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Doctors sound alarm on the Pig Flu
Julia Medew
April 27, 2009
AUSTRALIANS have been urged to look out for symptoms of a deadly swine flu that appears to have spread from Mexico to New Zealand, France and the US, sparking fears of a major pandemic.
Australia's chief medical officer Jim Bishop briefed hospital emergency departments and GPs on the flu's symptoms at the weekend after the World Health Organisation warned it was a "public health emergency of international concern".
The new strain, feared to have killed at least 81 people in Mexico and infected 11 in the US, also appeared to have affected 10 New Zealand students who tested positive for Influenza A when they returned home from Mexico on Saturday.
"Ministry of Health officials advise me there is no guarantee these students have swine influenza, but they consider it likely," NZ Health Minister Tony Ryall said in a statement.
None were considered seriously ill and most seemed to be on the road to recovery, he said.
French health authorities had also found two suspected cases of swine flu in travellers returning from Mexico and others were expected to follow, general health director Didier Houssin told Le Parisien newspaper.
Swine influenza is a highly contagious acute respiratory disease of pigs. Symptoms in humans generally include upper respiratory problems, but the air-borne illness can cause severe pneumonia and death.
Professor Bishop said the current strain seemed to be a hybrid form of human, bird and pig flu, which could be transmitted from human to human.
He said although there were no known cases in Australia, emergency departments were alerted to the potential for cases late on Saturday and GPs were notified yesterday.
Professor Bishop said Australia was well stocked with Tamiflu and Relenza, believed to be useful against the flu. It is not expected that the Australian seasonal influenza vaccine will provide protection against this new strain of the swine flu.
Greens senator Bob Brown criticised the Government's response as too slow, given it learnt of the outbreak on Saturday. He said the nature of modern air travel meant it should be vetting travellers from the Americas coming to Australia either directly or indirectly.
"This is obviously a potential cause of huge trauma and misery around the world, including Australia," he said.
http://www.theage.com.au/national/doctors-sound-alarm-on-pig-flu-20090426-ajeg.html (http://www.theage.com.au/national/doctors-sound-alarm-on-pig-flu-20090426-ajeg.html)
This shit is Serious....The last time a flu was able to jump from swine to humans was in 1918, it was called the Spanish Flu, when it killed over 20 Million people Worldwide. But, this is one of the few times, maybe the first time, that a flu strain has been able to jumped from human to human, originating from the pig flu.
If you come into contact with a lot of people every day, wash your hands as many times as you can.
Predictions from the CDC suggest that 200,000 in the US could die if a particularly virulent strain of flu struck the country
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/489385.stm (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/489385.stm)
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Maybe we should cancel our game against Arkansas this year...
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Maybe we should cancel our game against Arkansas this year...
C'mon baby. Give me a smooch. I have the immunities built up in my system. :moon:
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This shit is Serious....The last time a flu was able to jump from swine to humans was in 1918, it was called the Spanish Flu, when it killed over 20 40 Million people Worldwide. But, this is one of the few times, maybe the first time, that a flu strain has been able to jumped from human to human, originating from the pig flu.
http://vir.sgmjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/84/9/2285 (http://vir.sgmjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/84/9/2285)
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And I leave for Mexico on Saturday......fucking wonderful.
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And I leave for Mexico on Saturday......fucking wonderful.
Damn, I didn't even think about that. Rescheduling may not be the worst decision you have ever made.
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And I leave for Mexico on Saturday......fucking wonderful.
Shake hands with as many people as you can find. Extend a warm U.S. of A. greeting to help spread the love. Perhaps a kiss on the cheek, as is customary in many countries arouind the globe.
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Can we send Obama back down to Mexico for another summit or something?
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Damn, I didn't even think about that. Rescheduling may not be the worst decision you have ever made.
Carnival will tell me to kiss their ass. If its really bad by this weekend they just won't dock and we will circle around offshore from the ports in Mexico. Worst case scenario we circle around at sea and I get about half of my money back.
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I'm coughing like crazy and I'm tired. I'm also craving BBQ. :vn:
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Carnival will tell me to kiss their ass. If its really bad by this weekend they just won't dock and we will circle around offshore from the ports in Mexico. Worst case scenario we circle around at sea and I get about half of my money back.
