According to flu statistician Sherry Towers and Zhilan Feng of Purdue University, computers model show that the number of flu infections may be peaking for the week ending October 25, 2009. Federal health officials, however, have continued to encourage citizens to go out and get vaccinated as soon as the H1N1 vaccine becomes available. The … Continue reading
I took note of a recent story on the internet pertaining to how docile the H1N1 flu appears to have become. The story in the New York Times described how many areas of the country, like New York City which experienced a heavy caseload in the spring, are now at more or less ‘normal’ flu … Continue reading
It has been discovered that some of the people who have died from the H1N1 virus, apparently did so due in part to the fact that they already had an underlying and complicating bacterial infection. A recent CDC study of 77 patients who died, 29% also had bacterial infection that may have been a contributing … Continue reading
This latest flu map shows the southeastern tier of states is now well involved with the spread of the H1N1 flu. While the current strain remains on the mild side, that is no guarantee that it will remain so. I feel, increasingly like a person in a gas filled room waiting for someone to strike … Continue reading
The chart at right speaks for itself. The Swine Flu seems to be on the move here in the United States. Make sure you get your shots, especially if you are a person at risk. The latest information I have is that just one shot will work for young or old. Remember, so far the … Continue reading
Article by The Forsythkid Let my try and answer a couple of questions a lot of people will be asking themselves soon: Is there any proof that masks actually help protect you from the flu? What kind of mask should I get? The answer to the first question is in the affirmative. There has been … Continue reading
article by Forsythkid The World Health Organization may have additional worries as the yearly flu season is fast approaching for countries in the northern hemisphere. WHO Director General Margaret Chan was quoted this week as stating, “This virus travels at an unbelievable, almost unheard of speed. In six weeks it travels the same distance that … Continue reading
Article by the Forsythkid Here’s something to think about. Despite all the hype over the swine flu pandemic, more than half of all health-care workers surveyed in Hong Kong said they will not get vaccinated. What’s going on with that? The reason is a fear of possible side effects and doubts about the vaccine’s efficacy, … Continue reading
Article by Rob Stein of the Washington Post Swine flu could infect half the U.S. population this fall and winter, hospitalizing up to 1.8 million people and causing as many as 90,000 deaths — more than double the number that occur in an average flu season, according to an estimate from a presidential panel released … Continue reading
