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
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How many have died from this? It seems like barely a ripple here in CAlif.
Thanks,
Tamar
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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
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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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