Check with them if you are worried. I know some airlines have already begun waiving the change fee.
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Check with them if you are worried. I know some airlines have already begun waiving the change fee.
I did, they're not refunding anything at this point. Personally, I would be fine with a 5 day cruise to nowhere. That would mean two less days I would have to hike around in the hot ass Mexican sun. They will still sail, we just won't get to go to any ports and they will refund 35-40% of the cruise price. We paid $1350 for this fucking thing, so getting a little cash back would be OK.
Also, when you really start looking at it, you get nickled and dimed to death with these cruises. You pay $40-$50 for parking, customary $1 per bag tip to the porter, $50 per person gratuity charge. They take a $100 refundable deposit for your Sail and Sign card. THEN you board the ship. You get fisted like The Prowler on a Friday night on any alcoholic drinks. Soft drinks and bottled water aren't much better. I am looking forward to the topless deck, however.
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I am looking forward to the topless deck, however.
Carnival eliminated this a few years back. There are still signs that say "adults only deck" but you aren't allowed to be topless anymore :bs:
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I'm coughing like crazy and I'm tired. I'm also craving BBQ. :vn:
That's 3 of the 5 symptoms. The other 2 are when you squeal when you sneeze and get a hard on when watching a Ned Beatty movie.
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Carnival eliminated this a few years back. There are still signs that say "adults only deck" but you aren't allowed to be topless anymore :bs:
In that case, fuck Carnival. Also, fuck Carnival for canceling our stops in Mexico. Supposedly they will schedule a new itenerary such as Jamaica or the Grand Cayman Islands, but they won't tell anybody for sure until after 5 PM EST tomorrow. I know I won't be going to Mexico, but they won't let me know what my options are as far as cancel with refund, reschedule for Mexico, etc until sometime tomorrow. Total bullshit.
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In that case, fuck Carnival. Also, fuck Carnival for canceling our stops in Mexico. Supposedly they will schedule a new itenerary such as Jamaica or the Grand Cayman Islands, but they won't tell anybody for sure until after 5 PM EST tomorrow. I know I won't be going to Mexico, but they won't let me know what my options are as far as cancel with refund, reschedule for Mexico, etc until sometime tomorrow. Total bullshit.
I have been on many a cruises, and let me tell you, Jamaica is 1000 times cooler than Mexico anyways. Also, Grand Cayman sucks...so just hope for Jamaica.
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I have been on many a cruises, and let me tell you, Jamaica is 1000 times cooler than Mexico anyways. Also, Grand Cayman sucks...so just hope for Jamaica.
Well, the Fantasy is out at sea right now and they ended up sending to to Key West. I'll be damned if I go on a cruise to cruise to my own fucking country. I'm hoping that was just an "Oh fuck, we don't have a plan B and we're already out at sea."
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Well, the Fantasy is out at sea right now and they ended up sending to to Key West. I'll be damned if I go on a cruise to cruise to my own fucking country. I'm hoping that was just an "Oh fuck, we don't have a plan B and we're already out at sea."
Eh, this seems like a win win situation. I definitely understand your anger with the situation though. I have been to Key West, and it is a blast. So, I guess glass half full?
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Eh, this seems like a win win situation. I definitely understand your anger with the situation though. I have been to Key West, and it is a blast. So, I guess glass half full?
Yeah, but we can get to Key West and have a damn good time for alot less than $1300 not on a boat. As long as we're going somewhere other than Key West or a 5 day cruise to nowhere, I'm cool with that. As I said before, I'm not going to pay $1300 to get on a boat and sail to my own country, and I'm not going to be stuck on a boat in the middle of the Gulf of Mexico for 5 days either.
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Yeah, but we can get to Key West and have a damn good time for alot less than $1300 not on a boat. As long as we're going somewhere other than Key West or a 5 day cruise to nowhere, I'm cool with that. As I said before, I'm not going to pay $1300 to get on a boat and sail to my own country, and I'm not going to be stuck on a boat in the middle of the Gulf of Mexico for 5 days either.
Jesus man, you sure are mad. I would think that any scenery would be better than the port-a-potty and tire swing you're used to looking at from the window of your doublewide.
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*Update on the Swine Flu*
It's been upgraded to a Level 5 out of 6.
