swine flu

[killer 12]

what do you think about it? Do you think it will be worst than in mexico and if it will be deadly?

[mel2win]

Swine flu is very ripe here in Ireland at the moment........only last week 2 girls aged 13 and 14 sadly passed away.
The worst thing is that it being similar to the normal flu so ppl seem to panic more and rush to the docs and hospital at the slightest sign.........which has caused confusion.
Wether it will get as bad as Mexico only time will tell

[fshk]

1 high school kid in NJ (my area) has just died from swine flu. This is going around fast.

[Lonny]

Taken from the CDC web site.


The statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show that those most likely to catch the A-H1N1/09 Pandemic Influenza are young and healthy. The most cases were among those aged from infants to age 24.

Those who had complications requiring hospitalization were comprised more of those age 0 to 4 by twice as many hospitalizations as those age 5 to 24. That group of ages 5 to 24 was just under twice as likely to be hospitalized as the next group of age 50 to 64.

Of those hospitalized, a majority had underlying medical conditions or were pregnant women which made them more vulnerable. For example, 8% of Americans have asthma, but 32% of patients hospitalized with A-H1N1/09 were asthmatics. (See the related question below for a list of the high risk groups)

The group with the most deaths was the group of people age 25 to 49 with 41% of the deaths, next was the group of 50 to 64 year olds who comprised 25% of those who died. Although they are among the most common to contract the disease, only 16% of the cases aged 5 to 24 were among those who died. With the seasonal flu, those who are most vulnerable to die are people 65 and older who typically represent 90% of the total seasonal flu deaths. With the A-H1N1/09 Pandemic flu, the people age 65 and older are much less likely to contract the disease and only around 9% die. Age group 0-4 comprise only 2% of the deaths.

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This flu has no country boundaries it's a world wide problem for all including the healthy which include me who has asthma. Im not going to live in fear cause of it if I get it. I just hope that if I do get it I recover from it as I get the common cold about once every 7 or more years or so.
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[monopoly man 123]

well, because im in australia, its not that bad here, about 100 have died here. not that bad. but a fact is that 36,000 people die of the common flue in USA every year, so the swine flu isent that bad
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[maddenfreak21]

Yes, I was amazed at the number of people who die of the flu each year and people hardly even know it.

On a lighter note:

You know how people refer to ... Yeah that will happen when pigs fly?

Well ... Swine Flu

[Starman]

I really do not care about it at all, So many more people die from the regular flu.. while only like 40 died from swine flu in the US

[khelos]

I completely agree with starman, if you have a weak immune system, and probably would die from a normal flu, then you're the minority that should be worrying about it. The people that died from it so far have had malnourishment, AIDS, infections, or they where simply old.

For everyone else, just plan on getting sick if you do catch it, just like the normal flu. And the choice is up to you to get the vaccination, but I wouldn't take a chance with something that might kill me or alter my mind, when I would knock out the flu in a few days.