Re: People born before 1957 immune to Mexico flu?
- From: El Castor <No_One@xxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 01 May 2009 11:10:14 -0700
On Fri, 01 May 2009 09:50:46 -0700, Rita <Rita@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Fri, 1 May 2009 08:54:23 -0700 (PDT), mg <mgkelson@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
On May 1, 9:10 am, Sordo <so...@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
On Fri, 1 May 2009 08:04:56 -0700 (PDT), mg <mgkel...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Apr 30, 9:30 am, "rick++" <rick...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Scientists in a LA Times article says the new flu resembles
a dangerous one in 1957. That might be why relatively few
older people are becoming ill with it.
That's good news. If someone wants to buy some masks by the way, I
heard that you are probably more likely to find one in a hardware
store in the paint section than at a pharmacy -- pharmacies are
evidently sold out. You have to make sure you get the right kind,
though. The correct kind is marked as "N95", I think.
Not to worry as on April 27, 2009 your savior and Dear Leader, Obama,
said that the threat of spreading swine flu infections is "not a cause
for alarm."
I'm not alarmed. Are you alarmed?
I read that the numbers of deaths attributed to the flu in Mexico are
not all confirmed to be from the flu -- in fact only a few of them
are.
This article illustrates how the reported numbers have been changing:
See http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/
What About those Pig Flu Numbers?
I heard an epidemiologist yesterday explain that the Spanish Flu of
1918, which killed 50 million (?) worldwide, was also an H1N1 of swine
origin that cropped up in the Spring -- just like the current virus.
It was not particularly deadly, but hung around at a low level all
summer until the usual human flu arrived in the fall. The two viruses
then exchanged genetic material and the resulting virus turned deadly,
killing 2 1/2% - 5% of those infected. In that respect this flu seems
to be on the same track. Of course they didn't have Tamiflu back then,
and I don't believe they had vaccines. But ... the usual human flu is
close to 100% resistant to Tamiflu, and there is no guarantee that if
the two viruses exchanged genetic material the way they did in 1918
that vaccines for either one would work on the new virus.
.
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