http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2009/dec/17/improvised-h1n1-shots-raise-officials-eyebrows/
Improvised H1N1 shots raise officials’ eyebrows
Children’s clinic gives half of an adult’s dose; problem is corrected
By Marshall Allen (contact)
Thursday, Dec. 17, 2009 | 2 a.m.
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A low-income clinic in Las Vegas improperly administered the H1N1 vaccine to 21 children, but state health officials said they corrected the problem so no harm was done.
At the height of the H1N1 panic in late October, the vaccine was in short supply and was not being delivered in dosages for children under the age of 4 at the Martin Luther King Family Center, just north of the Interstate 15-U.S. 95 interchange.
Michelle Agnew, head of operations at Nevada Health Centers, the nonprofit organization that runs the clinic, said the pediatrician at the clinic decided to use half of a dose that should be used for older children — and then saved the remainder of the dosage in a syringe. The plan was to use the syringe on the same child 28 days later.
The quantity of vaccine was appropriate, but the improvised method of administering it was not, health officials said.
Nevada State Health Division officials became alarmed Nov. 6 when they had a phone conversation with staff at the center. The potentially unsafe procedure had gone on for about a week. Health officials reported three problems to the Nevada Board of Medical Examiners:
• The dosage the clinic had received was not licensed for children under age 4.
• The vaccine in the prefilled syringes did not contain a preservative, which meant it could pass bacteria to children if it was readministered.
• Reuse of syringes is not allowed because it could spread infectious diseases.
Medical board investigators went to the clinic immediately and corrected the practice. The initial dosage was the correct amount, health officials said, and the second dose was never administered. Instead, the clinic had received the appropriate dosage in individual vials by the time the children returned to the clinic.
Agnew said the flurry of activity around the H1N1 virus caused confusion in the initial distribution of the vaccine, but most of the confusion has cleared up now that the vaccine is more widely available.
Agnew, who did not name the doctor, said the medical board closed its investigation without disciplining the physician.
Thursday, December 17, 2009
Chinese herbal medication to treat the A/H1N1 flu
Home made products to help with Flu
China succeeds in developing herbal medication to treat A/H1N1 flu
www.chinaview.cn 2009-12-17 17:41:11 Print
BEIJING, Dec. 17 (Xinhua) -- Chinese medical specialists announced Thursday they had developed a Chinese herbal medication to treat the A/H1N1 flu.
Seven months of scientific and clinical studies showed the remedy, called "Jin Hua Qing Gan Fang," was effective in treating A/H1N1 flu patients, said Wang Chen, president of Beijing's Chaoyang Hospital.
"It can shorten patients' fever period and improve their respiratory systems. Doctors have found no negative effects on patients who were treated in this way," he said.
"It is also very cheap, only about a quarter of the cost of Tamiflu," he said at a press conference held by the Beijing Municipal Government.
Tamiflu, a product of Swiss drugmaker Roche Holding, was recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) for the treatment of the A/H1N1 flu.
"The municipal government has gathered the most outstanding medical experts in the Chinese capital to develop the new medication," Zhao Jing, director of the Beijing Municipal Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine, said at the press conference.
Over the past seven months, more than 120 medical specialists, led by academicians Wang Yongyan and Li Lianda from the Chinese Academy of Engineering, had participated in the research, she said.
The municipal government earmarked 10 million yuan (1.47 million U.S. dollars) for the project, she said.
"Medical experts proved the effectiveness of Jin Hua in treating A/H1N1 flu from both the basic scientific studies and clinical studies," she said.
The basic scientific studies lasted for almost five months and were conducted by experts from the China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Beijing University of Technology.
"In vivo and in vitro, experiments on mice and rabbits show JinHua can bring down a fever and resist the A/H1N1 flu virus," said Huang Luqi, vice president of the China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences.
Thursday's Beijing Daily hailed the new herbal medication as the "world's first traditional Chinese medicine to treat the A/H1N1 flu".
Citing medical officials, the paper said "Jin Hua" was picked from among more than 100 classic anti-flu prescriptions based on traditional Chinese herbal medicine.
"Science workers proved its effectiveness through medical experiments on more than 4,000 mice and clinical studies on 410 patients with slight A/H1N1 flu syndrome," it said.
The "Jin Hua" prescription had been adopted in many local traditional Chinese medicine hospitals, it said.
Zhao Jing said 11 hospitals nationwide, including Chaoyang Hospital and Ditan Hospital in Beijing, had conducted clinical studies on "Jin Hua" and gave positive assessments.
"We are applying for patents for 'Jin Hua' both at home and abroad," she shttp://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-12/17/content_12662674.htmaid.
"We are further developing the medicine and trying to present it to the whole country and world as soon as possible, thus offering an alternative to treat the A/H1N1 flu," she said.
The Chinese mainland has reported almost 108,000 A/H1N1 flu cases, including 442 deaths, according to the Ministry of Health.
Dr. Cris Tunon, senior program management officer at the WHO Representative Office in China, said Thursday the "WHO welcomes the clinical results," as the traditional Chinese medicine offered a low-cost treatment of A/H1N1 flu.
China succeeds in developing herbal medication to treat A/H1N1 flu
www.chinaview.cn 2009-12-17 17:41:11 Print
BEIJING, Dec. 17 (Xinhua) -- Chinese medical specialists announced Thursday they had developed a Chinese herbal medication to treat the A/H1N1 flu.
Seven months of scientific and clinical studies showed the remedy, called "Jin Hua Qing Gan Fang," was effective in treating A/H1N1 flu patients, said Wang Chen, president of Beijing's Chaoyang Hospital.
"It can shorten patients' fever period and improve their respiratory systems. Doctors have found no negative effects on patients who were treated in this way," he said.
"It is also very cheap, only about a quarter of the cost of Tamiflu," he said at a press conference held by the Beijing Municipal Government.
Tamiflu, a product of Swiss drugmaker Roche Holding, was recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) for the treatment of the A/H1N1 flu.
"The municipal government has gathered the most outstanding medical experts in the Chinese capital to develop the new medication," Zhao Jing, director of the Beijing Municipal Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine, said at the press conference.
Over the past seven months, more than 120 medical specialists, led by academicians Wang Yongyan and Li Lianda from the Chinese Academy of Engineering, had participated in the research, she said.
The municipal government earmarked 10 million yuan (1.47 million U.S. dollars) for the project, she said.
"Medical experts proved the effectiveness of Jin Hua in treating A/H1N1 flu from both the basic scientific studies and clinical studies," she said.
The basic scientific studies lasted for almost five months and were conducted by experts from the China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Beijing University of Technology.
"In vivo and in vitro, experiments on mice and rabbits show JinHua can bring down a fever and resist the A/H1N1 flu virus," said Huang Luqi, vice president of the China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences.
Thursday's Beijing Daily hailed the new herbal medication as the "world's first traditional Chinese medicine to treat the A/H1N1 flu".
Citing medical officials, the paper said "Jin Hua" was picked from among more than 100 classic anti-flu prescriptions based on traditional Chinese herbal medicine.
"Science workers proved its effectiveness through medical experiments on more than 4,000 mice and clinical studies on 410 patients with slight A/H1N1 flu syndrome," it said.
The "Jin Hua" prescription had been adopted in many local traditional Chinese medicine hospitals, it said.
