Actually, Kyle said three deaths, right?  So the number of cases is much
higher, of course.  My point is, the mortality rate so far has been
relatively low.

The fact remains that no matter what happens, the best thing to do is to
wash wash wash your hands, and not just after you've used a toilet, either.
I'd also use hand sanitizers but not as much, because they might not be as
affective against the germs (the virus might develop a resistance to the
sanitizers).

We need to be ready with supplies for bunkering in if you do get sick and
keep the doctor's phone number handy.  I wouldn't stock up on Tamiflu
because if you take it and you don't have H1N1, it could lose its
effectiveness against the virus, just as taking too many antibiotics do the
same thing.  Bacteria do mutate to more virulent strains but virii mutate
faster, so we have to be very careful about dosing ourselves with anitiviral
agents.  Your doctor should be testing you for H1N1 first.

Kat

On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 9:19 PM, Tamar Raine <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Well, 3 in calif, with a pop. of 35 million, it didn't seem at first to be
> even an epidemic, let alone a pandemic.  Usually when there is a flu going
> around MANY people get it, like half the folks at the agency will get it.
>
>
> Thanks,
> Tamar
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Tamar Mag Raine, Commissioner,
>
> Oakland Mayor's Commission on People with Disabilities
>
> [log in to unmask]
> http://www.zazzle.com/TamarMag*
> www.cafepress.com/tamarmag
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Kathleen Salkin <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2009 2:43:25 PM
> Subject: Re: WHO Raising Swine Flu Alert To Highest Level
>
> That's 17000 cases total reported in the US - how many cases of flu does
> the
> US have in any given year?
>
> Also I want to emphasize that so far the average flu death seems to occur
> in
> those with other health problems and the younger population.  Those of us
> in
> our 50s and older seem to have *some* natural immunity due to exposure to a
> strain of swine flu back in the 1950s - yes this has been with us for a
> long
> time in some variant.
>
> But if it does combine with a bird flu strain then all bets are off the
> table as Kyle says.
>
> Kat
>
> On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 4:06 PM, Tamar Raine <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>
> > Ok, I guess 27,000 IS a epidemic, I thot WHO was exaggerating. but,
> 17,000
> > in USA is not a small number!
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Tamar
> >
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > Tamar Mag Raine, Commissioner,
> >
> > Oakland Mayor's Commission on People with Disabilities
> >
> > [log in to unmask]
> > http://www.zazzle.com/TamarMag*
> > www.cafepress.com/tamarmag
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ________________________________
> > From: "Cleveland, Kyle E." <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2009 12:26:40 PM
> >  Subject: Re: WHO Raising Swine Flu Alert To Highest Level
> >
> > Mags,
> >
> > 141 deaths out of about 27,000 REPORTED (caps for emphasis) cases.
> >  California has, as of today, reported 973 cases, no deaths.  The U.S. is
> > reporting about 17,000 out of the 27,000 figure.
> >
> > What happens in the southern hemisphere this summer will be an indicator
> of
> > what we can expect for this upcoming flu season in the US and Europe.  A
> big
> > concern is doctors "prophylactically" giving Tamiflu to the contacts of
> flu
> > patients.  Currently, this is milder than even the normal seasonal flu.
> >  What we saw this past winter in North America and Europe was an almost
> 100%
> > resistance to Tamiflu for the H1N1 seasonal flu.
> >
> > If this current strain recombines with, say, the "bird flu", then we
> could
> > have an easily communicable strain that has a mortality rate of 50-70%.
> >  With the world's economies stumbling along right now, a pandemic would
> not
> > be helpful.
> >
> > Kyle
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Cerebral Palsy List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf
> Of
> > Tamar Raine
> > Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2009 2:20 PM
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: WHO Raising Swine Flu Alert To Highest Level
> >
> > How many have died from this?  It seems like barely a ripple here in
> CAlif.
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Tamar
> >
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > Tamar Mag Raine, Commissioner,
> >
> > Oakland Mayor's Commission on People with Disabilities
> >
> > [log in to unmask]
> > http://www.zazzle.com/TamarMag*
> > www.cafepress.com/tamarmag
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ________________________________
> > From: "Cleveland, Kyle E." <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2009 10:26:28 AM
> > Subject: FW: WHO Raising Swine Flu Alert To Highest Level
> >
> > FYI all...
> >
> > From: Tim Chaykowski, SGT
> > Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2009 10:28 AM
> > To: S-2 Shop
> > Subject: WHO Raising Swine Flu Alert To Highest Level
> >
> > WHO Raising Swine Flu Alert To Highest Level
> > It's First Global Flu Epidemic In 41 Years
> > BY FRANK JORDANS, Associated Press Writer
> >
> > Posted: 10:26 am EDT June 10, 2009
> > GENEVA -- The World Health Organization has told its member nations it is
> > declaring a swine flu<http://www.wsoctv.com/health/19712840/detail.html>
> > pandemic -- the first global flu epidemic in 41 years.
> > The move came Thursday as infections climbed in the United States,
> Europe,
> > Australia, South America and elsewhere.
> > In a statement sent to member countries, WHO said it decided to raise the
> > pandemic alert level from phase 5 to 6, meaning that a global outbreak of
> > swine flu has begun. The decision was made after the U.N. health agency
> held
> > an emergency meeting on swine flu with its experts.
> > Phase 6 is WHO's highest alert level and means that a swine flu pandemic<
> > http://www.wsoctv.com/health/19712840/detail.html> is under way. The
> last
> > pandemic -- the Hong Kong flu of 1968 -- killed about 1 million people.
> > Ordinary flu kills about 250,000 to 500,000 people each year.
> > SLUG
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