In Wyoming, there were no reported cases as of two weeks ago, then there
were two in Cheyenne ten days ago and now were up to a number in the 40's.
I think we've had one death; a woman with other longstanding health issues.

Kendall

On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 6:02 AM, Kathleen Salkin <[log in to unmask]>wrote:

> 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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Kendall

An unreasonable man (but my wife says that's redundant!)

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one
persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress
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