Zhao Jing said 11 hospitals nationwide, including Chaoyang Hospital and Ditan Hospital in Beijing, had conducted clinical studies on "Jin Hua" and gave positive assessments.
"We are applying for patents for 'Jin Hua' both at home and abroad," she shttp://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-12/17/content_12662674.htmaid.
"We are further developing the medicine and trying to present it to the whole country and world as soon as possible, thus offering an alternative to treat the A/H1N1 flu," she said.
The Chinese mainland has reported almost 108,000 A/H1N1 flu cases, including 442 deaths, according to the Ministry of Health.
Dr. Cris Tunon, senior program management officer at the WHO Representative Office in China, said Thursday the "WHO welcomes the clinical results," as the traditional Chinese medicine offered a low-cost treatment of A/H1N1 flu.
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
1,500 rioters since Saturday. ClimateGate
Governments should take Note of the level of violence. The people were lied to.. they found out. To push for the world to send them money now is absurd! How stupid do they think people are?
http://www.bild.de/BILD/news/bild-english/world-news/2009/12/15/street-battles-in-copenhagen/violence-overshadows-un-climate-summit-as-200-rioters-arrested.html
1,500 rioters since Saturday. ClimateGate
The UN climate summit taking place in the Danish capital has been overshadowed by the violence, which saw 200 arrested overnight.
And it could get worse!
Police in Copenhagen were forced to use tear gas and water cannons to control the crowds in the so-called ‘Free State of Christiana’.
Several groups had established barricades, lit fires and thrown firebombs at the police.
Since Saturday, a total of 1,500 rioters have been taken into custody!
Christiana is a barracks compound close to the centre of Copenhagen which has been occupied since the 1970s and used as an alternative housing development. The inhabitants regard themselves as being independent of the national authorities.
The security forces – who have already come in for criticism over their tactics – will face a new challenge on Wednesday, with militant groups announcing they want to rally in the face of a ban on meeting places around the summit.
Despite the outbreak of violence, the climate summit will continue on Tuesday with new negotiations between representatives of developing countries and industrial nations.
Environment ministers from 192 states have been meeting since the beginning of the week to discuss a protection agreement to combat global warming and the temperature rise caused by greenhouse gases.
http://www.bild.de/BILD/news/bild-english/world-news/2009/12/15/street-battles-in-copenhagen/violence-overshadows-un-climate-summit-as-200-rioters-arrested.html
1,500 rioters since Saturday. ClimateGate
The UN climate summit taking place in the Danish capital has been overshadowed by the violence, which saw 200 arrested overnight.
And it could get worse!
Police in Copenhagen were forced to use tear gas and water cannons to control the crowds in the so-called ‘Free State of Christiana’.
Several groups had established barricades, lit fires and thrown firebombs at the police.
Since Saturday, a total of 1,500 rioters have been taken into custody!
Christiana is a barracks compound close to the centre of Copenhagen which has been occupied since the 1970s and used as an alternative housing development. The inhabitants regard themselves as being independent of the national authorities.
The security forces – who have already come in for criticism over their tactics – will face a new challenge on Wednesday, with militant groups announcing they want to rally in the face of a ban on meeting places around the summit.
Despite the outbreak of violence, the climate summit will continue on Tuesday with new negotiations between representatives of developing countries and industrial nations.
Environment ministers from 192 states have been meeting since the beginning of the week to discuss a protection agreement to combat global warming and the temperature rise caused by greenhouse gases.
New flu resembles feared 1918 virus: study
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE56C3K120090713
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The new H1N1 influenza virus bears a disturbing resemblance to the virus strain that caused the 1918 flu pandemic, with a greater ability to infect the lungs than common seasonal flu viruses, researchers reported on Monday.
Tests in several animals confirmed other studies that have shown the new swine flu strain can spread beyond the upper respiratory tract to go deep into the lungs -- making it more likely to cause pneumonia, the international team said.
In addition, they found that people who survived the 1918 pandemic seem to have extra immune protection against the virus, again confirming the work of other researchers.
"When we conducted the experiments in ferrets and monkeys, the seasonal virus did not replicate in the lungs," said Yoshihiro Kawaoka of the University of Wisconsin, who led the study.
The H1N1 virus replicates significantly better in the lungs."
The new swine flu virus has caused the first pandemic of the 21st century, infecting more than a million people, according to estimates, and killing at least 500. The World Health Organization says it is causing mostly moderate disease but Kawaoka said that does not mean it is like seasonal flu.
"There is a misunderstanding about this virus," he said in a statement. "There is clear evidence the virus is different than seasonal influenza."
Writing in the journal Nature, Kawaoka and colleagues noted that the ability to infect the lungs is a characteristic of other pandemic viruses, especially the 1918 virus, which is estimated to have killed between 40 million and 100 million people.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The new H1N1 influenza virus bears a disturbing resemblance to the virus strain that caused the 1918 flu pandemic, with a greater ability to infect the lungs than common seasonal flu viruses, researchers reported on Monday.
Tests in several animals confirmed other studies that have shown the new swine flu strain can spread beyond the upper respiratory tract to go deep into the lungs -- making it more likely to cause pneumonia, the international team said.
In addition, they found that people who survived the 1918 pandemic seem to have extra immune protection against the virus, again confirming the work of other researchers.
"When we conducted the experiments in ferrets and monkeys, the seasonal virus did not replicate in the lungs," said Yoshihiro Kawaoka of the University of Wisconsin, who led the study.
The H1N1 virus replicates significantly better in the lungs."
The new swine flu virus has caused the first pandemic of the 21st century, infecting more than a million people, according to estimates, and killing at least 500. The World Health Organization says it is causing mostly moderate disease but Kawaoka said that does not mean it is like seasonal flu.
"There is a misunderstanding about this virus," he said in a statement. "There is clear evidence the virus is different than seasonal influenza."
Writing in the journal Nature, Kawaoka and colleagues noted that the ability to infect the lungs is a characteristic of other pandemic viruses, especially the 1918 virus, which is estimated to have killed between 40 million and 100 million people.
Spanish flu virus in 1918 replicated in pigs
Spanish flu virus in 1918 replicated in pigs
Although this is an earlier in the year article, I add this to show ppl they were messing with this stuff before the pandemic. Many have said the 1918 flu is very much like this years flu.
http://www.pigprogress.net/news/spanish-flu-virus-in-1918-replicated-in-pigs-id2902.html
Spanish flu virus in 1918 replicated in pigs 01 May 2009
A Kansas State University researcher has found that the virus causing the Spanish influenza pandemic in humans in 1918 was able to infect and replicate in pigs, but did not kill them, unlike in other mammalian hosts like monkeys, mice and ferrets where the infection has been lethal.
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Juergen A. Richt, Regents Distinguished Professor of Diagnostic Medicine and Pathobiology at K-State's College of Veterinary Medicine, studied the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic with colleagues from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, US Department of Agriculture and Mount Sinai School of Medicine.
In 1918 this human influenza virus spread through the central USA while a swine respiratory disease occurred concurrently.
