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06-11-2009, 07:05 AM
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| WHO 'declares swine flu pandemic'
Quote: The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared a global flu pandemic after holding an emergency meeting, according to reports.
It means the swine flu virus is spreading in at least two regions of the world with rising cases being seen in the UK, Australia, Japan and Chile.
The move does not necessarily mean the virus is causing more severe illness or more deaths.
The swine flu (H1N1) virus first emerged in Mexico in April.
It has since spread to 74 countries.
Official reports say there have been 28,000 cases globally and 141 deaths and figures are rising daily.
Hong Kong said it was closing all its nurseries and primary schools for two weeks following 12 school cases.
It is the first flu pandemic in 40 years - the last in 1968 with Hong Kong flu killed about one million people.
It is global and fulfilling the requirements of a pandemic
Professor John Oxford, flu expert
The current pandemic seems to be moderate and causing mild illness in most people.
One factor which may have prompted the move to a level six pandemic was that in the southern hemisphere, the virus seems to be crowding out normal seasonal influenza.
It is thought the move was not prompted by the situation in any one country but the reports of several pockets of community spread.
The BBC's Imogen Foulkes, in Geneva, says that while the number of cases has made the declaration inevitable, the problem is that the pandemic phase system is designed for a very different type of virus.
WHO spokesman Gregory Hartl said it had been expecting something more like the deadlier bird flu.
"It was believed that the next pandemic would be something like H5N1 bird flu, where you were seeing really high death rates, and so there were people who believed we might be in a kind of apocalyptic situation and what we're really seeing now with H1N1 is that in most cases the disease is self-limiting," he told the BBC.
The WHO will have to manage the global anxiety the declaration of a pandemic will generate, our correspondent says.
Pandemic planning
There have been more than 800 cases in the UK with some areas of Scotland being particularly hard hit.
The government has been stockpiling antivirals such as Tamiflu and has ordered vaccine, some doses of which could be available by October.
SWINE FLU - THE BASICS
Symptoms usually similar to seasonal flu - but deaths have been recorded
It is a new version of the H1N1 strain which caused the 1918 flu pandemic
Current treatments do work, but as yet there is no vaccine
Good personal hygiene, such as washing hands, covering nose when sneezing advised
What comes next in flu fight
Chief medical officer, Sir Liam Donaldson said the WHO declaration of a pandemic would not significantly change the way the UK was dealing with swine flu at the moment.
But he added there could be some minor changes to who received antivirals.
"The declaration of a pandemic per se doesn't make a big difference to the to the way we are handling the outbreaks we have.
"We are going to continue to investigate every case that occurs and treat their contacts with antivirals even though they may not be ill.
"The difference is that the Health Protection Agency has learnt a lot about approaching this question of antiviral prophylaxis and they are going to be treating the closer contacts of the cases, rather than the more far-flung contacts, because they feel that that is supported by what they know so far about how the disease is transmitting.
He added: "These flu viruses can change their pattern of attack, so when we come into the flu season in the autumn and winter in this country, when we expect a big surge of cases, we need to watch very carefully to see if the character of the virus is changing."
Scottish health secretary Nicola Sturgeon said a move to level six means that countries need to be ready to implement pandemic plans immediately but the UK was already operating at a "heightened state of readiness".
But it could affect the speed at which the UK gets pandemic vaccine supplies but that had been factored into pandemic planning.
Flu expert Professor John Oxford, said people should not panic as the outbreak was milder than others seen in the past century.
"It is global and fulfilling the requirements of a pandemic but I don't think anyone should worry because nothing drastic has happened between yesterday and today."
| http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8094655.stm
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06-11-2009, 07:35 AM
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06-11-2009, 10:16 AM
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so just as everyone here forgets about it, they have to throw it to level 6
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06-11-2009, 10:42 AM
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There is a 0.05% chance of dying, i guess its not THAT bad..
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06-11-2009, 10:49 AM
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Originally Posted by cho  so just as everyone here forgets about it, they have to throw it to level 6 | Haha yea...I don't even remember until the OP brought this up~
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06-11-2009, 12:14 PM
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06-11-2009, 01:57 PM
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swine flu is not very deadly. keep up ur regular hygiene & u'r fine
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06-11-2009, 02:18 PM
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regular flu kills 2,000 people per year in the united states alone, and we're worried about swine flu?
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06-11-2009, 02:23 PM
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Garbage. It's just a common flu
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06-11-2009, 02:27 PM
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Originally Posted by skyxx Be clean, that's all i gotta say. | Also clean your hands everytime you eat, washrooms and etc...
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06-11-2009, 02:36 PM
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06-11-2009, 02:52 PM
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Who declared it?
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06-11-2009, 02:58 PM
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sensationalized, gg.
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06-11-2009, 03:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Philly74 Also clean your hands everytime you eat, washrooms and etc... | I hope that's a given to most people
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06-11-2009, 06:51 PM
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