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Old 04-27-2009, 09:18 AM
 
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Anyone concerned with a possible outbreak in the Houston area? Honestly with how rapidly the media is reporting it is "spreading" I am a little freaked...

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Now that a phase 5 alert has been declared by the World Health Organization, this thread will be reserved for discussing the swine flu's impact locally. Please keep this thread on-topic by discussing its impact on Houston and surrounding areas only so that members looking for information on new developments in the Houston area can find it quickly and easily. If you want to discuss the swine flu in general, there are a number of threads in other forums. Here are a few.

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Old 04-27-2009, 09:32 AM
 
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Yup, just like we all died from the bird flu a few years ago. I take everything the news says with a grain of salt - and I am in the medical field!

Just keep your hands washed, and don't get around people who are coughing. Keep purel with you and you will be fine. I am sure Houston will get a case or 3. And some people may die from it (usually the very young and the elderly).

Having the new cause a mass panic about it won't help matters. The economy (nation wide) is slowly starting to turn around, so the news doesn't have much else to talk about, so hype up the swine flu!! Nothing they like more than death and destruction!!
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Old 04-27-2009, 09:47 AM
 
Location: Charleston Sc and Western NC
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Well, I certainly wouldn't want to fly anytime soon. All that "shared air."

But if the kidnapping and beheadings didn't slow down tourism in Mexico, for sure this one will.
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Old 04-27-2009, 10:14 AM
 
Location: Houston, TX (Bellaire)
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The flu spreads around the world every year so nothing new there. This strain may be worse than usual but so far I don't see anything that would cause too much worry. Hopefully the news will get bored of this after a few days and start hyping some other unrealistic threat that will kill us all (tune in at 10 to find out what it is!).
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Old 04-27-2009, 10:20 AM
 
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Hopefully the news will get bored of this after a few days and start hyping some other unrealistic threat that will kill us all (tune in at 10 to find out what it is!).
Nicely done!!
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Old 04-27-2009, 11:09 AM
 
Location: Clear Lake Area
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Anyone concerned with a possible outbreak in the Houston area?
It's here already. But I wouldn't get too worried about it yet. Read the sciguy blog over at the chron.com... it should set your mind at ease.
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Old 04-27-2009, 11:12 AM
 
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It's here already. But I wouldn't get too worried about it yet. Read the sciguy blog over at the chron.com... it should set your mind at ease.

Didn't know it was here already! Don-don-doooooonnnnnn!!! J/K
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Old 04-27-2009, 11:14 AM
 
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Remember when the news made the Bird Flu out to be the next Bubonic Plague? Let's put this in perspective, news aside.

Per the CDC:

Bird Flu -
Deaths (globally) since 1997:
6 in 1997 (none in the US)
2 in 2003 (none in the US)
36 in 2004 (3 different countries - none in the US)
43 in 2005 (5 different countries - none in the US)
79 in 2006 (9 different countries - none in the US)
59 in 2007 (9 different countries - none in the US)
225 Total in 10 years.
(information was last modified by the CDC May 23, 2008)

There were 3 pandemics in the 20th century. All of them spread worldwide within 1 year of being detected. They are:
1918-19, "Spanish flu," [A (H1N1)], caused the highest number of known flu deaths: more than 500,000 people died in the United States, and 20 million to 50 million people may have died worldwide. Many people died within the first few days after infection and others died of complications soon after. Nearly half of those who died were young, healthy adults.
1957-58, "Asian flu," [A (H2N2)], caused about 70,000 deaths in the United States. First identified in China in late February 1957, the Asian flu spread to the United States by June 1957.
1968-69, "Hong Kong flu," [A (H3N2)], caused approximately 34,000 deaths in the United States. This virus was first detected in Hong Kong in early 1968 and spread to the United States later that year. Type A (H3N2) viruses still circulate today.

Swine Flu in the US –
Deaths since 1976:
1 in 1976
1 in 1988
2 Total
There are currently 40 cases of the swine flu in the US as of today.


Like seasonal flu, swine flu in humans can vary in severity from mild to severe. Between 2005 until January 2009, 12 human cases of swine flu were detected in the U.S. with no deaths occurring. However, swine flu infection can be serious. In September 1988, a previously healthy 32-year-old pregnant woman in Wisconsin was hospitalized for pneumonia after being infected with swine flu and died 8 days later (she had been in contact with some sick pigs). A swine flu outbreak in Fort Dix, New Jersey occurred in 1976 that caused more than 200 cases with serious illness in several people and one death.

Mexico has a very very large poor population, where good hygiene isn't their top priority. Do your due diligence and wash your hands. Stay home if you think you are sick. Don't be around others who are ill. It's not that difficult to keep yourself healthy. I work in a hospital with lots of contagious diseases (from RSV, to colds, to whooping cough, to pertusis, to Tuberculosis, to Chicken pox...you get the idea) and I have never once been infected by one of my patients. That's because I wash my hands (and use a mask when necessary). Plain and simple.


State# of laboratory confirmed cases:
California 7 cases
Kansas 2 cases
New York City 28 cases (um...what's going on here?!?)
Ohio 1 case
Texas 2 cases
Total Count: 40 cases
(information was updated one hour ago from CDC website)
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Old 04-27-2009, 11:19 AM
 
Location: Sugar Land
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It is beyond belief the power mindless hype has over the population. People in Mexico City are walking around with masks on. Pundants warn the global economy will collapse due to swine flue. ARE YOU FREAKING KIDDING ME??

We're all doomed. But it will be our own stupidity and paranoid delusions and panic that does us in, not swine flu. Give me a break. Bee stings and Chicken pox kill more people in this country each year than this horrible and deadly swine flu virus has.

To those actually afraid of this B-S, look on the bright side. At least you won't die from SARS now.
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Old 04-27-2009, 11:25 AM
 
Location: A little suburb of Houston
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Remember when the news made the Bird Flu out to be the next Bubonic Plague? Let's put this in perspective, news aside.

Per the CDC:

Bird Flu -
Deaths (globally) since 1997:
6 in 1997 (none in the US)
2 in 2003 (none in the US)
36 in 2004 (3 different countries - none in the US)
43 in 2005 (5 different countries - none in the US)
79 in 2006 (9 different countries - none in the US)
59 in 2007 (9 different countries - none in the US)
225 Total in 10 years.
(information was last modified by the CDC May 23, 2008)

Not a good comparison. The bird flu has not made the jump where it is transmissable human to human, the swine flu has.

BTW there was just a major earthquake in Mexico City to add to their woes.
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