Although this is an earlier in the year article, I add this to show ppl they were messing with this stuff before the pandemic. Many have said the 1918 flu is very much like this years flu.
http://www.pigprogress.net/news/spanish-flu-virus-in-1918-replicated-in-pigs-id2902.html
Spanish flu virus in 1918 replicated in pigs 01 May 2009
A Kansas State University researcher has found that the virus causing the Spanish influenza pandemic in humans in 1918 was able to infect and replicate in pigs, but did not kill them, unlike in other mammalian hosts like monkeys, mice and ferrets where the infection has been lethal.
Related
Juergen A. Richt, Regents Distinguished Professor of Diagnostic Medicine and Pathobiology at K-State's College of Veterinary Medicine, studied the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic with colleagues from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, US Department of Agriculture and Mount Sinai School of Medicine.
In 1918 this human influenza virus spread through the central USA while a swine respiratory disease occurred concurrently.
Oral Roberts dies from Pneumonia / flu complications
Pneumonia claims Oral Roberts, many flu sufferers
http://www.examiner.com/x-15966-Norfolk-Health-Care-Examiner~y2009m12d16-Pneumonia-claims-Oral-Roberts-many-flu-sufferers
This is why we are having such Trouble understanding the H1n1 infection deaths. This article says Pneumonia, as so many do. They should be saying H1N1 which resulted in severe Pneumonia.
Dec. 16--News broke yesterday that prosperity gospel and faith-healing preacher Oral Roberts died from complications of pneumonia. The 91-year-old Oklahoma native and founder of a namesake university and Pentecostal ministry had been in increasingly poor health since suffering a heart attack in 1992. He went into the hospital over the weekend after falling and breaking several bones.
Frailty made Roberts susceptible to the inflammatory lung disease that led to his finally being "called home." Physical and immune system weakness also puts millions of Americans at risk for bacterial, viral or fungal pneumonia each year. The disease is the eighth-leading cause of death in the United States.
Pneumonia usually develops secondarily, meaning most patients succumb to pneumonia after they have already battled another, milder infection or have had another major health problem. For instance, the 10,000 estimated swine flu deaths that occurred in the United States between mid-April and mid-November of this year have largely resulted from the complication of pneumonia.
http://www.examiner.com/x-15966-Norfolk-Health-Care-Examiner~y2009m12d16-Pneumonia-claims-Oral-Roberts-many-flu-sufferers
This is why we are having such Trouble understanding the H1n1 infection deaths. This article says Pneumonia, as so many do. They should be saying H1N1 which resulted in severe Pneumonia.
Dec. 16--News broke yesterday that prosperity gospel and faith-healing preacher Oral Roberts died from complications of pneumonia. The 91-year-old Oklahoma native and founder of a namesake university and Pentecostal ministry had been in increasingly poor health since suffering a heart attack in 1992. He went into the hospital over the weekend after falling and breaking several bones.
Frailty made Roberts susceptible to the inflammatory lung disease that led to his finally being "called home." Physical and immune system weakness also puts millions of Americans at risk for bacterial, viral or fungal pneumonia each year. The disease is the eighth-leading cause of death in the United States.
Pneumonia usually develops secondarily, meaning most patients succumb to pneumonia after they have already battled another, milder infection or have had another major health problem. For instance, the 10,000 estimated swine flu deaths that occurred in the United States between mid-April and mid-November of this year have largely resulted from the complication of pneumonia.
Ukrain Official Press Release
http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=nl&sl=uk&tl=en&u=http://www.moz.gov.ua/ua/main/press/%3FdocID%3D14423&prev=hp&rurl=translate.google.com&twu=1
OFFICIAL NUMBERS UKRAINE FOR 12/15/09
2,690,563 SICK
156,272 HOSPITALIZED
507 DEAD
123,769 RELEASED FROM HOSPITAL
In Ukraine since the beginning of the epidemic rise in the incidence of influenza and ARI registered 2 546 622 cases of influenza and acute respiratory infections.
За розрахунковими даними завершено курс лікування у 2 056 163 (81%) хворих. According to the settlement completed treatment in 2 056 163 (81%) patients. Продовжує хворіти 490 459 осіб. Continues to sicken 490 459 persons. За весь період госпіталізовано - 151 660 хворих. For the entire period of hospital - 151 660 patients. Виписано із стаціонарів 119 740 хворих. Discharged from hospitals 119 740 patients.At the hospital is 30 920 patients. Померло від ускладнень - 501 особа. Died of complications - 501 person. На стаціонарному лікуванні перебуває 30 920 хворих.
Методами, рекомендованими ВООЗ відібрано зразки для аналізу у 2494 осіб, у тому числі від померлих - 395. Methods recommended by WHO selected samples for analysis in 2494 people, including the dead - 395. Закінчено аналіз зразків від 962 осіб, з них від померлих 304. Completed analysis of samples from 962 people, including 304 from the dead. Лабораторно підтверджено 466 випадків пандемічного грипу А H1N1 Каліфорнія, з них у померлих - 202. 466 laboratory confirmed cases of pandemic influenza A H1N1 California, one of the dead - 202.
На минулому 50 тижні епідемічних спостережень та з початком поточного 51 тенденція до зростання числа захворювань намітилася практично на всій території України за винятком областей західного регіону: Закарпатської, Львівської, Івано-Франківської, Чернівецької, Тернопільської та Хмельницької. In the past 50 weeks epidemiological observations and the beginning of the current trend of 51 to increase the number of cases observed virtually throughout the territory of Ukraine except western oblasts Region: Transcarpathia, Lviv, Ivano-Frankivsk, Chernivtsi, Ternopil and Khmelnytsky.
Епідемічні пороги перевищені у АР Крим, Вінницькій, Волинській, Запорізькій, Дніпропетровській, Донецькій, Кіровоградській, Луганській, Миколаївській, Полтавській, Сумській, Черкаській областях та м. Севастополі. Exceeded the epidemic threshold in the Crimea, Vinnytsia, Volyn, Zaporizhzhya, Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Kirovohrad, Luhansk, Mykolaiv, Poltava, Sumy, Cherkasy regions and Sevastopol. Найбільша добова кількість захворілих зареєстрована у Дніпропетровській (12745 осіб) та Донецькій (7465) областях. The largest daily number of cases registered in Dnipropetrovsk (12745 people) and Donetsk (7465) areas.
Зростання показників захворюваності у всіх регіонах відбувається в основному за рахунок зростання кількості хворих з числа дитячих контингентів шкільного віку. Growth rates of all regions is mainly due to increase in the number of patients among school-age children's contingents.
Серед областей, які не досягли епідемічного порогу: у Київській епідемічний поріг перевищено на 5 з 27 адміністративних одиниць, Житомирській - 9 з 25, Закарпатській - 5 з 15, Львівській - 7 з 27, Рівненській - 6 з 18, Одеській - 1 з 31, Херсонській - 4 з 20, Харківській - 8 з 30. Among the areas that have not reached the epidemic threshold: in Kyiv epidemic threshold for 5 to 27 administrative units, Zhytomyr - 9 of 25, Transcarpathian - 5 / 15, Lviv - 7 to 27, Rivne - 6 of 18, Odessa - 1 of 31 , Kherson - 4 of 20, Kharkov - 8 of 30.
На території Івано-Франківської, Тернопільської, Хмельницької та Чернівецької областей перевищення епідемічних порогів не фіксується у жодній адміністративній одиниці. In the Ivano-Frankivsk, Ternopil, Khmelnytsky and Chernivtsi regions exceeded the epidemic threshold is not fixed in any administrative unit.
