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4 dead after China A/H1N1 inoculation, 3 confirmed irrelevant to vaccine: ministry
www.chinaview.cn 2009-12-02 02:06:21 Print

BEIJING, Dec. 1 (Xinhua) -- China's Ministry of Health said here Tuesday that four deaths had been reported after inoculated with China-made A/H1N1 flu vaccine and three had been confirmed irrelevant to the vaccines.

  The three deaths were "coincidental" and causes of the other death are yet to be finalized, Liang Wannian, director of the ministry's emergency response office, said at a press conference.

Of the 26.18 million people nationwide who had been vaccinated by Monday, 2,867 suspected adverse reactions had been reported, Liang said. About four fifths of the reactions were fever or swelling.

"Clinical tests and practices in China and other countries have shown the A/H1N1 flu vaccines are safe," Liang said.

As of Sunday, the Chinese mainland had reported 178 deaths from the flu. More than 90,000 people were infected and nearly 80 percent had recovered.

Liang warned that the flu situation in China was still "severe" with an increasing number of deaths and more counties and municipalities reporting confirmed cases.

The proportion of A/H1N1 flu also increased greatly to about 90 percent of all flu cases in the past weeks.

Liang said schools were still the main venue for prevention news.xinhuanet.com...

Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2009

151 young flu patients have exhibited abnormal behavior
Kyodo News

The health ministry has reported that 151 flu patients up to age 17 demonstrated abnormal behavior between late September and mid-November, including acting violently or uttering gibberish. Most of the cases are believed to have involved patients with swine flu, and the strange behavior is thought to have occurred regardless of whether they were given the drug Tamiflu, according to a report submitted to a research group at the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry. search.japantimes.co.jp...

. On 30th November 2009, 52897 passengers have been screened at 22 Airports with 83 counters manned by 225 doctors and 172 paramedics. Total passengers screened till date is 9474654.

2. Till date, samples from 87971 persons have been tested for Influenza A H1N1 in Government Laboratories and a few private Laboratories across the country and 18198 (20.9%) of them have been found positive.

3. Out of the 198 cases reported during the day two are having history of foreign travel and rest are indigenous cases.

4. 3 deaths (Rajasthan - 2, Maharashtra - 1) have been reported during the day.

5. Report of one earlier death has been communicated by Health authority of Punjab and is being reflected

in the cumulative total pib.nic.in...

Originally posted by blc4r4
Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2009

151 young flu patients have exhibited abnormal behavior
Kyodo News

The health ministry has reported that 151 flu patients up to age 17 demonstrated abnormal behavior between late September and mid-November, including acting violently or uttering gibberish. Most of the cases are believed to have involved patients with swine flu, and the strange behavior is thought to have occurred regardless of whether they were given the drug Tamiflu, according to a report submitted to a research group at the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry. search.japantimes.co.jp...

Perhaps Japanese kids are particularly susceptible to delirium.

My youngest son, in his 20s, was delirious one night with swine flu.
He was not using any drugs, just vitamin C as ascorbic acid powder in diluted juices.

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When I had it I did go through about 8 hours of what I would call mental confusion just before it went to my lunges.

China reports fast rise of A/H1N1 flu deaths
www.chinaview.cn 2009-12-02 21:37:29 Print

BEIJING, Dec. 2 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese mainland saw a faster increase of deaths from the A/H1N1 influenza in the past weeks, according to the Ministry of Health.

A total of 74 deaths were reported in the week from Nov. 23 to 29, said a notice issued on the ministry's website Wednesday. Reported deaths in the previous two weeks were 28 and 51 respectively. news.xinhuanet.com...

[edit on 2-12-2009 by blc4r4]

Flu, pneumonia kill 445 people in Ukraine
Yesterday at 22:31 | Interfax-Ukraine
A total of 445 people have died of flu and flu-like illnesses in Ukraine as of late on Wednesday, Dec. 2.

Four people have died of flu and its complications (pneumonia) over the past 24 hours, the Ukrainian Health Ministry reported.

Since the outbreak of the epidemic, nearly 1,937 million people have contracted flu and respiratory infections, including 43,977 people over the past 24 hours. www.kyivpost.com...