All sporting events in Texas have been cancelled until May 11th.
New Movie Premiers have been pushed back, I'm guessing for a couple of weeks too "XMen - Wolverine" and I'm guessing "Star Trek".
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*Update on the Swine Flu*
It's been upgraded to a Level 5 out of 6.
All sporting events in Texas have been cancelled until May 11th.
New Movie Premiers have been pushed back, I'm guessing for a couple of weeks too "XMen - Wolverine" and I'm guessing "Star Trek".
What about Porky's Revenge?
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*Update*
All Madison County Schools are closed for 7 days.
Heritage Elementary in Madison, AL. atleast two positive results for a non seasonal strain of the flu, very possibly the swine flu.
http://www.waff.com/ (http://www.waff.com/)
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*Update*
The AHSAA has decided to postpone all scheduled sporting events until a later date.
That goes for all extracurricular activities.
http://www.ahsaa.com/ (http://www.ahsaa.com/)
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Not that any of you give a shit, but I love Carnival Cruise Lines. Now, instead of a 5 day cruise, they are upgrading it to a 7 day cruise to Key West, Nassau, and Freeport. I can deal with going to Key West if we're going to the Bahamas as well. See you suckers next weekend!
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Not that any of you give a shit, but I love Carnival Cruise Lines. Now, instead of a 5 day cruise, they are upgrading it to a 7 day cruise to Key West, Nassau, and Freeport. I can deal with going to Key West if we're going to the Bahamas as well. See you suckers next weekend!
Wow. Have fun with that. Make sure you hit up the Straw Market in Nassau.
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Not that any of you give a shit, but I love Carnival Cruise Lines. Now, instead of a 5 day cruise, they are upgrading it to a 7 day cruise to Key West, Nassau, and Freeport. I can deal with going to Key West if we're going to the Bahamas as well. See you suckers next weekend!
I told you not to be pissy. Who was right? I was just in Nassau for a week during the month of March. Got to Atlantis, the straw market, and Senoir Frogs.
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After extensive research I have discovered the "bridge" that explains how this virus went from pig to human.
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Hog Fan fer sure.
The spouse is in Atlanta for a conference. When she gets back I'm gonna decontaminate her. Then I'm thinking we'll move to the river bottom camp and shoot anyone who comes up the road for the next couple of weeks. Will that work?
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The spouse is in Atlanta for a conference.
Where she stayin'? :sex:
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Where she stayin'? :sex:
C'mon Howard, he said conference, not book fair.
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C'mon Howard, he said conference, not book fair.
I like to share.
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We have an epidemic on our hands
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Where she stayin'? :sex:
Hilton close to the airport. You can't hurt it. Buy her dinner and let her write it off.
5' 8" Blonde buxom 135 lbs Arkansas drawl drinking bourbon and water and talking loud about Razorbacks. Get you some if you can handle it.
She's 58 and she don't do the passe shit. Come up with something original.
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Hilton close to the airport. You can't hurt it. Buy her dinner and let her write it off.
5' 8" Blonde buxom 135 lbs Arkansas drawl drinking bourbon and water and talking loud about Razorbacks. Get you some if you can handle it.
She's 58 and she don't do the passe shit. Come up with something original.
Try this one Howard, 60% of the time it works 100%.
What's the difference between Jelly and Jam?
I can't jelly my cock down your throat.
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Try this one Howard, 60% of the time it works 100%.
What's the difference between Jelly and Jam?
I can't jelly my cock down your throat.
Goddamn
I pimp my own spouse and you want a queer to hit it? Color me dissapointed.
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Goddamn
I pimp my own spouse and you want a queer to hit it? Color me dissapointed.
I'm sorry, I forgot about Sani's homosexual tendencies.
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Looks like we have our first confirmed case of Swine Flu in GA now...about 40 miles from my home.
http://www.ajc.com/news/content/health/stories/2009/04/30/swine_flu_georgia.html (http://www.ajc.com/news/content/health/stories/2009/04/30/swine_flu_georgia.html)
Georgia has its first confirmed case of swine flu
By CRAIG SCHNEIDER
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Thursday, April 30, 2009
The state health chief said Thursday that Georgia has its first case of swine flu — in a 30-year-old woman from Kentucky who was visiting the state.