З десяти контрольних по захворюваності на грип та ГРВІ міст України, у яких проводяться багаторічні моніторингові спостереження (Вінниця, Дніпропетровськ, Донецьк, Запоріжжя, Київ, Львів, Одеса, Сімферополь, Харків, Чернігів), епідемічний поріг перевищено у п'яти з них - Вінниці, Дніпропетровську, Донецьку, Запоріжжі та Сімферополі. In ten control on the incidence of influenza and ARI cities of Ukraine, which are long-term monitoring observation (Vinnytsya, Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhya, Kyiv, Lviv, Odessa, Simferopol, Kharkov, Chernigov), epidemic threshold in five of them -- Vinnytsya, Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhya, Simferopol.
Прес-служба МОЗ України за інформацією Державної санітарно-епідеміологічної служби України Press Service of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine on information of the State Sanitary-Epidemiological Service of Ukraine
OFFICIAL NUMBERS UKRAINE FOR 12/15/09
2,690,563 SICK
156,272 HOSPITALIZED
507 DEAD
123,769 RELEASED FROM HOSPITAL
In Ukraine since the beginning of the epidemic rise in the incidence of influenza and ARI registered 2 546 622 cases of influenza and acute respiratory infections.
За розрахунковими даними завершено курс лікування у 2 056 163 (81%) хворих. According to the settlement completed treatment in 2 056 163 (81%) patients. Продовжує хворіти 490 459 осіб. Continues to sicken 490 459 persons. За весь період госпіталізовано - 151 660 хворих. For the entire period of hospital - 151 660 patients. Виписано із стаціонарів 119 740 хворих. Discharged from hospitals 119 740 patients.At the hospital is 30 920 patients. Померло від ускладнень - 501 особа. Died of complications - 501 person. На стаціонарному лікуванні перебуває 30 920 хворих.
Методами, рекомендованими ВООЗ відібрано зразки для аналізу у 2494 осіб, у тому числі від померлих - 395. Methods recommended by WHO selected samples for analysis in 2494 people, including the dead - 395. Закінчено аналіз зразків від 962 осіб, з них від померлих 304. Completed analysis of samples from 962 people, including 304 from the dead. Лабораторно підтверджено 466 випадків пандемічного грипу А H1N1 Каліфорнія, з них у померлих - 202. 466 laboratory confirmed cases of pandemic influenza A H1N1 California, one of the dead - 202.
На минулому 50 тижні епідемічних спостережень та з початком поточного 51 тенденція до зростання числа захворювань намітилася практично на всій території України за винятком областей західного регіону: Закарпатської, Львівської, Івано-Франківської, Чернівецької, Тернопільської та Хмельницької. In the past 50 weeks epidemiological observations and the beginning of the current trend of 51 to increase the number of cases observed virtually throughout the territory of Ukraine except western oblasts Region: Transcarpathia, Lviv, Ivano-Frankivsk, Chernivtsi, Ternopil and Khmelnytsky.
Епідемічні пороги перевищені у АР Крим, Вінницькій, Волинській, Запорізькій, Дніпропетровській, Донецькій, Кіровоградській, Луганській, Миколаївській, Полтавській, Сумській, Черкаській областях та м. Севастополі. Exceeded the epidemic threshold in the Crimea, Vinnytsia, Volyn, Zaporizhzhya, Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Kirovohrad, Luhansk, Mykolaiv, Poltava, Sumy, Cherkasy regions and Sevastopol. Найбільша добова кількість захворілих зареєстрована у Дніпропетровській (12745 осіб) та Донецькій (7465) областях. The largest daily number of cases registered in Dnipropetrovsk (12745 people) and Donetsk (7465) areas.
Зростання показників захворюваності у всіх регіонах відбувається в основному за рахунок зростання кількості хворих з числа дитячих контингентів шкільного віку. Growth rates of all regions is mainly due to increase in the number of patients among school-age children's contingents.
Серед областей, які не досягли епідемічного порогу: у Київській епідемічний поріг перевищено на 5 з 27 адміністративних одиниць, Житомирській - 9 з 25, Закарпатській - 5 з 15, Львівській - 7 з 27, Рівненській - 6 з 18, Одеській - 1 з 31, Херсонській - 4 з 20, Харківській - 8 з 30. Among the areas that have not reached the epidemic threshold: in Kyiv epidemic threshold for 5 to 27 administrative units, Zhytomyr - 9 of 25, Transcarpathian - 5 / 15, Lviv - 7 to 27, Rivne - 6 of 18, Odessa - 1 of 31 , Kherson - 4 of 20, Kharkov - 8 of 30.
На території Івано-Франківської, Тернопільської, Хмельницької та Чернівецької областей перевищення епідемічних порогів не фіксується у жодній адміністративній одиниці. In the Ivano-Frankivsk, Ternopil, Khmelnytsky and Chernivtsi regions exceeded the epidemic threshold is not fixed in any administrative unit.
З десяти контрольних по захворюваності на грип та ГРВІ міст України, у яких проводяться багаторічні моніторингові спостереження (Вінниця, Дніпропетровськ, Донецьк, Запоріжжя, Київ, Львів, Одеса, Сімферополь, Харків, Чернігів), епідемічний поріг перевищено у п'яти з них - Вінниці, Дніпропетровську, Донецьку, Запоріжжі та Сімферополі. In ten control on the incidence of influenza and ARI cities of Ukraine, which are long-term monitoring observation (Vinnytsya, Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhya, Kyiv, Lviv, Odessa, Simferopol, Kharkov, Chernigov), epidemic threshold in five of them -- Vinnytsya, Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhya, Simferopol.
Прес-служба МОЗ України за інформацією Державної санітарно-епідеміологічної служби України Press Service of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine on information of the State Sanitary-Epidemiological Service of Ukraine
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
CDC Recalls About 800,000 Doses Of H1N1 Vaccine
CDC Recalls About 800,000 Doses Of H1N1 Vaccine
Hundreds of thousands of doses of the H1N1/swine flu vaccine are being recalled, because they may not be effective enough to protect against the virus.
The Centers for Disease Control has issued a recall for about 800,000 doses made by Sanofi Pasteur.
http://theyeshivaworld.com/news/General+News/43400/CDC+Recalls+About+800,000+Doses+Of+H1N1+Vaccine.html
The affected vaccines are pre-filled syringes for children aged six months to almost three years old. According to the CDC, the doses were sent all over the country, and it is reaching out to providers who received to notify them not to use any of the remaining supplies.
Health officials say children who already received the dose likely will not need to be re-vaccinated. They say the lots passed potency tests when they were first shipped, but decreased later.
City health officials say they are still waiting to hear if any of the recalled doses were sent to the five boroughs.
These Vaccines are made by Sanofi Pasteur
http://www.poconorecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091215/NEWS/912150320/-1/rss01
Business is booming.. yet Sanofi Pasteur to lay off undisclosed number of workers
''We are not providing this information because we are still exploring opportunities for impacted employees to find other positions in the company,'' spokesperson Ellyn Schindler said.
The cuts will likely be made among support staff, commercial operations and the research and development areas. The company's fourth operating division — industrial operations, which includes its manufacturing functions — may see an increase in its workforce, Schindler said.
