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[Raina]

anyone else heard about this?

 

 

http://www.who.int/csr/don/2009_04_24/en/index.html

Edited April 27, 2009 by Guest

[Raina]

Its now in the UK

 

Its on CNN news

 

one of the plane crews have been found with it in heathrow, and have been rushed into hospital

 

i think my mum just said that the news just said its a public health emergency

[Guest]

Not to panic anyone but those planes are breeding grounds. When we flew home from Florida we were short crewed due to sickness and during the flight another crew member came down with it. 24 hours later 2 of the 3 of us were ill with it - I think that things spread worse than on the ships where Norovirus is always huge news - if it was carried on a plane then the links simply aren't made so easily as passengers get off and scatter before they get sick.

 

They didn't mention it was in the UK on the news though or on the BBC site but they are warning of a potential pandemic

[Geoid]

The Worst Case Scenario Handbook has details on how to survive a flu pandemic, im reading it now.

[Plum]

We're overdue a pandemic.

However, the reports of Swine Flu outside of Mexico say that cases have been mild and they are wondering if there is a concurrent illness that accounts for the deaths in Mexico.

[Chook n Boo Mum]

...... the reports of Swine Flu outside of Mexico say that cases have been mild and they are wondering if there is a concurrent illness that accounts for the deaths in Mexico.

 

I heard this bit on BBC, I was baking & at a point I could only listen with one ear & didn't catch anything else. We'll have to wait & see.

 

Sha x

[Saronne]

Could it be a case of the media blowing it out of proportion again??

 

 

Saronne

[Willow]

Could it be a case of the media blowing it out of proportion again??

 

We are overdue a pandemic and this is the same subtype virus (H1N1) as the Spanish flu virus that caused the 1918 pandemic. It may still be possible to contain because Mexico have done everything right which is amazing I very much doubt UK governement would have been as good but it is too soon to tell yet. Although the WHO have yet to call it they may declare phase 4 pandemic early next week.

 

I hope this isn't it but so far it is unfolding as we expected even it looking like to UK being the highest risk country for early transmission by air travel...

[Christian]

More details **here**

 

I am off work until the 3rd May, luckily. Always thought that aircraft were a perfect breeding ground for viruses

[Seagazer]

Any ideas on why it seems to strike the young adults more than young children and the elderly? Or did I read that wrong?

[Guest]

The BBC are now saying it's been confirmed the flight attendendant does NOT have this.

[miffy]

This is quite a worry, isn't it. I'm glad you posted it on here, I hadn't been aware of the issue. Its not made our weekly local paper yet!!!!

[Aga n Chickens]

I hope it isn't another accident at a research lab that has sparked this outbreak.

 

It might explain why Mexico has acted quickly by giving out the face masks

Regards,

 

Christine

[Geoid]

I hope this isn't it but so far it is unfolding as we expected even it looking like to UK being the highest risk country for early transmission by air travel...

 

I suppose if it gets really bad, they could ban all travel to the UK.

[ubereglu]

They basically have to try and separate off the disease and isolate the people who have it. I good thing is that they can at least properly identify the strain.

 

With air-crafts the air quality was actually better when people were allowed to smoke as since they haven't been allowed the air is just recirculated, so it's not a surprise that there are a lot of bugs going round on them.

[Raina]

an Israely(sp?) man is in hospital in Israel now with suspected swine flu

 

and there in now 81 dead

 

Its on CNN news (channel 506 on sky)

 

Barack Obama was in the same place as swine flu too

[feemcg]

Seems to be spreading further....California, New York and New Zealand

[bronze]

Anyone notice how they always call these things after some poor animal.

 

No human flu is killing 10s of humans is there?

[Geoid]

It started in pigs, so its swine flu, bird flu started in birds, so its bird flu.

[Kirstine]

To look on the bright side, at least there won't be witch-hunts against chickens and chickenkeepers, or loads of abandoned chickens at sanctuaries!

 

Kirstine

[A chickychickychick-ENN!!]

80 odd people? Even 5,000 people isn't a lot in terms of the millions of people in the world. Of course disease travels in this age of air travel, but until tens of thousands are dropping in the street, it's just hysteria.

 

We were facing 75,000 deaths in the UK last year according to a Lords report on bird flu. What happened to that eh? Scaremongering.

 

Normal flu kills people all the time. Look at this chart for the US:

http://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/

 

That's more than swine flu. Is it in the news? No.

 

2,943 people died in road accidents in the UK in 2007. 2,428 were seriously injured.

 

That's over 5,000 people whose lives were devastated by cars in the UK. Is that headline news? No.

 

 

Keep calm. Carry on.

[jackiepoppies]

Wild Mum.....bit confused......what do you use your ear for when you're baking

 

Jx

[Egluntyne]

Keeping calm and carrying on will be my strategy in the absence of non sensational reporting.

[Geoid]

[Willow]

Anyone notice how they always call these things after some poor animal.

 

All human flu viruses start as an animal virus (usually bird virus) that mutates to a form that is transmissible to people. Viruses mutate all the time and some of those mutations don't really cause additional problems but some do.