The woman, whom officials would not identify, is in a hospital in LaGrange in Troup County, said Elizabeth Ford, head of the state Division of Public Health.
“The 30-year-old woman was traveling in Georgia and has a history of traveling to Cancun,” Ford said. Cancun is a resort in Mexico.
She added, “We expect that we will have more cases.”
The CDC also on Thursday reported 10 confirmed cases in South Carolina, bringing the total to more than 100 cases in 13 states.
Swine flu has symptoms nearly identical to regular flu, including fever, cough and sore throat and spreads like regular flu through tiny particles in the air when people cough or sneeze.
People with flu symptoms are advised to stay at home, wash their hands and cover their sneezes.
News that LaGrange had a swine flu case was spreading in the West Georgia town.
“That’s pretty scary,” said Josh Ivey, a student at West Georgia Technical College. “I’m worried. I go to school with about 2,000 people, and you never know who can be sick.”
But Chris Waugh, a software technician in LaGrange, was a lot less nervous.
“In all honesty if I contracted swine flu, I’m confident that with the treatment here in America I’d be OK,” Waugh said. “I’m not worried about a pandemic.”
He acknowledged, however, he might be more concerned if he had children.
Ford said there has been no discussion of closing schools in Troup County.
“I do not believe schools should be closed,” she said.
She said that the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has confirmed that the swine flu is the same strain, H1N1, as has been detected in Mexico and which is spreading across the U.S.
She said the Kentucky woman left Cancun on April 21 and was hospitalized April 26. She was in Cancun for about a week.
“She was traveling with others, and they have been contacted, and they are well,” Ford said.
The woman came to Georgia for a function, she said.
Ford added, “I want to make sure we’re not setting off a storm of panic.”
The World Health Organization has raised its alert level to Phase 5, the second-highest, indicating a pandemic may be imminent.
Georgia joins South Carolina, New York, Texas, California, Maine, Kansas, Michigan, Massachusetts, Indiana, Ohio, Arizona and Nevada among states with confirmed cases. The U.S. has had one confirmed death, a 23-month-old boy from Mexico who died in Texas.
— Staff writer Shelia Poole and the Associated Press contributed to this report.
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“The 30-year-old woman was traveling in Georgia and has a history of traveling to Cancun,” Ford said. Cancun is a resort in Mexico.
WTF? People are stupid.
Did you hear about that Las Vegas Resort? It's almost as cool as the Orlando Resort!
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*Update*
There's been 10 more cases in Madison County....I'm going to go put on my tinfoil hat, after I get done boarding up my door and seran wrap windows. This shit is getting crazy.
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If you stare into a mirror at the stroke of midnight and say "Arnold Ziffel" 5 times slowly, the pig from Green Acres will show itself in the reflection and sneeze on you.
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Go Hogs Go
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God forbid a serious illness ever hit this country. After this turns out to be "a buncha people with the sniffles and a sore throat who miss a day or three of work or school but DO NOT DIE", people will ignore things next time.
Here's a mark my words for you - if people die of swine flu, it will be because they are already imune compromised, like an elderly person, a very young person, or a person with a pre-existing illness that makes them more susceptible to a virus. And these same people would have been just as likely to die of the "regular' flu in Octorber or November. Yes, it is kind of unnerving that it moves so quickly - but so does the regular flu - we are just used to getting the regular flu every year. But every year there are new strains, which is why we get a new flu shot every year - this is NOT A UNIQUE OCCURRENCE.
Hysteria - more deadly than the swine flu.
I am totally disgusted at the freakout mentality of this country.
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Thin the herd I say.
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Thin the herd I say.
Maybe we should encourage the socialists to do the right thing and just off themselves now so they won't infect others... you know, taking one for the team and all that...
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Hilton close to the airport. You can't hurt it. Buy her dinner and let her write it off.
5' 8" Blonde buxom 135 lbs Arkansas drawl drinking bourbon and water and talking loud about Razorbacks. Get you some if you can handle it.
She's 58 and she don't do the passe shit. Come up with something original.
She said the Fire of Brazil was pretty good eats.
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http://www.dixiefriedsports.com/The_Swine_Flu.html (http://www.dixiefriedsports.com/The_Swine_Flu.html)
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*Update*
Three schools in New York have been closed because of the outbreak.