Swine Flu news and updates thread

im still wondering other than the standard party line " responeding well'
has there been any real news on how the confrimed cases are doing

Breaking news 4 people being tested for the Flu In Ireland!!

Knew that this would spread.

LOL They are saying the couple come from Falkirk, I live in and work around falkirk.

I knew this was going to happen.

W.H.O. is expected to raise the Threat level to either 4 or 5.

[edit on 27-4-2009 by Laurauk]

UPDATE****

[EX]BreakingNewsReuters: WHO revises its scale of pandemic alerts ahead of decision, retaining 1-6 scale but no further details immediately available.[/EX]

4 minutes ago from BNO Headquarters

~Keeper

Originally posted by irishchic
"Reuters: WHO revises its scale of pandemic alerts ahead of decision, retaining 1-6 scale but no further details immediately available."
From Twitter.

I'm not understanding why it seems to all be so vauge: either it is or it isn't...I realize that it all takes time to collect and process samples and such but still,it's spreading quickly and one would think that more serious precautions should be in place?

They've just realized that they jump between level 3 and level 4 is too large to be meaningful for preperations. That's what it means.

Schools across America starting to close ...

story here

In addition to New York ...

Some schools in Texas, California, Ohio and South Carolina also were closing after students were found or suspected to have the flu.

until deaths occur outside of mexico the general public wont take this seriously (sure arent here in UK where most people dont care )

Hello. Long time lurker that joined the forum because of this topic.

A few words of advice:

Don't fear. Fear itself suppresses the imune system as it is a negative energy. So whatever the fearmongering climate on the mass media try to detune from it. It will help nothing and will only make one more prone to dis-ease.

Eat organic, especially things like onions, lemons, oranges andgarlic. They will rack up the immune system. If fresh they will be more potent.

Don't isolate yourself too much. Being away from loved ones does not help, and not everyone will catch this. The healthier will treat the sicker.

Be vary weary of officially sponsored vaccines. Chances are they will hurt more than help.

And one final comment:

I am pretty sure this is an engineered event, much like many before it. Instead of being scared of it please use it as a learning experience to further understanding of how this human world really works. We're close to critical mass here, a few more people and the tyrants, psychopaths and illness mongerers will be put firmly on the defensive.

Just smile and love and things will blow over. Life has a way of making the biggest gifts appear to be the worse nightmares...

Cheers.

Update

BreakingNewsAP: Homeland chief says US is preparing as if swine flu is a full pandemic.

2 minutes ago from BNO Headquarters

Reporter: "But there's no need to worry or anything is there?"
Government: "Ofcourse not, everythin is fine!"

~Keeper


[edit on 4/27/2009 by tothetenthpower]

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do you have any links for the people in ireland?

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I also just heard it on the news....

It usually takes a while to get online..


[edit on 27/4/09 by blupblup]

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BBc Ireland

Four people in the Irish Republic were tested for swine flu on Monday, it has been confirmed.

Hope that helps!




[edit on 27-4-2009 by Laurauk]

Originally posted by WarmthofSunlight
Eat organic, especially things like onions, lemons, oranges andgarlic. They will rack up the immune system. If fresh they will be more potent.

From what we understand about the Swine Flu, you do not want your immune system to be in peak form. It's counterintuitive, I know, but a stronger immune system seems to mean a greater likelihood of severe illness or death. The immune system attacks the body itself when this virus is present, so a stronger immune system is not a good thing.

If any contrary evidence has come to light for any of you, please do post it up. At this point, we're going on the information that has been dispersed thus far.

MSNBC is reporting just now that some 150 students and 10 teachers have mild cases of the swine flu at the St. Francis school.

I'm not sure how reliable that is yet.

Good news = mild cases.

Bad news = highly contagious

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Thanks for bringing that up PP, it does seem counter-intuitive, but I have thought that logic dictates that given what they are saying about the healthier being the ones to go. It would be great if someone who is experienced in immunology could address this...

Until then, I am going to happily keep smoking and drinking

PS - Although I think the advice in the thread about Ascorbid Acid (Vit C) should not be ignored either way as it seems to do more than simply 'boost' the immune system.

edit: typos



[edit on 27-4-2009 by TheWayISeeIt]

World "counting down to a pandemic"
uk.news.yahoo.com...

A Chinese virologist who helped fight SARS and bird flu warned on Monday of a possible swine flu pandemic that the most populous countries in Asia, China and India, would be ill-prepared to handle. Skip related content

"We are counting down to a pandemic," said Guan Yi, a professor at the University of Hong Kong who helped trace the outbreak of SARS in 2003 to the civet cat.

"I think the spread of this virus in humans cannot possibly be contained within a short time ... there are already cases in almost every region. The picture is changing every moment."

More at Link...

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I agree, from the reports I have been reading through this virus seems to cause the most severe condition in people in prime health.

The better your immune system the more severe the respiratory condition can be?

In fact in some of the cases that ended in death many were in prime health, between the ages of 20-50 years... And the intense immune system reaction caused inflammatory tissue reaction and the lungs to fill with mucous and fluids... An overreaction of the immune system?

It seems to me you would want a very good immune system to not get it hopefully but if you do get it then you would want to shut it down as best as possible to not kill yourself off.

MSNBC - Two possible cases suspected in Massachusetts

The two suspected are middle school students.

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This makes me think we havn't had deaths like Mexico has because of all crap we eat, MSG, Corn Syrup, artifical sweeteners, and all the drugs in our water. Not to mention all of the rampant health issues like smoking and obesity.

In other words we are so unhealthy that the virus is affecting most Americans mildly.


[edit on 27/4/09 by MikeboydUS]

Anyone have any idea of when to expect a WHO statement on wether they will raise epidemic phase etc?

-Zyk