28
Apr
Swine Flu (Update 2)
An eminent Australian Infectious Diseases expert agrees with me that this outbreak is more worrying than the bird flu.
Two New Zealand experts agree with me that a mutation could render Tamiflu ineffective.
- Mexico: 103 dead – 20 confirmed to have died from swine flu, 18 confirmed ill with swine flu
- United States: 20 confirmed cases of swine flu
- Canada: 6 confirmed cases
- Spain: 1 confirmed case, 17 others being investigated
- UK, Israel, Brazil, Australia and New Zealand: suspected cases being tested.
- Suspected cases in France tested negative
Remember: You heard it from MacDoctor first!
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Apr 28 09 1:45 am
Ok, so my post about it being the next Y2K crisis was perhaps a bit wishful thinking?
Possibly. But I will be wishfully thinking with you.
Apr 28 09 9:15 am
Seems the northcote college kids might just have a cold and not sf.(hopefully)
Indeed. The biggest problem with a pandemic will be sorting out the colds from the swine flu
Apr 28 09 10:01 am
MacDoc – my pig is sick, and so is my chook. Can i treat them with Tamiflue?
Mmmm. Tamiflu impregnated bacon. My favorite!
Apr 28 09 2:14 pm
lol – apparently a doctor working in one of the pertinent mexican hospitals is saying that vaccination is useless.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9Ux-okjjR4
Man, that guy is rabid! The vaccine in question, of course, is this year’s flu vaccine, which is of little or no particular value in preventing Swine Flu. They have not yet made a specific vaccine for Swine flu – it will probably take 3-6 months to do so which may well be too late.