And just as people were getting used to the acronym RIF — reduction in force — a new one has been added: HCR, or head count reduction.
"One outcome is that some functions many see a decrease in headcount, although this is not the intent of these changes. In contrast, areas such as manufacturing are expected to continue to expand and will likely offset headcount reduction in other departments," a company statement said.
Sanofi became one of a handful of H1N1 swine flu vaccine makers in 2009, with orders from the U.S. Department of Health worth around $200 million. The company is in the later stages of filling those orders.
Schindler said the force reductions would be made so the company could compete better in the vaccine marketplace.
"To protect and broaden our company's impact in the marketplace we are proactively making changes intended to improve our efficiency and competitiveness in the years ahead," the company said in a written statement.
The company said it remains financially sound despite the challenging economic times. It also increased its workforce by 40 employees between 2008 and 2009. Sanofi employs more than 2,000 workers and support staff in Swiftwater.
Last week, Tobyhanna Army Depot announced it was letting 161 contract workers go in what it referred to as a force reduction that reflects reduced workloads. The reductions were primarily for electronics and industrial trade workers assigned to communications-electronics maintenance and manufacturing work at Tobyhanna.
The depot employs 1,100 contract workers among a total staff of 5,900.
The facility maintains communications-electronics systems for the U.S. military.
Hundreds of thousands of doses of the H1N1/swine flu vaccine are being recalled, because they may not be effective enough to protect against the virus.
The Centers for Disease Control has issued a recall for about 800,000 doses made by Sanofi Pasteur.
http://theyeshivaworld.com/news/General+News/43400/CDC+Recalls+About+800,000+Doses+Of+H1N1+Vaccine.html
The affected vaccines are pre-filled syringes for children aged six months to almost three years old. According to the CDC, the doses were sent all over the country, and it is reaching out to providers who received to notify them not to use any of the remaining supplies.
Health officials say children who already received the dose likely will not need to be re-vaccinated. They say the lots passed potency tests when they were first shipped, but decreased later.
City health officials say they are still waiting to hear if any of the recalled doses were sent to the five boroughs.
These Vaccines are made by Sanofi Pasteur
http://www.poconorecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091215/NEWS/912150320/-1/rss01
Business is booming.. yet Sanofi Pasteur to lay off undisclosed number of workers
''We are not providing this information because we are still exploring opportunities for impacted employees to find other positions in the company,'' spokesperson Ellyn Schindler said.
The cuts will likely be made among support staff, commercial operations and the research and development areas. The company's fourth operating division — industrial operations, which includes its manufacturing functions — may see an increase in its workforce, Schindler said.
And just as people were getting used to the acronym RIF — reduction in force — a new one has been added: HCR, or head count reduction.
"One outcome is that some functions many see a decrease in headcount, although this is not the intent of these changes. In contrast, areas such as manufacturing are expected to continue to expand and will likely offset headcount reduction in other departments," a company statement said.
Sanofi became one of a handful of H1N1 swine flu vaccine makers in 2009, with orders from the U.S. Department of Health worth around $200 million. The company is in the later stages of filling those orders.
Schindler said the force reductions would be made so the company could compete better in the vaccine marketplace.
"To protect and broaden our company's impact in the marketplace we are proactively making changes intended to improve our efficiency and competitiveness in the years ahead," the company said in a written statement.
The company said it remains financially sound despite the challenging economic times. It also increased its workforce by 40 employees between 2008 and 2009. Sanofi employs more than 2,000 workers and support staff in Swiftwater.
Last week, Tobyhanna Army Depot announced it was letting 161 contract workers go in what it referred to as a force reduction that reflects reduced workloads. The reductions were primarily for electronics and industrial trade workers assigned to communications-electronics maintenance and manufacturing work at Tobyhanna.
The depot employs 1,100 contract workers among a total staff of 5,900.
The facility maintains communications-electronics systems for the U.S. military.
H1N1 found in wide range of animals
H1N1 found in wide range of animals
http://www.promedmail.org/pls/otn/f?p=2400:1001:80787::NO::F2400_P1001_BACK_PAGE,F2400_P1001_PUB_MAIL_ID:1000,80318
Date: Mon 30 Nov 2009
Source: Reuters [edited]
USA finds pandemic H1N1 virus in turkey flock
--------------------------------------------
The pandemic H1N1 flu virus was confirmed in a flock of breeder
turkeys in Virginia -- the 1st US case involving turkeys, the US
Agriculture Department said on Monday [30 Nov 2009].
The virus also has been found in hogs, 3 house cats, pet ferrets, and
a cheetah in California [presumably a zoo animal who caught it from
its keeper -- cheetahs are native to Africa. - Mod.JW]. USDA said
infections of turkeys have been reported previously in Canada and Chile.
"This is the 1st detection of 2009 pandemic H1N1 influenza in turkeys
in the United States," said a USDA spokesperson. "There is a
possibility that a worker, who was sent home ill with flu-like
symptoms, could have infected the turkeys as a result of the
artificial insemination processes, as the worker was a member of the
insemination crew."
USDA said people cannot get the flu from eating [properly cooked]
turkey meat. [Other] swine flu viruses are known to affect quails and
turkeys periodically, said USDA. USDA's Agricultural Research Service
conducted 2 studies this year to see if the H1N1 pandemic virus could
affect turkeys or other domestic fowl. 5 turkey samples collected in
mid to late November [2009] contained the virus.
[Byline: Charles Abbott]
--
Communicated by:
ProMED-mail
[One almost gets the feeling that H1N1 is a case of seek and you shall
find. If we look for the disease in animals we might find it. It also
seems with this disease that those companion animals that are becoming
infected have had contact with a human that has been ill or has been
around someone that has been ill.
It is notable that this is the 1st case of H1N1 in turkeys in the USA.
