swine flu anyone?

Don Quixote

Don Quixote

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seems that a breakout of swine flu has occurred in mexico city, along the u s of a and u s of mexico border and a prep school in NYC of the u s of a

face mask anyone?
 
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DonQuixote said:
seems that a breakout of swine flu has occurred in mexico city and a prep school in the u s of a

face mask anyone?
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Considering your news, probably a good idea. From earlier.

About an hour ago:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/26/world/americas/26mexico.html?hpw

...On Friday, Mexico City closed museums and other cultural venues, and advised people not to attend movies or public events. Seven million students, from kindergartners to college students, were kept from classes in Mexico City and the neighboring State of Mexico on Friday, in what news organizations called the first citywide closing of schools since a powerful earthquake in 1985.

Because of the situation, the World Health Organization planned to consider raising the world pandemic flu alert to 4 from 3. Such a high level of alert — meaning that sustained human-to-human transmission of a new virus has been detected — has not been reached in recent years, even with the H5N1 avian flu circulating in Asia and Egypt, and would “really raise the hackles of everyone around the world,” said Dr. Robert G. Webster, a flu virus expert at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis.

Mexico’s flu season is usually over by now, but health officials have noticed a significant spike in flu cases since mid-March. The W.H.O. said there had been 800 cases in Mexico in recent weeks, 60 of them fatal, of a flulike illness that appeared to be more serious than the regular seasonal flu. Mr. Córdova said Friday that there were 1,004 possible cases.

Still, only a small number have been confirmed as cases of the new H1N1 swine flu, according to Gregory Hartl, a W.H.O. spokesman. Mexican authorities confirmed 16 deaths from swine flu and said 45 others were under investigation, most of them in the Mexico City area. The C.D.C. said that eight nonfatal cases had been confirmed in the United States, and that it had sent teams to California and Texas to investigate.

“We are worried,” said Dr. Richard Besser, the acting head of the C.D.C. “We don’t know if this will lead to the next pandemic, but we will be monitoring it and taking it seriously.”

There is no point in trying to use containment measures in the United States, he said, because the swine flu virus has already appeared from San Antonio to San Diego, without any obvious connections among cases. Containment measures usually work only when a disease is confined to a small area, he said.

The C.D.C. refrained from warning people not to visit Mexico. Even so, the outbreak comes at an awful time for tourism officials, who have been struggling to counter the perception that violence has made Mexico unsafe for travelers. The outbreak was also causing alarm among Mexicans, many of whom rushed to buy masks or get checkups.

“I hope it’s not something grave,” said Claudia Cruz, who took her 11-year-old son, Efrain, to a clinic on Friday after hearing the government warnings.

Health officials urged anyone with a fever, a cough, a sore throat, shortness of breath or muscle and joint pain to seek medical attention....
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DonQuixote said:
definitely, although not kosher

CDC now being reported by CNN as this may become pandemic

now being reported in kanas and california

oh well
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Here's a little warning based on research we did during the SARS outbreak in HK and work done in NZ.
Facemasks, of the type being handed out in flu affected areas, are for the protection of OTHER people - NOT the wearer. Something like 20,000 viruses can fit on the end of a pin so EVEN if a man dons the mask straight after his morning shave a couple of hours growth of beard open up a veritable highway for viruses to enter.
Breathing in draws air from around the face whereas expelled air is under pressure and therefore passes through the mask (much does).
The main danger, then, is that ordinary people are imbued with a false sense of security and the mask is a substitute for extreme care.
If you want protection wear an air tight cartridge type of mask.
 
Lowaicue said:
Here's a little warning based on research we did during the SARS outbreak in HK and work done in NZ.
Facemasks, of the type being handed out in flu affected areas, are for the protection of OTHER people - NOT the wearer. Something like 20,000 viruses can fit on the end of a pin so EVEN if a man dons the mask straight after his morning shave a couple of hours growth of beard open up a veritable highway for viruses to enter.
Breathing in draws air from around the face whereas expelled air is under pressure and therefore passes through the mask (much does).
The main danger, then, is that ordinary people are imbued with a false sense of security and the mask is a substitute for extreme care.
If you want protection wear an air tight cartridge type of mask.
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Sound advice. Remember also that flu viruses are also spread via the hands. This is the reason that people with colds, for instance, are now advised to sneeze and cough into their elbow crook, not their hands and not into a tissue held by the hands. Best to protect yourself from touching what others may touch (door handles, for instance) without a barrier such as gloves, and to wash your hands frequently.
 
Due to genetic similiarities The swine flu will only infect far righties. Rush has it I think.

Like when Jessie Helms had a pig valve put in his heart. Zero chance of rejection.
btw it was a baby piglet valve so as to match his heart size.
 
Bloomberg to address flu press conference 11:30 EST

Homeland Security and CDC to address press from WH 12:30 EST
 
Chocolate covered bacon? I will have to try that.
I assume you put the chocolate on after the bacon is fried?
 
Annie said:
Oh yes, good! No worries, calorie/fat/sodium free!
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I don't worry about that. My degenerative spinal disease is going to make life not worth living before the other stuff gets me.

No health problems with BP, Heart, Chlosterol, etc. Weight is good too at 175.
Bring on the sweets and fried stuff :cheer:
 
TuTu Monroe said:
Well, you could always go with chocolate covered ants and bees. I hear they are quite good.
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I am not so gullible.

I used to eat a few bugs while riding my bike and such. But never on purpose.
Bugs taste bad. Chocolate covered bugs just proves that Chocolate makes anything better.

Any bacon wrapped grasshoppers?
 
uscitizen said:
I don't worry about that. My degenerative spinal disease is going to make life not worth living before the other stuff gets me.

No health problems with BP, Heart, Chlosterol, etc. Weight is good too at 175.
Bring on the sweets and fried stuff :cheer:
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Hells bells, the weird flu might get us all! Where's the Godiva stash? Thick sliced bacon? Gonna make dinner!
 
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