Comments on: Watch Swine Flu Spread In Real Time

By: sschaper

sschaper — Sat, 02 May 2009 00:12:07 +0000

It is mainly killing 25-45 year-olds, just like the Spanish Lady, though with a three times higher fatality rate.

It kills by the over-reaction of the patient’s immune system, filling the lungs with fluid, and drowning them, just as the 1919 worked. The elderly and children are actually safer from this one – though there is the Mexican toddler who died in Texas recently, so apparently children -can- die from this.

By: KristyBeast

KristyBeast — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 12:57:09 +0000

I feel like there were some measures to protect from the spread of this disease which weren’t taken.
In my opinion, Mexico as a whole should have been under quarantine the minute they confirmed that many deaths.

How could they not think that it would spread so far? I think it’s irresponsible to assume to know how fast a disease can spread. I’m not a scientist and even I know that if the disease mutates, all bets are off.

And in regards to the one U.S. death from swine flu so far, it would probably help some of the people who are wanting to panic to know that that child wasn’t even a citizen of the U.S. He caught the strain that killed him in Mexico.

By: red_pill_junkie

red_pill_junkie — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 16:39:29 +0000

Thanks for the link, Loren.

Is it pandemic? Maybe not yet. But it’s definitely a pandemic threat.

One thing I can tell you is that it is very likely that the death toll reported by the Mexican authorities is NOT accurate. The death toll seems to be higher.

Sergio Sarmiento, a Mexican journalist, was informed on his radio show by an employee at the ISSTE (the Social Security Institute for State workers) that they had 194 deaths of individuals during the weekend. The Mexican government has informed of a death toll of only 103 deaths.

Veratect, a bio-detection company, had informed the WHO and the CDC about the outbreak threat since April 2 (!)

Why didn’t they inform the Mexican government directly? The outbreak was first detected by them in a pig farm in Veracrúz (the most important port in the south-east coast). From there it might have spread to Mexico city and other urban settlements.

By: Loren Coleman

Loren Coleman — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 15:22:39 +0000

A pandemic (from Greek παν pan all + δήμος demos people) is an epidemic of infectious disease that spreads through populations across a large region; for instance a continent, or even worldwide. There is nothing sinister, evil, or sensational about using the word that merely describes what is happening.

By: ukulelemike

ukulelemike — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 14:46:50 +0000

I think the word ‘pandemic’ is thrown around a little too loosely anymore. A few cases here and there does not a pandemic make. I believe my wife just had this-since I’ve known her, she has never been sick more than a day or two, and has never been bed-ridden due to illness, but she recently went through about 11 days of illness, during which time she was in bed 95% of the time, throwing up and, well, the other end was effected too. She lost about 15 pounds, was dehydrated, and weak. Finally she came out of it and the only I can think is that she has the swine flu. Don’t know how she got it, but who knows?

Not sure why people are dying from it, as it seems to me if you take care of yourself, get rest, and plenty of fluids so as not to dehydrate, you should get over it alright as she did.