new pandemic. swine virial outbreak in mexico / texas

[RFlush]

Originally Posted by rsx

fear factor at its best...this is SARS all over again, how many did that kill.. 40? and how many people die from your average influenza virus a year? 4000?

SARS killed 775 world wide (44 in Canada) from 8273 cases.

[johny]

Originally Posted by Presto

Like everything, I'm sure the media is blowing things out of proportion. If it was a serious threat, the borders would be closed, and all travelers would be quarantined.

closing the borders loses millions of dollars for the countrys. can't afford to do it in these times.

a few dead people is cheaper for the Gov.

[will068]

Originally Posted by BimmiN

I live in Mexico... Nothing to worry about(yet). The cases have all been in central mexico. I wouldnt worry about it if you were going to either coast. Use common sense and wash your hands alot and eat in clean places. Dont worry about eating pork as the flew travels from person to person.

Uhh no. The dude I went to high school with is now in the front page in the Vancouver Sun. He contracted it while he was in Cancun.

[ienhz]

was at metro today and already saw some fob looking (high school?) asian chick wearing a mask

[LemonH2O]

They showed all the passengers arriving from asia to canada wearing full out SARS mask today at the airport.

[teaoh]

wow the media blows swine flu out of proportion. Its not even that big of a risk to the whole general population.

[danny_d19]

Originally Posted by teaoh

wow the media blows swine flu out of proportion. Its not even that big of a risk to the whole general population.

it's not like the media is saying we are all going to die, but a lot of people from canada travel to mexico around this time of year so it is a pretty serious concern. I was actually in the process of planning for 2 weeks down there with some friends, but not anymore

[wahyinghung]

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[FS1992EG]

i doubt anyone would die from swine flu, most canadian are really healthy compared to mexico,I believe that the immune system of mexicans are not as strong as canadians that's why over 100 people are dead in mexico, if a healthy canadian dies from swine flu, it should be a red flag to health canada that this flu could be dangerous to the world

[Ch28]

Originally Posted by StaxBundlez

this picture is fuckn awesome

Originally Posted by haymura

This whole flu outbreak really scares me but this pic is freakin epic! teh win!

Here is the original

Sorry for the large size

[Harvey Specter]

Hottie is the 3rd case in BC

VANCOUVER — With another B.C. resident confirmed to have swine flu Tuesday, public health officials said it’s reassuring there are only three cases in the province so far, a sign the virus is neither highly virulent nor contagious.

“It remains true that across Canada, there have been 13 cases, no hospitalizations and no deaths so far,” said Dr. Danuta Skowronski of the B.C. Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC).

“However, we’re monitoring for that possibility. We don’t want to be complacent. I expect there to be more cases. I expect there may be hospitalizations and deaths. That’s why we need to think ahead and prepare for that possibility.”

B.C.’s third confirmed case is Michelle Bossi, 30, of Victoria, who fell ill at a Cancun resort last Thursday and went to Royal Jubilee Hospital for testing on her return home Saturday.

“I’m fine,” Bossi said Tuesday afternoon after learning that her test results had been confirmed by BCCDC earlier in the day.

However, Bossi is concerned she may have inadvertently spread the virus after health professionals told her Saturday she was not contagious.

‘I’m annoyed I could have affected other people,” she said.

But the Vancouver Island Health Authority said all protocols were followed and, even though the swine flu situation was still evolving when Bossi first went to the hospital, there were no undue infection risks as she waited in Royal Jubilee Hospital emergency department or later visited a walk-in clinic.

“Our emergency department responded as would be expected. The management was appropriate,” said chief medical health officer Dr. Richard Stanwick.

Dr. Pamela Kibsey, VIHA medical director for microbiology and infection control, said those with the virus are most infectious the first two days, although they continue to be infectious for seven days, and Bossi was on her fourth day of illness before returning to Canada. That is also why initial tests, most effective in the first 48 hours of the illness, did not raise alarms, she said.

Skowronski refused to say how many other cases are now under investigation, a departure from a day earlier, when a BCCDC official said there were about six possible cases. The results of testing in those cases were not available Tuesday afternoon.

Skowronski said the number of possible cases wouldn’t be given because she doesn’t want the public to get “fixated” on numbers. “Remember we have put our health care system on high alert to be detecting influenza-like illness and our lab is responding to increased requests for lab tests. We have a number of reports we’re following up,” she said, noting that results are usually back within 48 hours, once nasal swabs and blood are collected.

The Vancouver Sun has disclosed that two of the three confirmed cases acquired swine flu while on holiday in Cancun, but Skowronski said public health officials are sticking to their plan not to disclose where affected patients have been because “we don’t want to mislead people into thinking there may be safe zones you can go in Mexico.

