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As of this morning 57 adults aged 25-44 have died in Mexico. Very sad, and too familiar.
Mystery illness in tourists to Mexico- Politics - Canoe.ca
Swine flu is dangerous because it changes its form and takes on characteristics like bird flu, and there is no vaccination, said Dr. Isador Rosenfeld, a FOX News contributor.
"It's a melange of viruses packed into one," Rosenfeld said, adding that swine flu is usually a mild infection. He suggested staying away from crowded places where people are sneezing and coughing and washing hands.
He said he's a bit confounded about why so many people in Mexico have died because swine flu does respond to Tamiflu and other anti-viral medicines.
"This thing is treatable," he said.
There's a good reason as to why a virus can kill a 20-54 demographic more vigorously than the usual "children and old people" demographic, and, as you might imagine, it's related to the immune system. While typical flu viruses kill based on weakened immune systems, which children and the elderly are more likely to have, these viruses kill, because it triggers the body's immune system to overreact, creating a fatal "cytokine storm." Thus, those with the most active immune systems--those aged 20-54 or so--are probably more likely to overreact to this flu virus and die from the cytokine storm, rather than the virus itself, which the younger and older people recover from.
For Tamiflu to be effective, it has to be taken within the first 48 hours of symptoms. Most people don't seek medical attention that soon in normal circumstances and it's only now that emergency measures are being taken.
You know, it may be way off-base to speculate about this, but I wonder if this swine flu could potentially affect U2's tour? Mexico City has canceled public events indefinitely...I know this flu thing has just taken off and we won't know its full scope for a while, but you've got to wonder how far-reaching it will become...
In the 1918–1919 pandemic, a first or spring wave began in March 1918 and spread unevenly through the United States, Europe, and possibly Asia over the next 6 months (Figure 1). Illness rates were high, but death rates in most locales were not appreciably above normal. A second or fall wave spread globally from September to November 1918 and was highly fatal. In many nations, a third wave occurred in early 1919 (21). Clinical similarities led contemporary observers to conclude initially that they were observing the same disease in the successive waves. The milder forms of illness in all 3 waves were identical and typical of influenza seen in the 1889 pandemic and in prior interpandemic years. In retrospect, even the rapid progressions from uncomplicated influenza infections to fatal pneumonia, a hallmark of the 1918–1919 fall and winter waves, had been noted in the relatively few severe spring wave cases. The differences between the waves thus seemed to be primarily in the much higher frequency of complicated, severe, and fatal cases in the last 2 waves.
Does alcohol kill these germs? I'm just curious.
ugh. i spend 2 hours a day on public transportation.
let's hope it's not in DC.
You know, it may be way off-base to speculate about this, but I wonder if this swine flu could potentially affect U2's tour? Mexico City has canceled public events indefinitely...I know this flu thing has just taken off and we won't know its full scope for a while, but you've got to wonder how far-reaching it will become...
Does alcohol kill these germs? I'm just curious.
Really sad...
something to stay informed about.
Does alcohol kill these germs? I'm just curious.