- Mod.TG]
[The state of Virginia can be seen on the HealthMap/ProMED-mail
interactive map of the US at
. - Sr.Tech.Ed.MJ]
[see also:
Influenza pandemic (H1N1) 2009, animal health (31): Finland, swine,
OIE 20091201.4106
Influenza pandemic (H1N1) 2009, animal (30): China, canine 20091128.4079
Influenza pandemic (H1N1) 2009, animal health (29): Indonesia, swine
20091127.4071
Influenza pandemic (H1N1) 2009, animal (28): USA (UT, OR) feline 20091121.4008
Influenza pandemic (H1N1) 2009, animal (27): USA (OR) ferret 20091115.3947
Influenza pandemic (H1N1) 2009, animal (26): USA (OR), ferret 20091114.3936
Influenza pandemic (H1N1) 2009, animal (25): domestic, Hajj 20091110.3889
Influenza pandemic (H1N1) 2009, animal (24): USA, OIE 20091107.3857
Influenza pandemic (H1N1) 2009, animal (23): Taiwan, OIE 20091106.3840
Influenza pandemic (H1N1) 2009, animal (22): USA, swine 20091106.3834
Influenza pandemic (H1N1) 2009, animal (21): USA (IA) feline 20091105.3816
Influenza pandemic (H1N1) 2009, animal (20): USA (NE) ferret 20091101.3777
Influenza pandemic (H1N1) 2009, animal (19): Iceland swine, OIE 20091028.3737
Influenza pandemic (H1N1) 2009, animal (18): Canada (ON) avian, OIE
20091027.3719
Influenza pandemic (H1N1) 2009, animal (17): Japan (OS) swine, OIE
20091022.3635
Influenza pandemic (H1N1) 2009, animal (16): Canada (ON) avian 20091022.3629
Influenza pandemic (H1N1) 2009, animal health (15): USA (OR) ferret
20091021.3618
Influenza pandemic (H1N1) 2009, animal health (14): Canada (ON), avian
20091020.3602
Influenza pandemic (H1N1) 2009, animal (13): USA swine, conf. 20091020.3600
Influenza pandemic (H1N1) 2009, animal (12): USA swine, susp 20091019.3592
Influenza pandemic (H1N1) 2009, animal health (11): Norway 20091019.3589
Influenza pandemic (H1N1) 2009, animal health (10): Ireland 20091002.3427
Influenza pandemic (H1N1) 2009, animal (09): UK (NI) swine, OIE 20090918.3280
Influenza pandemic (H1N1) 2009, animal health (08): Singapore, swine
20090904.3114
Influenza pandemic (H1N1) 2009, animal health (07): Chile, avian 20090829.3036
Influenza pandemic (H1N1) 2009, animal health (06): Canada, swine
20090828.3027
Influenza pandemic (H1N1) 2009, animal health (05): Austr., swine
20090826.2999
Influenza pandemic (H1N1) 2009, animal health (04): Chile, avian, OIE
20090823.2978
Influenza pandemic (H1N1) 2009, animal health (03): Chile, avian, RFI
20090821.2961
Influenza pandemic (H1N1) 2009, animal health (02): Austr., swine
20090820.2951
Influenza pandemic (H1N1) 2009, animal health: Canada (QC) 20090729.2661
Influenza A (H1N1): animal health (17), Argentina, OIE 20090703.2401
Influenza A (H1N1): animal health (16), Argentina, swine, OIE 20090626.2322
Influenza A (H1N1): animal health (15), Egypt, pig cull 20090617.2241
Influenza A (H1N1): animal health (14), EU preparedness, Egypt 20090615.2220
Influenza A (H1N1): animal health (13) swine, Canada, origin, RFI
20090615.2215
Influenza A (H1N1): animal health (12) swine trial inf. 20090605.2088
Influenza A (H1N1): animal health (11) swine trial inf. 20090604.2067
Influenza A (H1N1): animal health (10) swine, Canada, cull 20090514.1813
Influenza A (H1N1): animal health (09), swine, Canada 20090513.1790
Influenza A (H1N1): animal health (08), food safety, FAO/OIE/WHO 20090507.1710
Influenza A (H1N1): animal health (07), swine, Canada, OIE 20090506.1691
Influenza A (H1N1): animal health (06), Canada, OIE 20090505.1683
Influenza A (H1N1): animal health (05), swine, Canada, FAO 20090505.1680
Influenza A (H1N1): animal health (04), infected swine, Canada 20090502.1653
Influenza A (H1N1): animal health (03), Egypt, pig cull 20090502.1649
Influenza A (H1N1): animal health 20090430.1637
Influenza A (H1N1), "swine flu": animal health (02), Egypt, prevention
20090429.1623
Influenza A (H1N1), "swine flu": animal health 20090428.1604]
http://www.promedmail.org/pls/otn/f?p=2400:1001:80787::NO::F2400_P1001_BACK_PAGE,F2400_P1001_PUB_MAIL_ID:1000,80318
Date: Mon 30 Nov 2009
Source: Reuters [edited]
USA finds pandemic H1N1 virus in turkey flock
--------------------------------------------
The pandemic H1N1 flu virus was confirmed in a flock of breeder
turkeys in Virginia -- the 1st US case involving turkeys, the US
Agriculture Department said on Monday [30 Nov 2009].
The virus also has been found in hogs, 3 house cats, pet ferrets, and
a cheetah in California [presumably a zoo animal who caught it from
its keeper -- cheetahs are native to Africa. - Mod.JW]. USDA said
infections of turkeys have been reported previously in Canada and Chile.
"This is the 1st detection of 2009 pandemic H1N1 influenza in turkeys
in the United States," said a USDA spokesperson. "There is a
possibility that a worker, who was sent home ill with flu-like
symptoms, could have infected the turkeys as a result of the
artificial insemination processes, as the worker was a member of the
insemination crew."
USDA said people cannot get the flu from eating [properly cooked]
turkey meat. [Other] swine flu viruses are known to affect quails and
turkeys periodically, said USDA. USDA's Agricultural Research Service
conducted 2 studies this year to see if the H1N1 pandemic virus could
affect turkeys or other domestic fowl. 5 turkey samples collected in
mid to late November [2009] contained the virus.
[Byline: Charles Abbott]
--
Communicated by:
ProMED-mail
[One almost gets the feeling that H1N1 is a case of seek and you shall
find. If we look for the disease in animals we might find it. It also
seems with this disease that those companion animals that are becoming
infected have had contact with a human that has been ill or has been
around someone that has been ill.
It is notable that this is the 1st case of H1N1 in turkeys in the USA.
