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Old 04-29-2009, 10:52 AM
 
Location: San Antonio-Westover Hills
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Yup, just like we all died from the bird flu a few years ago. I take everything the news says with a grain of salt - and I am in the medical field!

Just keep your hands washed, and don't get around people who are coughing. Keep purel with you and you will be fine. I am sure Houston will get a case or 3. And some people may die from it (usually the very young and the elderly).

Having the new cause a mass panic about it won't help matters. The economy (nation wide) is slowly starting to turn around, so the news doesn't have much else to talk about, so hype up the swine flu!! Nothing they like more than death and destruction!!

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Remember when the news made the Bird Flu out to be the next Bubonic Plague? Let's put this in perspective, news aside.

Per the CDC:

Bird Flu -
Deaths (globally) since 1997:
6 in 1997 (none in the US)
2 in 2003 (none in the US)
36 in 2004 (3 different countries - none in the US)
43 in 2005 (5 different countries - none in the US)
79 in 2006 (9 different countries - none in the US)
59 in 2007 (9 different countries - none in the US)
225 Total in 10 years.
(information was last modified by the CDC May 23, 2008)

There were 3 pandemics in the 20th century. All of them spread worldwide within 1 year of being detected. They are:
• 1918-19, "Spanish flu," [A (H1N1)], caused the highest number of known flu deaths: more than 500,000 people died in the United States, and 20 million to 50 million people may have died worldwide. Many people died within the first few days after infection and others died of complications soon after. Nearly half of those who died were young, healthy adults.
• 1957-58, "Asian flu," [A (H2N2)], caused about 70,000 deaths in the United States. First identified in China in late February 1957, the Asian flu spread to the United States by June 1957.
• 1968-69, "Hong Kong flu," [A (H3N2)], caused approximately 34,000 deaths in the United States. This virus was first detected in Hong Kong in early 1968 and spread to the United States later that year. Type A (H3N2) viruses still circulate today.

Swine Flu in the US –
Deaths since 1976:
1 in 1976
1 in 1988
2 Total
There are currently 40 cases of the swine flu in the US as of today.


Like seasonal flu, swine flu in humans can vary in severity from mild to severe. Between 2005 until January 2009, 12 human cases of swine flu were detected in the U.S. with no deaths occurring. However, swine flu infection can be serious. In September 1988, a previously healthy 32-year-old pregnant woman in Wisconsin was hospitalized for pneumonia after being infected with swine flu and died 8 days later (she had been in contact with some sick pigs). A swine flu outbreak in Fort Dix, New Jersey occurred in 1976 that caused more than 200 cases with serious illness in several people and one death.

Mexico has a very very large poor population, where good hygiene isn't their top priority. Do your due diligence and wash your hands. Stay home if you think you are sick. Don't be around others who are ill. It's not that difficult to keep yourself healthy. I work in a hospital with lots of contagious diseases (from RSV, to colds, to whooping cough, to pertusis, to Tuberculosis, to Chicken pox...you get the idea) and I have never once been infected by one of my patients. That's because I wash my hands (and use a mask when necessary). Plain and simple.


State# of laboratory confirmed cases:
California 7 cases
Kansas 2 cases
New York City 28 cases (um...what's going on here?!?)
Ohio 1 case
Texas 2 cases
Total Count: 40 cases
(information was updated one hour ago from CDC website)

The avian flu of 2005, though it was contained rather well, had a reported 61-79% mortality rate, the highest among ALL flu strains, including the Spanish Flu of 1918, which I believe had only a 3% mortality rate. The fear with H5 and H7 more than anything was that the birds would/could somehow directly infect people in several ways. If a billion people were infected with H5N1, more than half the people who get it *potentially* could die.

Having said all that, I think this whole Swine Flu panic is MUCH ado about nothing.

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I live in The Woodlands. Should I stay inside or evacuate?
I was just ROTFL over this. Awesome.
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Old 04-29-2009, 12:50 PM
 
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My mom called me last night freaking out saying "Boy people is dying down there! You need to be careful and come back home!" and I'm like "but I'm in college..." LOL

She than went into details about how I need to protect myelf saying I need to wear a mask and gloves...
Lol...sounds like my mom..
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Old 04-29-2009, 02:12 PM
 
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ACHOOO!
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Old 04-29-2009, 02:36 PM
 
Location: Close enough to the Woodlands to enjoy the ammenities without being IN the Woodlands
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H1N1, huh...pronounced "hiny"...The Hiny Flue...
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Old 04-29-2009, 02:38 PM
 
Location: Katy, TX
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So I just heard on Twitter that they've got a confirmed case at Aldine HS, but I can't find any other confirmation of this. Anyone?
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Old 04-29-2009, 02:43 PM
 
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H1N1
You sunk my battleship.
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Old 04-29-2009, 04:07 PM
 
Location: A little suburb of Houston
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So I just heard on Twitter that they've got a confirmed case at Aldine HS, but I can't find any other confirmation of this. Anyone?

No. A 15 yo girl was hit by a school bus and killed near McArthur HS in Aldine
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Old 04-29-2009, 04:52 PM
 
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no. A 15 yo girl was hit by a school bus and killed near mcarthur hs in aldine
omg!
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Old 04-29-2009, 05:21 PM
 
Location: Clear Lake Area
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No. A 15 yo girl was hit by a school bus and killed near McArthur HS in Aldine
News stories:

this one says she got off the bus, dropped something, and was run over when she bent over in front of the bus to retrieve it:
School Bus Hits, Kills Student - Houston News Story - KPRC Houston (http://www.click2houston.com/news/19325488/detail.html#- - broken link)

yet this story says she was hit by a different bus when she tried to cross the street:
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/6399489.html
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Old 04-29-2009, 06:49 PM
 
Location: Bellaire...Texas
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Here's the newest confirmed case, from Ft Bend County, I've also heard from a 'reliable source' that there may be another case of Swine Flu from Ft Bend.

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HOUSTON - Officials have confirmed that a Fort Bend County resident has contracted the swine flu.

Officials at the Health and Human Service building in Fort Bend County are scheduled to discuss the details of the case during a news conference around 7:30 p.m. Check back with MyFoxHouston.com for the latest details.

So far, a total of 16 cases have been confirmed throughout Texas, including eight in Guadalupe County, three in Dallas County, two in Starr County, one in Cameron County and one in Fort Bend County.

Earlier this week, a 23-month-old boy from Mexico died at Houston's Texas Children Hospital from the strain.

In this U.S., the Center for Disease Control and Prevention has confirmed at least 139 cases in New York, California, Maine, Kansas, Massachusetts, Indiana, Ohio, Arizona, Michigan and
Nevada.
http://www.myfoxhouston.com/dpp/health/090429_fort_bend_swine_flu
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