“As you know, Canada has now issued a travel health warning restricting non-essential travel to Mexico generally. We would prefer people to consider Mexico in its entirety as a possible risk area,” she added.

The BCCDC’s Dr. David Patrick said it is important to put into perspective the fact that each year, 400,000 to 800,000 B.C. residents get influenza, and as many as 1,400 die from it. Influenza outbreaks typically occur during winter months, so it is expected that even the swine influenza A (H1N1) should eventually fizzle out.

Until that happens, however, experts are reiterating the need for people with symptoms like fever and coughs to isolate themselves so as not to spread their germs.

Skowronski said she hopes the current public health threat helps change the culture so that if healthy bystanders see someone sick in schools or workplaces, they will say to the ill person: “‘You don’t look so good, maybe you should go home.’”

The swine influenza in humans is spread the same way as typical influenza — through coughing, sneezing and germs on the hands. Symptoms of swine flu are also the same as common strains of influenza — fever, lethargy, cough, lack of appetite, sore throat, runny nose, vomiting and diarrhea.

pfayerman@vancouversun.com

With file from Canwest News Service

© Copyright (c) The Vancouver Sun

[AAnthony]

Ive been in Mazatlan the past 5 days (west coast) and everyday i see more and more masks, hotel workers, chefs, even the fucking taxi drivers are wearing masks. Im still not too worried about it, Theres what, under 70 deaths attributed with swine flu. 7000 dead from the mexican drug trade.....Im more worried about dying in their shitty taxi cabs.

[Mugen EvOlutioN]

To avoid confusion with other respiratory illnesses, Santa Clara County's public health department released these specific conditions to be considered for swine-flu testing.


Symptoms must include a fever above 100°F or 37.8°C and one or more signs or symptoms including: head and body aches, cough, sore throat, chills, trouble breathing, and vomiting and/or diarrhea.


shit wat are the symptoms?
starting last night i started coughing than my throat starts feeling weird, really hard to describe

should i be worried? hell maybe im paranoid..sigh who knows
no fever tho

[VR6GTI]

Originally Posted by Mugen EvOlutioN

To avoid confusion with other respiratory illnesses, Santa Clara County's public health department released these specific conditions to be considered for swine-flu testing.


Symptoms must include a fever above 100°F or 37.8°C and one or more signs or symptoms including: head and body aches, cough, sore throat, chills, trouble breathing, and vomiting and/or diarrhea.


shit wat are the symptoms?
starting last night i started coughing than my throat starts feeling weird, really hard to describe

should i be worried? hell maybe im paranoid..sigh who knows
no fever tho

Thats the problem someone gets the runs and they start thinking they have swine flu. Fuck i got the runs really bad but its expected from drinking at 10am to 2am for 7 days

[Mugen EvOlutioN]

i dont know my throat is really not feeling weird, never felt like this before in my life...



gonna go to a walk-in - clinic and see

[typeskk]

Originally Posted by ienhz

was at metro today and already saw some fob looking (high school?) asian chick wearing a mask

Actually some ppl wear mask because they might have a flu and don't want to spread it around...

[threezero]

Originally Posted by Mugen EvOlutioN

To avoid confusion with other respiratory illnesses, Santa Clara County's public health department released these specific conditions to be considered for swine-flu testing.


Symptoms must include a fever above 100°F or 37.8°C and one or more signs or symptoms including: head and body aches, cough, sore throat, chills, trouble breathing, and vomiting and/or diarrhea.


shit wat are the symptoms?
starting last night i started coughing than my throat starts feeling weird, really hard to describe

should i be worried? hell maybe im paranoid..sigh who knows
no fever tho

all those symptoms sounds like standard flu symptoms.... or hangover.

[Mugen EvOlutioN]

my god man i went to the walk in clinic just now the one in bentall 5 on burrad


2hours wait!!! holly shit


so i walk back to work..


god damn


thats the thing tho, it seems Swine symptons can be mistaken with a cold. Therefore very difficult to spot it? i dont know

[411ken]

Are there some sort of shot available to prevent it? (flu shot)??

And I think walk in clinics are ALWAYS busy haha. no matter where u go

[dL]

WHO raises pandemic level to 5.

http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/0...-world285.html
http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/04/29...flu/index.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8025931.stm

dL

[hoking]

situation feels like playing this game:

http://www.addictinggames.com/pandemic2.html

[orange7]

we should stop allow flights from mexico comming into canada

[Grandmaster TSE]

Originally Posted by orange7

we should stop allow flights from mexico comming into canada

well they have to get all the canadians back first

[BoS_DC2]

I LOVE PORK!

[f00tzilla]

Originally Posted by BoS_DC2

I LOVE PORK!

except this is not transmitted by eating pork..