- Mod.TG]
[The state of Virginia can be seen on the HealthMap/ProMED-mail
interactive map of the US at
[see also:
Influenza pandemic (H1N1) 2009, animal health (31): Finland, swine,
OIE 20091201.4106
Influenza pandemic (H1N1) 2009, animal (30): China, canine 20091128.4079
Influenza pandemic (H1N1) 2009, animal health (29): Indonesia, swine
20091127.4071
Influenza pandemic (H1N1) 2009, animal (28): USA (UT, OR) feline 20091121.4008
Influenza pandemic (H1N1) 2009, animal (27): USA (OR) ferret 20091115.3947
Influenza pandemic (H1N1) 2009, animal (26): USA (OR), ferret 20091114.3936
Influenza pandemic (H1N1) 2009, animal (25): domestic, Hajj 20091110.3889
Influenza pandemic (H1N1) 2009, animal (24): USA, OIE 20091107.3857
Influenza pandemic (H1N1) 2009, animal (23): Taiwan, OIE 20091106.3840
Influenza pandemic (H1N1) 2009, animal (22): USA, swine 20091106.3834
Influenza pandemic (H1N1) 2009, animal (21): USA (IA) feline 20091105.3816
Influenza pandemic (H1N1) 2009, animal (20): USA (NE) ferret 20091101.3777
Influenza pandemic (H1N1) 2009, animal (19): Iceland swine, OIE 20091028.3737
Influenza pandemic (H1N1) 2009, animal (18): Canada (ON) avian, OIE
20091027.3719
Influenza pandemic (H1N1) 2009, animal (17): Japan (OS) swine, OIE
20091022.3635
Influenza pandemic (H1N1) 2009, animal (16): Canada (ON) avian 20091022.3629
Influenza pandemic (H1N1) 2009, animal health (15): USA (OR) ferret
20091021.3618
Influenza pandemic (H1N1) 2009, animal health (14): Canada (ON), avian
20091020.3602
Influenza pandemic (H1N1) 2009, animal (13): USA swine, conf. 20091020.3600
Influenza pandemic (H1N1) 2009, animal (12): USA swine, susp 20091019.3592
Influenza pandemic (H1N1) 2009, animal health (11): Norway 20091019.3589
Influenza pandemic (H1N1) 2009, animal health (10): Ireland 20091002.3427
Influenza pandemic (H1N1) 2009, animal (09): UK (NI) swine, OIE 20090918.3280
Influenza pandemic (H1N1) 2009, animal health (08): Singapore, swine
20090904.3114
Influenza pandemic (H1N1) 2009, animal health (07): Chile, avian 20090829.3036
Influenza pandemic (H1N1) 2009, animal health (06): Canada, swine
20090828.3027
Influenza pandemic (H1N1) 2009, animal health (05): Austr., swine
20090826.2999
Influenza pandemic (H1N1) 2009, animal health (04): Chile, avian, OIE
20090823.2978
Influenza pandemic (H1N1) 2009, animal health (03): Chile, avian, RFI
20090821.2961
Influenza pandemic (H1N1) 2009, animal health (02): Austr., swine
20090820.2951
Influenza pandemic (H1N1) 2009, animal health: Canada (QC) 20090729.2661
Influenza A (H1N1): animal health (17), Argentina, OIE 20090703.2401
Influenza A (H1N1): animal health (16), Argentina, swine, OIE 20090626.2322
Influenza A (H1N1): animal health (15), Egypt, pig cull 20090617.2241
Influenza A (H1N1): animal health (14), EU preparedness, Egypt 20090615.2220
Influenza A (H1N1): animal health (13) swine, Canada, origin, RFI
20090615.2215
Influenza A (H1N1): animal health (12) swine trial inf. 20090605.2088
Influenza A (H1N1): animal health (11) swine trial inf. 20090604.2067
Influenza A (H1N1): animal health (10) swine, Canada, cull 20090514.1813
Influenza A (H1N1): animal health (09), swine, Canada 20090513.1790
Influenza A (H1N1): animal health (08), food safety, FAO/OIE/WHO 20090507.1710
Influenza A (H1N1): animal health (07), swine, Canada, OIE 20090506.1691
Influenza A (H1N1): animal health (06), Canada, OIE 20090505.1683
Influenza A (H1N1): animal health (05), swine, Canada, FAO 20090505.1680
Influenza A (H1N1): animal health (04), infected swine, Canada 20090502.1653
Influenza A (H1N1): animal health (03), Egypt, pig cull 20090502.1649
Influenza A (H1N1): animal health 20090430.1637
Influenza A (H1N1), "swine flu": animal health (02), Egypt, prevention
20090429.1623
Influenza A (H1N1), "swine flu": animal health 20090428.1604]
Monday, December 14, 2009
H1N1 mutation Illinois , France , Vietnam
http://www.recombinomics.com/News/12130901/D225G_H274Y_IL.html
D225G and H274Y in Illinois Case
Recombinomics Commentary 18:13
December 13, 2009
Recent reports of increased Tamiflu resistance, coupled with a strong associate of two receptor binding domain changes, D225G and D225N, has raised concerns that the two polymorphisms may be recombining to generate a lethal H1N1 that is Tamiflu resistant. Interest in the two receptor binding domain changes was increased dramatically by results from Ukraine which had one of these changes in six of six fatal cases. The reports on D225G led France to check prior cases and D225G was found in two fatal cases. Of concern was the finding of H274Y in one of those cases.
A review of recently released sequences has found the same combination in sequences deposited by the CDC at GISAID. The isolate, A/Illinois/11/2009, was collected on July 31, which is during the same time frame as the train ride in Vietnam that led to at least seven cases of H274Y. In July/August the receptor binding domain changes were noted in fatal cases in Sao Paulo.
The increases in detection of H274Y have been reported by the WHO and CDC in recent weeks. In the US, four of ten cases were fatal, while in the Netherlands, four of eleven cases were fatal. However most of these sequences as well as those from the Vietnam train in July have not been released.
An increase in surveillance for these markers as well as the prompt release of sequences would be useful.
D225G and H274Y in Illinois Case
Recombinomics Commentary 18:13
December 13, 2009
Recent reports of increased Tamiflu resistance, coupled with a strong associate of two receptor binding domain changes, D225G and D225N, has raised concerns that the two polymorphisms may be recombining to generate a lethal H1N1 that is Tamiflu resistant. Interest in the two receptor binding domain changes was increased dramatically by results from Ukraine which had one of these changes in six of six fatal cases. The reports on D225G led France to check prior cases and D225G was found in two fatal cases. Of concern was the finding of H274Y in one of those cases.
A review of recently released sequences has found the same combination in sequences deposited by the CDC at GISAID. The isolate, A/Illinois/11/2009, was collected on July 31, which is during the same time frame as the train ride in Vietnam that led to at least seven cases of H274Y. In July/August the receptor binding domain changes were noted in fatal cases in Sao Paulo.
The increases in detection of H274Y have been reported by the WHO and CDC in recent weeks. In the US, four of ten cases were fatal, while in the Netherlands, four of eleven cases were fatal. However most of these sequences as well as those from the Vietnam train in July have not been released.
An increase in surveillance for these markers as well as the prompt release of sequences would be useful.
A Christmas Poem
I got this tonight & wanted to share. Whether you believe in thier missions or not, dont forget to believe in the Men and Women who stand between us and Chaos.
The embers glowed softly, and in their dim light,
I gazed round the room and I cherished the sight.
My wife was asleep, her head on my chest,
My daughter beside me, angelic in rest.
Outside the snow fell, a blanket of white,
Transforming the yard to a winter delight.
The sparkling lights in the tree I believe,
Completed the magic that was Christmas Eve.
My eyelids were heavy, my breathing was deep,
Secure and surrounded by love I would sleep.
In perfect contentment, or so it would seem,
So I slumbered, perhaps I started to dream.
The sound wasn't loud, and it wasn't too near,
But I opened my eyes when it tickled my ear..
Perhaps just a cough, I didn't quite know, Then the
sure sound of footsteps outside in the snow.
My soul gave a tremble, I struggled to hear,
And I crept to the door just to see who was near.
Standing out in the cold and the dark of the night,
A lone figure stood, his face weary and tight.
A soldier, I puzzled, some twenty years old,
Perhaps a Marine, huddled here in the cold.
Alone in the dark, he looked up and smiled,
Standing watch over me, and my wife and my child.
"What are you doing?" I asked without fear,
"Come in this moment, it's freezing out here!
Put down your pack, brush the snow from your sleeve,
You should be at home on a cold Christmas Eve!"
For barely a moment I saw his eyes shift,
Away from the cold and the snow blown in drifts..
To the window that danced with a warm fire's light
Then he sighed and he said "Its really all right,
I'm out here by choice. I'm here every night."
"It's my duty to stand at the front of the line,
That separates you from the darkest of times.
No one had to ask or beg or implore me,
I'm proud to stand here like my fathers before me.
My Gramps died at ' Pearl on a day in December,"
Then he sighed, "That's a Christmas 'Gram always remembers."
My dad stood his watch in the jungles of ' Nam ',
And now it is my turn and so, here I am.
I've not seen my own son in more than a while,
But my wife sends me pictures, he's sure got her smile.
Then he bent and he carefully pulled from his bag,
The red, white, and blue... an American flag.
I can live through the cold and the being alone,
Away from my family, my house and my home.
