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  1. Pandemic Awareness/Preparation

    U.S. Airlines Tumble After Swine Flu Raises Travel Concerns http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=a50yYufORxdg&refer=home Bloomberg is a VERY credible source. If they are saying...
  2. Making a flu vaccine can take months
  3. Flu: how the latest strain spread around the world http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/interactive/2009/apr/26/swine-flu-outbreak-mexico-pandemic I like interactive tools like this timeline. If you click...
  4. Pandemic Awareness/Preparation

    Lethality is all relative if swine flu goes pandemic http://www.scottmcpherson.net/journal/2009/4/26/lethality-is-all-relative-if-swine-flu-goes-pandemic.html Scott McPherson is the Chief Information...
  5. I think that it is distinct possibility. About that vaccine, CDC says that it will take months to make a limited
  6. HHS to Declare Public Health Emergency http://afludiary.blogspot.com/2009/04/hhs-to-declare-public-health-emergency.html Sunday's CDC Teleconference on Swine Flu...
  7. US: Swine Flu Now Confirmed In 5 States http://afludiary.blogspot.com/2009/04/us-swine-flu-now-confirmed-in-5-states.html Canada confirms four H1N1 cases in Nova Scotia, two in British Columbia...
  8. Is the H1N1 swine flu virus the same as human H1N1 viruses? http://www.cdc.gov/swineflu/key_facts.htm A few days ago, I would have thought that there was some protection from the seasonal vax but I...
  9. I apologize for contradicting you, and I wish very much that you were correct, but the seasonal flu vax will not protect you. The experience in Mexico contradicts this. And, the WHO says it will not....
  10. Pandemic Awareness/Preparation

    How much of this is true, I do not know, but at least some of it has to be. Remember that Mexico had no time to prepare but we do. Mexico flu: Your experiences Readers in Mexico have been emailing the...
  11. WHO To Convene On Tuesday To Discuss Changing Pandemic Alert Level http://afludiary.blogspot.com/2009/04/who-to-convene-on-tuesday-to-discuss.html Shall we take bets on what they are going to do? They...
  12. If it is mild, then just treat the symtoms. If severe, the person is hospitalized with supportive care given, started on Tamiflu hopefully within 48 hours, and may need to be entubated. We know that...
  13. The UK
  14. WHO Updates Their Pandemic Phase Description Page http://afludiary.blogspot.com/2009/04/who-updates-their-pandemic-phase.html Yes, lots of us would agree that the WHO's definition has been met....
  15. 10 Students in New Zealand Test Positive For H1N1 Swine Flu http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUqMJiqBVE0 This video is saying that the New Zealand cases are positive for Swine Flu. They also say that...
  16. http://www.3news.co.nz/News/HealthNews/Auckland-students-being-tested-for-swine-flu/tabid/420/articleID/101256/cat/58/Default.aspx
  17. Pandemic Awareness/Preparation

    Only two options in swine flu crisis http://www.scottmcpherson.net/journal/2009/4/25/only-two-options-in-swine-flu-crisis.html Scott Mcpherson is the Chief Information Officer [CIO] for the Florida...
  18. Pandemic Awareness/Preparation

    The WHO's Pandemic Threat Level http://www.calgarysun.com/news/world/2009/04/25/9246676-cp.html There is some question as to why the WHO did not raise the pandemic threat level, and much speculation...
  19. Pandemic Awareness/Preparation

    New Zealand
  20. That is correct. CDC said that in their briefing yesterday that it would take months, and that it would be in limited
  21. Pandemic Awareness/Preparation

    New York schoolchildren had flu, official says http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N25476545.htm The fact that this sophisticated lab in the NYC Health Department could not subtype this flu is...
  22. New York schoolchildren had flu, official says http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N25476545.htm The fact that this sophisticated lab in the NYC Health Department could not subtype this flu is...
  23. Pandemic Awareness/Preparation

    Swine flu: CDC's Saturday press briefing http://scienceblogs.com/effectmeasure/2009/04/swine_flu_cdcs_saturday_press.php If they are saying no new cases in the US than that would seem to indicate that...
  24. Pandemic Awareness/Preparation

    Today's CDC Swine Flu Teleconference
  25. The CDC press conference today did not seem to give any new information, I have to say but I did miss a few minutes of it. They did much deferring to state and city health departments and dodging of...