N.M. sees higher swine flu deaths among American Indians
By Sue Major Holmes The Associated Press
Posted: 12/02/2009 12:00:00 AM MST

ALBUQUERQUE — Swine flu is killing American Indians in New Mexico at a higher rate than other ethnic groups, and a top state Department of Health official says chronic disease and the distance many Indians have to travel to medical care could be part of the reason.

Indians make up 10 percent of New Mexico's population, but 20 percent of the state's swine flu deaths. www.daily-times.com...

Originally posted by blc4r4
. . .
Since the outbreak of the epidemic, nearly 1,937 million people have contracted flu and respiratory infections, including 43,977 people over the past 24 hours. www.kyivpost.com...

There are only 46 million people in the Ukraine.

Perhaps the journalist meant 1,937 thousand.

[edit on 3/12/09 by Kailassa]

December 5, 2009

H1N1 swine flu death rates for blacks and Hispanics in Illinois are double the rate for whites, state health officials said Friday, though it's not clear why. www.suntimes.com...

Swine flu's bigger impact on blacks and Hispanics is not being addressed

Read more: www.nydailynews.com... 92ynmlG

Originally posted by blc4r4
Swine flu's bigger impact on blacks and Hispanics is not being addressed

Read more: www.nydailynews.com... 92ynmlG

From your source:

Half the 12 Hispanic children with swine flu in the CDC study, for example, suffered a cardiac or respiratory attack before they even reached an ER.

Veteran Brooklyn pediatrician Dr.Anatoly Belilovsky suggested another possibility. More than 25% of his patients in Brooklyn's Brighton Beach area are Mexican immigrants, Belilovsky says, and many suffer from Vitamin D deficiency, which can affect the strength of a person's immune system.

If the government was genuinely concerned with keeping the population healthy they would have publicised recent reports showing the efficacy of large doses of vitamin D in preventing influenza, instead of spending billions in pushing a questionable, fast-tracked vaccine that amounts to a huge stimulus package to the pharmaceutical companies.

The more melanin in your skin, the less vitamin D you absorb from the sun.
So it's logical that darker skinned people will get more serious illness from any influenza.

It would also be logical to make available to everyone in the country a free yearly injection of a pharmaceutical dose of vitamin D. As it's so cheap it should be cost-effective because of the increased productivity and reduced treatment costs. At least people should be given the latest information on the optimum amount of vitamin D and how best to obtain it.

However this won't happen as vitamin D is not patentable and therefore stays cheap and will make no-one wealthy. So there are no back-door kick-backs involved. Politicians are no better than big pharma. They are all only interested in lining their own pockets.

Crowded living places cause influenza deaths too, by allowing more deadly mutations of the virus to thrive. The greater the living distance is between people the less deadly an infection must be to keep being passed person to person efficiently.

[edit on 11/12/09 by Kailassa]

We have been waiting on the the the next wave Im starting to think it may come in the early summer like the first wave.

Looks like it may be starting in china.www.recombinomics.com...

I am seeing more and more reports about this hitting native American, Mexican, and blacks, harder than whites. billingsgazette.com...

GENEVA, Dec. 23 (Xinhua) -- At least 11,516 people worldwide have been killed by the A/H1N1 influenza since the disease first emerged in April, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday. news.xinhuanet.com...

Historical data from the 1918 flu pandemic suggest that vaccinating against pneumonia and other bacterial infections as well as antibiotic therapy may reduce flu-related pneumonia deaths. A recent report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) showed that 29 percent of patients who died in 2009 from H1N1 influenza had evidence of pneumococcal or other bacterial infections in their lungs. insciences.org...

American Indian and Alaska Natives are at higher risk of dying from swine flu compared to other populations, according to a new study released in December by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). www.foodconsumer.org...

ATLANTA – There has been an upsurge in visits to doctors for Swine Flu and deaths associated with flu and pneumonia are again higher than the national epidemic threshold, the CDC said in a report released on Saturday. www.vancouverite.com...

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Too much New Years partying, me thinks. All that drinking will lower the immune system. Let's hope this isn't a deadly new wave coming in.