Laidback Al

Laidback Al

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  1. Mandated Flu vaccine?

    Your personal observations about GBS and vaccinations are an outstanding coincidence. According to an MMWR report in 2010 for H1N1 vaccinations (Preliminary Results: Surveillance for...
  2. H5N1, Bird Flu Updates

    New H5N1 Human Cases in Indonesia Yesterday, the Indonesia Ministry of Health announced the case of a young child from West Jakarta who died on August 25, 2011. This is the first case confirmed in...
  3. Mandated Flu vaccine?

    After watching these flu vaccination threads here for several years here, I am astounded at the number of nursing professionals that have had a "reaction" or "side effect" to the vaccination or...
  4. Mandated Flu vaccine?

    In a socialist country every worker is owed a job. In the USA, employers can fire and hire at will. Thank goodness for American capitalism -- Heath care institutions are free to terminate nurses who...
  5. H5N1, Bird Flu Updates

    Pandemic CFR In response to post #242 and the CIDRAP summary . . . The most devastating pandemic in modern times was the 1918 pandemic. The estimated CFR for that pandemic was only 2-2.5%. Based...
  6. H5N1, Bird Flu Updates

    H5N1 CFR for the period between December, 2003 and August, 2006 The case fatality rate for human H5N1 cases is high. The Eurosurveillance study only looked at 234 confirmed cases between September of...
  7. H5N1, Bird Flu Updates

    Human H5N1 Cases - 2011 It has been eerily quite in the official media about reports of human H5N1 cases. The last official WHO confirmed cases was in Egypt on June 22, 2011 as reported by indigo girl...
  8. Nurse: 'I was fired for refusing flu shot'

    I absolutely agree. But remember, no one forces an individual to choose nursing as a career. If you don't like the conditions imposed by your employer -- get another job. Maybe in another field, if...
  9. Nurse: 'I was fired for refusing flu shot'

    Life is not 100% safe, and you have a 100% chance of dying. Vaccines have been shown to be safe and effective and have protected millions of people over the last century. They are not a public...
  10. Vaccination of health-care workers against influenza: our obligation to protect patient The issue of mandatory vaccination for health-care workers won't go away just because it is isn't a current...
  11. H5N1, Bird Flu Updates

    Human to Human to Human Transmission of H5N1 in Pakistan in 2007 Elsewhere I wrote this . . . ]The full EID article can be found here:
  12. H5N1, Bird Flu Updates

    Cambodia H5N1 Also today WHO announced the fifth human H5N1 case in Cambodia this year, a young girl who died on April 16th. All five cases in Cambodia this year have died. . . ....
  13. H5N1, Bird Flu Updates

    Six More Human H5N1 Cases Today WHO confirmed four more human H5N1 cases from Egypt, one from Cambodia, and one from Bangladesh. So far these are all isolated cases and there is no evidence of H2H...
  14. H5N1, Bird Flu Updates

    Just to keep everyone up to date ---- These are new cases are in addition to those posted by Indigo Girl in post #223. Egypt - New Human H5N1 Cases...
  15. H5N1, Bird Flu Updates

    Human bird flu cases - March 25, 2011 Update Bangladesh The first WHO confirmed case in 2011 in Bangladesh. see post #216 and http://www.who.int/csr/don/2011_03_16/en/index.html Another...
  16. H5N1, Bird Flu Updates

    Yesterday WHO confirmed two more H5N1 case in Egypt, one died. . . . Egypt Announces More Human Bird Flu Cases .
  17. H5N1, Bird Flu Updates

    Three new human cases of H5N1 in Egypt Today, WHO confirmed three new cases of H5N1 in Egypt since the middle of January. One died, one was released from the hospital, and one is still hospitalized....
  18. H5N1, Bird Flu Updates

    Suspected Human H5N1 Cases - Indonesia For those of you following suspected human cases of H5N1 in Indonesia, 14 people have ILI symptoms in an area with H5N1 outbreaks in poultry in Central Java....
  19. H5N1, Bird Flu Updates

    The test results on this patient suspected with H5N1 indicate that the patient who died was infected with Influenza A(H1N1) not H5N1 (bird flu). see:...
  20. Nurse: 'I was fired for refusing flu shot'

    All the more reason to be wary of slips, trips, and falls hazards and make sure you get all of your vaccinations of your own volition, not because you are required to have
  21. Nurse: 'I was fired for refusing flu shot'

    Of course vaccinations would help keep nursing staff from getting sick. I can't directly comment on the issue of nurses working while they are sick. I am not in the health care profession but I have...
  22. Nurse: 'I was fired for refusing flu shot'

    I would like to think that lineartthinker's point was a simple one, concern about the patient. A sick nurse would simply be inflicting another problem onto an already compromised patient. Aren't you...
  23. H5N1, Bird Flu Updates

    Another Bird Flu Death in Egypt During the recent political crisis in Egypt, the Ministry of Health continued to do its job. An individual died in Egypt on February 7 from an H5N1 infection as noted...
  24. H5N1, Bird Flu Updates

    Distribution of H5N1 in Avian Species in Japan Makoto at FluTrackers.com has been posting confirmed and suspected H5N1 outbreaks among poultry and wild birds in Japan. In the last 45+ days H5N1 has...
  25. H5N1, Bird Flu Updates

    Cambodian girl dies from bird flu Feb. 9, 2011 HNOM PENH, CAMBODIA - A five-year-old Cambodian girl has died from bird flu, the World Health Organisation said Wednesday, in the first reported...