MERGED: Swine flu (A H1N1 Virus)

[Chipmunk888]

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tsk tsk tsk...im residing in lorega, daghan baboy diri. tsk tsk tsk...

[masterjanuarius]

sa akoang tan-aw, makalingkawas ra pud ta ani nga epidemic just like the SARS dili lang tungod sa geographical location, mga islands ta, kun dili tungod sa kainit sa atuang lugar. usually mo thrive man ni nga virus sa cool areas .. mao nga kuyaw ug dunay masakiton ani nga virus sa airconditioned areas frequented by many people, sigurado ang infections ana ..

[thaDUKE]

ang mga kano raman nag buhat ani inig kadugayan naay posibilidad na mahimong resident evil naay mga virus maka patay sa tao

[joshua259]

sa akoang tan-aw, makalingkawas ra pud ta ani nga epidemic just like the SARS dili lang tungod sa geographical location, mga islands ta, kun dili tungod sa kainit sa atuang lugar. usually mo thrive man ni nga virus sa cool areas .. mao nga kuyaw ug dunay masakiton ani nga virus sa airconditioned areas frequented by many people, sigurado ang infections ana ..

bro we never know. maybe fate decided to spare our country from a devastating virus. viruses can evolve and can create anti-bodies that would help them thrive in hot and cold weathers.

[masterjanuarius]

bro we never know. maybe fate decided to spare our country from a devastating virus. viruses can evolve and can create anti-bodies that would help them thrive in hot and cold weathers.

Yes, bro, ang mga virus magsige na ug mutate mao nga lisod na ma sugpo .. blame it on the environmental rape of mother nature .. pero for sure, duna sad mga lain nga viruses nga mo thrive ngari sa atua .. for example, the recurrence of TB which is resistant to antibiotics or the Malaria etc .. lisod kaayo, nobody is safe right now bro .. plus, mas dako ang impact sa atua karon kun dunay epidemic kay we live concentrated in a given area ra and not widely distributed.

[vergievergz]

^^the ability of viruses to mutate in a snap is not due to the environmental rape of mother nature...that is the nature of viruses, that's y they're older than humans...their uncanny ability to survive and adapt...blame it on the beauty of nature...^_^ swine flu virus is not transmitted via eating pork... let's clarify that lng...and pigs infected with swine influenza does not necessarily, well except for rare occurences, infect humans...the swine flu virus can be killed under 70degrees celsius..

[unsay_ngalan_nimo]

bag-o ra ko nahuman ug flu virus.. dili human swine flu ha... hahahaha..

[andy_1904]

maka-imagine mo ani? Worst case scenario underlies US pandemic plan

naa na diay sa san diego ang flu, duol nlang kaau to where i live.. hadloka ani ui





Worst case scenario underlies US pandemic plan

WASHINGTON – Two million dead. Hospitals overwhelmed. Schools closed. Swaths of empty seats at baseball stadiums and houses of worship. An economic recovery snuffed out. We're nowhere close to what government planners say would be a worst-case scenario: a global flu pandemic. But government leaders at all levels, and major employers, have spent nearly four years planning for one in series of exercises.

Their reports, reviewed by The Associated Press, and interviews with participants paint a grim picture of what could happen if the swine flu gets severely out of control.

A full-scale pandemic — if it ever comes — could be expected to claim the lives of about 2 percent of those infected, about 2 million Americans.

The government estimates that a pandemic like the 1918 Spanish flu would sicken 90 million Americans, or about 30 percent of the population. Of those, nearly 10 million would have to be admitted to a hospital, and nearly 1.5 million would need intensive care. About 750,000 would need the help of mechanical ventilators to keep breathing.

No one would be immune from the consequences, even those who don't get sick, according to worst-case exercises run by local and national agencies.

Schools would be closed to try to block the spread of illness, for example, but school buses might be used to take flu victims to alternative clinics rather than overcrowded hospitals.

A 2006 report on the Washington region found both Maryland and Virginia would run out of hospital beds within two weeks of a moderate outbreak.

People who got sick would be isolated, and their relatives could be quarantined.

But even if families weren't required to stay home, many would do so to take care of sick relatives, or because they were afraid of getting sick themselves.

Hotels, restaurants and airlines would face loss of business as business travel and meetings would be replaced by teleconferences.

In the cities, commuters who do go to work might bike or walk instead of using mass transit.

People would avoid movie theaters and rent DVDs instead.

In 1918, authorities even called on churches to cancel services, to the chagrin of some pastors.

Society as a whole would go into a defensive crouch, and that would deliver a shock to the economy.

The Trust for America's Health, an independent public health group, estimated in 2007 that a severe pandemic would shrink U.S. output by about 5.5 percent.

Take a breath. Even if the new swine flu from Mexico turns out to be especially aggressive, the worst consequences could be averted.

Although some states are less prepared than others, the nation has made strides in stockpiling antiviral medicines, speeding the production of vaccines and laying down basic public health guidelines.

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Monday that the U.S. is preparing as if the swine flu outbreak were a full pandemic. It is not at that stage and may never reach it.

Disease detectives are following a series of outbreaks, of varying severity, all of which appear to be related to Mexico. A pandemic would spread throughout the world with explosive speed.

The government got serious about worst-case planning during the 2005 bird flu scare, as the lessons of Hurricane Katrina loomed large.

"We have a playbook that was developed and is being followed," said Michael Leavitt, who as secretary of Health and Human Services oversaw pandemic planning for President George W. Bush. "It's a substantially better picture than what we faced three years ago."

[chad_tukes]

so far diri sa DC area wala pay reported cases of swine flu. but in VA where i live, we're on high health alert and doctors in several clinics and hospitals have been required to report immediately of any patients coming in with flu like symptoms.

[andy_1904]

sus daghana raba jud pinoy sa san diego bah, unya summer raba pinas, mag uli2x ang uban..paet bya, kinsa kaha cge pasi-ugda anang mga virus bah