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Originally posted by JustMike
My apologies for missing out Moldova in the list.
Update:
Situation Update No. 4
On 30.10.2009 at 12:16 GMT+2
Ministry of Health has not established the exact diagnosis of the epidemic disease in the western regions of Ukraine. Health Minister Vasyl Knyazevich has given information about spread of diseases in the Ternopil, Ivano-Frankivsk and Lviv Regions today at the meeting of Cabinet of Ministers. According to the Minister, the World Health Organization is ready to render assistance to Ukrainian experts and the Ministry of Health in order to establish the cause of death and development of disease flu in the Ternopil, Ivano-Frankivsk and Lviv Regions. "We are working at receiving the vaccine against influenza A (H1N1) also", - said Vasily Knyazevich and asked the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to render assistance. Answering question of Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko about the definition of the specific nature of the disease, the head of the Ministry of Health said: "The nature of infections is viral one. But at the moment it is not defined, is it the Californian influenza H1N1, or it is our seasonal influenza. To date, there is no precise diagnosis."
Originally posted by factbeforefiction
New Ukrainian Swine Flu joke:
What has feathers and vomits blood? Chicken Kiev
Originally posted by kosmicjack
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Second, the last time we had any real outbreak of plague was in the dark ages, I think. During the last solar minimum. We are in a solar minimum now. Maybe those conditions that result from a solar minimum help to spread it somehow.
[edit on 30/10/2009 by kosmicjack]
Originally posted by Hellmutt
I'm not saying that this mystery virus originates from there, or whether it might spread there. But who knows? At this point anything is possible. And it's in the same neighborhood after all...
Originally posted by marg6043
reply to post by j2000
I noticed that also, nothing better but for big pharma to catch out on the scare moment running in that nation.
But even if the out brake is pneumonia plague they will tagged H1N1 because pneumonia is one of the side effects even when pneumonia by itself does it fair share of damage every year without the swine flu to help.
That is why most of the deaths been counted in the US are tagged to complications rather than direct h1n1 infection.
Originally posted by Katie
Could this be the H3N2 virus that has been making its way around Europe. Or is this another strain of whatever. How many of these virus's are out there? This one is suppose to be worse then the swine flu that is going around. This H3N2 strain targets people over 50. Nobody is safe.
www.medicalnewstoday.com...
Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko said earlier that travelling between the regions and abroad could be restricted. Border guards also tightened controls, and if they find any symptoms of flu in people who cross the state border, they will immediately send them to local hospitals. Quarantine was imposed in the country’s nine western regions due to the epidemic of the H1N1 influenza, commonly known as swine flu. It was also decided to declare a three-week ban on all mass events and introduce a three-week holiday period at all educational institutions.
Originally posted by Hellmutt
Virus H1N1 not to blame for fatal cases in western Ukraine
28-10-2009
Health Minister Vasyl Kniazevych says that express diagnostics has not found that H1N1 virus has caused death of nine people who died of pneumonia in Ternopil region.
In his words, a total of 95 people have been rushed to hospital with pneumonia, including 25 in a serious condition.
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The minister noted that the main objective is to identify the virus causing the disease, which is expected to take several weeks.
Originally posted by sylvie
Originally posted by marg6043
reply to post by j2000
I noticed that also, nothing better but for big pharma to catch out on the scare moment running in that nation.
But even if the out brake is pneumonia plague they will tagged H1N1 because pneumonia is one of the side effects even when pneumonia by itself does it fair share of damage every year without the swine flu to help.
That is why most of the deaths been counted in the US are tagged to complications rather than direct h1n1 infection.
The catch is just that H1N1 is caused by a virus, whereas the true pnemonic plague, as I just researched, is caused by bacteria and needs antibiotic treatment, not a vaccine. So they could call it swine flu and vaccinate everyone, and people could still drop like flies, because the real cause is bacteria.