indigo girl

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  1. Military Poised to Help FEMA Battle Swine Flu Outbreak

    indigo girl replied to meme048's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Ah, but they are first in line for the vax along with HCW. Providing that it arrives in time enough for all of us to form antibodies, that

  2. Military Poised to Help FEMA Battle Swine Flu Outbreak

    indigo girl replied to meme048's topic in Disaster Preparation

    This was not exactly the kind of help that I was hoping for this fall, I have to say. I did hear that FEMA was not especially concerned about this flu at the all day vaccine meeting that took place in...

  3. Wouldn't It Make Sense to Buy Some Supplies Now?

    indigo girl posted a topic in Disaster Preparation

    http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/07/25/uk.swine.flu.pharmacies/index.html While I don't much care for the title of this article that describes a population in panic, I do think that an informed and well...

  4. Pregnancy Poses Higher Risk of Dying From Swine Flu, Study Says

    indigo girl posted a topic in Disaster Preparation

    http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601124&sid=aho3A3FonLo4 This is important information. (hat tip

  5. Disturbing Statistic..

    indigo girl replied to DeepFriedRN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    You are not an alarmist. You are a realist. You get it. Now, what can we do to make this better? Here is what they are doing in one place:...

  6. Disturbing Statistic..

    indigo girl replied to DeepFriedRN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I am reading that this vax will have thimerosol which may be problematic for some, and no adjuvants at this time which means two shots will be

  7. Disturbing Statistic..

    indigo girl replied to DeepFriedRN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Good point, however it is well known by now that the elderly are at the least risk. This is a pandemic virus. These viruses are skewed towards the young. The first to be vaccinated will likely be the...

  8. Pandemic Awareness/Preparation

    indigo girl posted a topic in Disaster Preparation

    It has been my own personal project to follow H5N1 for the last 3 years simply because it interests me. Attracted to this type of information like a magnet, I've been watching this relatively new...

  9. Any News on a Vaccine Yet?

    indigo girl replied to VickyRN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    You are correct. We do all work with people who never take the vaccine. I think that the CDC is very much aware of how few of us get vaccinated every year. We will see who steps up to the plate once...

  10. Wouldn't It Make Sense to Buy Some Supplies Now?

    indigo girl replied to indigo girl's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Yes, it is a completely different approach. I am not sure that I would agree with it for this reason alone, not everyone that has the flu needs to be on Tamiflu. Most will recover without it. Giving...

  11. Evidence of swine flu risk to pregnant women rises

    indigo girl replied to indigo girl's topic in Disaster Preparation

    It's a confusing story. I don't know anything about their health care system or what really happened except the result. She's in a medically induced coma like so many others at this time. I would...

  12. Evidence of swine flu risk to pregnant women rises

    indigo girl replied to indigo girl's topic in Disaster Preparation

    PSA from HSS:

  13. Transmission, Pathogenicity, Virulence and Vaccines

    indigo girl posted a topic in Disaster Preparation

    Part I http://scienceblogs.com/effectmeasure/2009/07/transmission_pathogenicity_vir.php The Editors of Effect Measure are senior public health scientists and practitioners. Paul Revere was a member...

  14. Drug-Resistant Flu Strain Turns Up In Denmark but Doesn't Last Long

    indigo girl replied to Lovely_RN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    More Tamiflu resistance in Japan http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showpost.php?p=272876&postcount=1 This patient was being treated prophylactically after being exposed to a positive case in the...

  15. Surge of Flu Cases in Argentina and Chile

    indigo girl replied to indigo girl's topic in Disaster Preparation

    This is a strange translated article coming out of Ecuador, not Argentina or Chile but another South American country experiencing the winter flu season in this pandemic. The article acknowledges...

  16. Transmission, Pathogenicity, Virulence and Vaccines

    indigo girl replied to indigo girl's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Part II http://scienceblogs.com/effectmeasure/2009/07/transmission_pathogenicity_vir_1.php The Editors of Effect Measure are senior public health scientists and practitioners. Paul Revere was a...

  17. Swine Flu and Conjunctivitis

    indigo girl replied to indigo girl's topic in Disaster Preparation

    It is true that you can test positive and be asymptomatic with this virus. And, we know as well that some cases in Mexico were afebrile. This does help the virus to infect more people as these cases...

  18. No Prior Existing Conditions but Dead Anyway

    indigo girl replied to indigo girl's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I don't give medical advice, of course. I can only give out what information is currently available on the new vaccines. As with anything we put into our bodies, you have to weigh benefit against...

  19. Evidence of swine flu risk to pregnant women rises

    indigo girl replied to indigo girl's topic in Disaster Preparation

    United Arab Emirates http://archive.gulfnews.com/nation/Health/10335288.html (hat tip

  20. No Prior Existing Conditions but Dead Anyway

    indigo girl replied to indigo girl's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I forgot to say that I am already working in a major medical center which has alread seen 3 swine flu deaths recently this summer. Staff is starting to get sick. Probably the best way for me to help...

  21. Swine Flu for Grownups - Risk Communication

    indigo girl posted a topic in Disaster Preparation

    http://afludiary.blogspot.com/2009/07/peter-sandman-swine-flu-for-grownups.html

  22. once again, two thumbs up to NHS for getting their heads around this pandemic

    indigo girl replied to oramar's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Oh dear, not an optimistic report, is it? They have to plan now to try to make this better. Are we doing this in the US, I

  23. No Prior Existing Conditions but Dead Anyway

    indigo girl replied to indigo girl's topic in Disaster Preparation

    My impression is that we will be very, very

  24. CDC No Longer Keeping Count of Swine Flu Deaths

    indigo girl posted a topic in Disaster Preparation

    http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-SwineFlu/idUSTRE56N3PQ20090724 Does anyone else find this rather peculiar? I could see not being able to track the number of cases since they gave up on testing, but...

  25. Evidence of swine flu risk to pregnant women rises

    indigo girl replied to indigo girl's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I am glad that you are going to see your own doctor. Would that be your OB doc? Were you also tested for swine flu while at the ER? Perhaps you were, but tested negative. It is good that you are...