Raina Posted April 25, 2009 Share Posted April 25, 2009 (edited) anyone else heard about this? http://www.who.int/csr/don/2009_04_24/en/index.html Edited April 27, 2009 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raina Posted April 25, 2009 Author Share Posted April 25, 2009 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 25, 2009 Share Posted April 25, 2009 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoid Posted April 25, 2009 Share Posted April 25, 2009 The Worst Case Scenario Handbook has details on how to survive a flu pandemic, im reading it now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plum Posted April 25, 2009 Share Posted April 25, 2009 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chook n Boo Mum Posted April 25, 2009 Share Posted April 25, 2009 ...... 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saronne Posted April 25, 2009 Share Posted April 25, 2009 Could it be a case of the media blowing it out of proportion again?? Saronne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willow Posted April 25, 2009 Share Posted April 25, 2009 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... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 More details **here** I am off work until the 3rd May, luckily. Always thought that aircraft were a perfect breeding ground for viruses Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seagazer Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 Any ideas on why it seems to strike the young adults more than young children and the elderly? Or did I read that wrong? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 The BBC are now saying it's been confirmed the flight attendendant does NOT have this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miffy Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 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!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aga n Chickens Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoid Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubereglu Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raina Posted April 26, 2009 Author Share Posted April 26, 2009 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feemcg Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 Seems to be spreading further....California, New York and New Zealand Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronze Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 Anyone notice how they always call these things after some poor animal. No human flu is killing 10s of humans is there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoid Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 It started in pigs, so its swine flu, bird flu started in birds, so its bird flu. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirstine Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A chickychickychick-ENN!! Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackiepoppies Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 Wild Mum.....bit confused......what do you use your ear for when you're baking Jx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 Keeping calm and carrying on will be my strategy in the absence of non sensational reporting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Willow Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
