First of all mutation is a scary word that just means that a virus has changed a few of its characteristics. All of the things we are talking about are influenza, a virus that causes a respiratory illness ranging from something that looks like the common cold to something that can cause fatal pneumonia. Most of the influenza that goes around year after year gives a respiratory condition that makes you feel like you've been hit by a truck, significant fever, headache, and a cough. It is typically only dangerous for people who are already weak. Occasionally, very new strands (and influenza has an extremely high different number of varieties) are more virulent, they get nasty faster. In these cases, those with healthy immune systems suffer because the chemical battle between the immune system and the virus can injure the lungs leading to pneumonia or respiratory failure.

It was only a matter of time.  And of course, for everyone, it truly IS a matter of time (regardless of any strain or any virus).  Hold the loved ones closest, my friends.......

It's made it that far already?

I live in TN, and I have relatives in Texas who say they're gonna drop by any day now.

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Remember those 150 "confirmed" deaths?

If we're all meant to die, nothing can stop it, so I just don't worry about things like this. So many people choose to live their lives in fear based on what they see on the news, but you know what? I can't do that. I have way too many other thyings in life to worry about.

I'm not saying this to be cruel or heartless; I'm saying it because it's true. We can all either go about our lives anbd try to live them as fully as possible despite the horrible events that happen, or we could all cowar in fear and never do anything. I do feel for each and every family touched by this epidemic, I honestly do. 

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Deathrabbit wrote: I'm truly sorry for anyone who has been affected by this outbreak, but the panic is disproportionate to the danger. 95% of people who will get this only have to fear nausea and vomiting. Health care is just teensy weensy bit better than 1917, so the mass hysterria and 24/7 media coverage needs to stop.

But you know as well as I that the governments and media stations of this world want to constantly keep us all under control via fear tactics and sensationalization of outbreaks like this. It's either viruses, natural disastors or temperature records being set. They talk about all this stuff happening ofor the very first time as if it's something that shouldn't be happening, and therefore we should be in hystarics over it.

I don't know if people who died in Mexico come from urban centers, mountains or  ghettos (however they call them in Mexico, we call them Pueblos Jóvenes), where the attention is deficient, believe me, here in Peru people die in public hospitals even in Lima, for multiple causes that in private clinics are cured with a pill, sometimes the hospitals don't have basic medicines and people can't buy Azitromicine or a strong antibiotic for pneumonia...Just imagine how hard is to pay for an anti viral which is extremely expensive.

Countries as ours need really better free medical service.

It's specially important to notice that in USA only one person has died of the same virus, so maybe the health system is better.

It's still too soon to know, only time will tell.

Iván

Deathrabbit wrote: p0mt3 wrote: Deathrabbit wrote: I'm truly sorry for anyone who has been affected by this outbreak, but the panic is disproportionate to the danger. 95% of people who will get this only have to fear nausea and vomiting. Health care is just teensy weensy bit better than 1917, so the mass hysterria and 24/7 media coverage needs to stop. But you know as well as I that the governments and media stations of this world want to constantly keep us all under control via fear tactics and sensationalization of outbreaks like this. It's either viruses, natural disastors or temperature records being set. They talk about all this stuff happening ofor the very first time as if it's something that shouldn't be happening, and therefore we should be in hystarics over it. Well it is rather fortuitous for Obama and co that this outbreak should happen right before they begin to talk about socialized healthcare. Woo, now there's a thread topic for ya

Indeed.  

Apparently here we have only one case RELATED and 7 suspicious but not confirmed

A plane that came from Panama had an Argentinean 27 years woman who came from  Mexico, she started to show signs of the disease and the passengers practically ordered to stop in Perú and leave the girl (Lima was not a scale).

The pilot LIED and said a cardiac patient with hypothermia was very seasick, so the authorities authorized the landing, the surprise was when the 27 years woman had high fever, bleeding nose, etc.

Apparently the patient has a H1 influenza but not the N1 factor, so it could be a different virus or a mutation.

That pilot should be fired and sued in Perú, if are going to take the risk of accepting a passenger with an epidemic disease, the least we deserve is the chance to take all the precautions.

Iván

weetabix wrote: [QUOTE=Alberto Muñoz]Yes is a new one, imported from United States and Canada   the health autorithies do not know about the consecuences of the common vaccine, this is about his efectiviness       How come Canada and the US are not suffering as much as Mexico? If it started in Cn./ US?

Because it's not as big of a killer as the media is making it out be, for one.

Also, the healthcare in countries like USA, Canada and England is very top-notch, if not a little unfair (in the USA, anyway). This means that the folks in these countries are already more or less 'immune' to the virus' worst affects because of the great healthcare.

Hope that answers your question.

• The incubation period of H1N1 flu, now estimated about 1 to 5 days, may be shorter than originally thought.
• Now community transmission in Europe is not seen and the flu cases still are mostly travel related.
• Currently the pandemic alart level is remaining at phase 5 and not presently moving to the highest level.
• People who tend to be infected should be relatively younger, mostly younger than 60...the average age seems to be people in their mid-20s.
• The reason above-mentioned remains unclear but simply younger people may travel more and have greater exposure to the virus.
• Women and men are being infected at the same rate.
• Severe respiratory illness, such as severe pneumonia requiring ventilation, may be the cause for most hospitalizations and deaths.
• And now it's unclear whether severe illness should occur frequently or not.
• Oseltamivir and zanamivir may be effective against H1N1 flu, but to rimantadine and amantadine the virus usually shows resistance.

A Person wrote: I don't think the piggy flu is that big of a killer, but it seems that it is infecting more and more people here in http://www.wwmt.com/news/probably-1362073-influenza-announced.html - Michigan . I would like to stay flu free, so I guess I'll stay holed up here for the summer.

1. Unless a vaccine is found, will hit our countries sooner or later
2. 5% of the infected will die, some people will be attacked with a more furious form of the virus or have pre-existent conditions that will make them more vulnerable, when the number of cases is big enough, that percentage will be reached
3. Masks are nearly useless, only partially effective if used by the patient and person in charge, but the virus is small enough to pass through the cloth and filters.
4. The mask should be used by patients mainly to avoid massive epread of the saliva expelled during a sneeze or a cough, some will pass anyway, but will be less.
5. Closing frontiers is less than useful, people will use other connectiions to reach their destiny, and would be harder to follow the cases.
6. People shouldn't use the anti-viral unless sick and precribed by a doctor.
7. The use of the anti-viral by healthy persons, will make the virus inmune to the anti virals.

Iván

well seems that everything came back to how it used to be, restaurants, schools and theatres are re-open, now nobody wears that "mouth-covering" thing