sunday, I have been noticing what I thought were two scratch marks on on my right forearm, and what seemed to be vesicles on the scratch lines and a few elsewhere as well. I felt a few near the...
  2. My New Diagnosis

    For what it's worth, the doc that I work with took a look at my arm this morning, said it did not look like shingles to him but more like an allergic reaction to poison ivy or other plants native to...
  3. Swine Flu Conspiracy Theories

    this commentary from the epidemologists at effect measure sums up what i've been thinking every time i read some of the posts here linking to some very startling sources. these are not the type of...
  4. Elmira, New York http://www.stargazette.com/article/20091114/NEWS01/911140361/1117/news/8-year-old+Elmira+boy+suffering+from+H1N1+on+life+support (hat tip
  5. Too late for me to get the vax. No, it was not as bad as I would have thought, and didn't look like anything cases I had seen before so I did not recognize it for what it was. I was totally surprised...
  6. Kitsap County, Washington Not very clear, exactly what happened. http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/nov/13/h1n1-virus-found-4-year-old-who-died-monday/ (hat tip
  7. So sick of hearing about the swine flu!!!

    Thanks! That is a good idea. My neighbor's pediatrician gave her son the Flumist even though he has asthma. Maybe because she knows him well, and the asthma is mild... I think, that these are just...
  8. I have not had mine yet as I am just getting over shingles, but five of my night co-workers marched over to employee health in the last 2 weeks, and got theirs. All of them are fine. They did it to...
  9. From your link: Cause and effect is unclear. If 80 to 120 cases are diagnosed each week and someone happens to have had the vaccine, does it mean that it was caused by the vax? No. We do know that...
  10. Barry County, Missouri http://www.cassville-democrat.com/story/1587017.html (hat tip
  11. Amherst, New York http://www.wkbw.com/news/local/69902877.html (hat tip pfi/marsupial 777) UPDATE
  12. http://www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/vaccination/provider/lettertoprovider.htm I know, yet another vaccine! But this is actually a very good idea if you happen to be in one of the risk groups for complications...
  13. Novel H1N1 Infections in Animals

    http://www.nrtoday.com/article/20091111/NEWS/911119988/-1/rss03 (hat tip
  14. No Prior Existing Conditions but Dead Anyway

    Topeka, Kansas http://www.ktka.com/news/2009/nov/12/topeka-woman-h1n1-dies/ (hat tip
  15. Worst Case: Choosing Who Survives in a Flu Epidemic

    Dr. Nancy video on rationing of ventilators. I don't know how long this will be available. Video links don't usually stay up very long.
  16. No Prior Existing Conditions but Dead Anyway

    Ottawa, Ontario, Canada http://www.cbc.ca/canada/ottawa/story/2009/11/12/ottawa-university-professor-dies-swine-flu.html...
  17. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada http://www.cbc.ca/canada/ottawa/story/2009/11/12/ottawa-university-professor-dies-swine-flu.html (hat tip
  18. The Numbers This is for the US only. More at:
  19. Experts: H1N1 Is Not Going Away Any Time Soon http://www.kvbc.com/Global/story.asp?S=11496593 (hat tip
  20. So sick of hearing about the swine flu!!!

    Your hubby could possibly get the flumist if it is available as long as he does not have asthma, and is under age 49. http://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/PublicHealthFocus/ucm189691.htm Please don't think...
  21. CDC estimate of the number of US pediatric deaths that have occurred from April to mid-October from swine flu:
  22. MMWR: Pediatric Flu Deaths Nearly Doubled Last Week

    Transcript of the CDC briefing: They are only looking at cases from April to mid-October. http://www.cdc.gov/media/transcripts/2009/t091112.htm Anne Shuchat, MD (RADM, USPHS) Assistant Surgeon...
  23. The death of kids from flu are not estimates. These deaths are required to be reported to CDC. Reading this just makes me feel sick. More commentary at:...
  24. Transcript of the CDC briefing.
  25. Pierce County, Washington http://www.thenewstribune.com/topstories/story/952258.html (hat tip