I can stand at my post through the rain and the sleet,
I can sleep in a foxhole with little to eat.
I can carry the weight of killing another,
Or lay down my life with my sister and brother..
Who stand at the front against any and all,
To ensure for all time that this flag will not fall.."
" So go back inside," he said, "harbor no fright,
Your family is waiting and I'll be all right."
"But isn't there something I can do, at the least,
"Give you money," I asked, "or prepare you a feast?
It seems all too little for all that you've done,
For being away from your wife and your son."
Then his eye welled a tear that held no regret,
"Just tell us you love us, and never forget.
To fight for our rights back at home while we're gone,
To stand your own watch, no matter how long.
For when we come home, either standing or dead,
To know you remember we fought and we bled.
Is payment enough, and with that we will trust,
That we mattered to you as you mattered to us."
PLEASE, would you do me the kind favor of sending this to as many
people as you can? Christmas will be coming soon and some credit is due to our
U.S service men and women for our being able to celebrate these
festivities. Let's try in this small way to pay a tiny bit of what we owe. Make people
stop and think of our heroes, living and dead, who sacrificed themselves for us.
The embers glowed softly, and in their dim light,
I gazed round the room and I cherished the sight.
My wife was asleep, her head on my chest,
My daughter beside me, angelic in rest.
Outside the snow fell, a blanket of white,
Transforming the yard to a winter delight.
The sparkling lights in the tree I believe,
Completed the magic that was Christmas Eve.
My eyelids were heavy, my breathing was deep,
Secure and surrounded by love I would sleep.
In perfect contentment, or so it would seem,
So I slumbered, perhaps I started to dream.
The sound wasn't loud, and it wasn't too near,
But I opened my eyes when it tickled my ear..
Perhaps just a cough, I didn't quite know, Then the
sure sound of footsteps outside in the snow.
My soul gave a tremble, I struggled to hear,
And I crept to the door just to see who was near.
Standing out in the cold and the dark of the night,
A lone figure stood, his face weary and tight.
A soldier, I puzzled, some twenty years old,
Perhaps a Marine, huddled here in the cold.
Alone in the dark, he looked up and smiled,
Standing watch over me, and my wife and my child.
"What are you doing?" I asked without fear,
"Come in this moment, it's freezing out here!
Put down your pack, brush the snow from your sleeve,
You should be at home on a cold Christmas Eve!"
For barely a moment I saw his eyes shift,
Away from the cold and the snow blown in drifts..
To the window that danced with a warm fire's light
Then he sighed and he said "Its really all right,
I'm out here by choice. I'm here every night."
"It's my duty to stand at the front of the line,
That separates you from the darkest of times.
No one had to ask or beg or implore me,
I'm proud to stand here like my fathers before me.
My Gramps died at ' Pearl on a day in December,"
Then he sighed, "That's a Christmas 'Gram always remembers."
My dad stood his watch in the jungles of ' Nam ',
And now it is my turn and so, here I am.
I've not seen my own son in more than a while,
But my wife sends me pictures, he's sure got her smile.
Then he bent and he carefully pulled from his bag,
The red, white, and blue... an American flag.
I can live through the cold and the being alone,
Away from my family, my house and my home.
I can stand at my post through the rain and the sleet,
I can sleep in a foxhole with little to eat.
I can carry the weight of killing another,
Or lay down my life with my sister and brother..
Who stand at the front against any and all,
To ensure for all time that this flag will not fall.."
" So go back inside," he said, "harbor no fright,
Your family is waiting and I'll be all right."
"But isn't there something I can do, at the least,
"Give you money," I asked, "or prepare you a feast?
It seems all too little for all that you've done,
For being away from your wife and your son."
Then his eye welled a tear that held no regret,
"Just tell us you love us, and never forget.
To fight for our rights back at home while we're gone,
To stand your own watch, no matter how long.
For when we come home, either standing or dead,
To know you remember we fought and we bled.
Is payment enough, and with that we will trust,
That we mattered to you as you mattered to us."
PLEASE, would you do me the kind favor of sending this to as many
people as you can? Christmas will be coming soon and some credit is due to our
U.S service men and women for our being able to celebrate these
festivities. Let's try in this small way to pay a tiny bit of what we owe. Make people
stop and think of our heroes, living and dead, who sacrificed themselves for us.
Edinburgh protests against the swine flu vaccination programme.
Group claims swine flu vaccine not necessary
http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/Group-claims-swine-flu-vaccine.5907416.jp
DEMONSTRATORS marched through Edinburgh yesterday to protest against the swine flu vaccination programme.
The group believes the H1N1 epidemic is not as serious as claimed and have concerns about the safety and usefulness of the vaccine.
About 80 people marched along the Royal Mile from St Giles' Cathedral to the Parliament.
Organiser Claire Knox said they hoped the protest would encourage people to think twice about getting the vaccine.
She believes figures for the numbers of people suffering swine flu are not accurate and questioned the necessity for vaccination.
She said: "We're not sure there is a pandemic as it seems the numbers are exaggerated. It appears swine flu is very mild and there are very few cases and I would like to know why they are trying to enforce this vaccination campaign on us.
"The vaccine has not gone through full length testing so there are safety concerns. We just want to highlight the discrepancies and manipulation of numbers so people question whether they need the vaccine."
Poland balks at swine flu vaccine
http://markcrispinmiller.com/2009/11/poland-balks-at-swine-flu-vaccine/
Poland distrustful of swine flu vaccination
WARSAW, Poland (AP) – Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said Friday that his government won’t buy vaccines for swine flu that have not been properly tested or from producers who won’t take responsibility for possible side effects.
Tusk told reporters that vaccine producers were pressuring governments to buy, but were also demanding that all responsibility and compensation for possible negative side effects fall upon government shoulders.
“Today we are dealing with great pressure from pharmaceutical firms … we are dealing with expectations that hundreds of millions of zlotys (dollars) will be spent on vaccine while no one wants to guarantee that it has no side effects,” he said.
This is most likely why Poland refuses vaccine:
http://markcrispinmiller.com/2009/07/homeless-people-killed-by-h5n1-vaccine-from-708/
Homeless people die after bird flu vaccine trial in Poland
Three Polish doctors and six nurses are facing criminal prosecution after a number of homeless people died following medical trials for a vaccine to the H5N1 bird-flu virus.
By Matthew Day in Warsaw
Published: 4:37PM BST 02 Jul 2008
21 people died after being given the vaccine The medical staff, from the northern town of Grudziadz, are being investigated over medical trials on as many as 350 homeless and poor people last year, which prosecutors say involved an untried vaccine to the highly-contagious virus.
Authorities claim that the alleged victims received £1-2 to be tested with what they thought was a conventional flu vaccine but, according to investigators, was actually an anti bird-flu drug.
Waclawski, told a Polish newspaper that last year, 21 people from his centre died, a figure well above the average of about eight.
http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/Group-claims-swine-flu-vaccine.5907416.jp
DEMONSTRATORS marched through Edinburgh yesterday to protest against the swine flu vaccination programme.
The group believes the H1N1 epidemic is not as serious as claimed and have concerns about the safety and usefulness of the vaccine.
About 80 people marched along the Royal Mile from St Giles' Cathedral to the Parliament.
Organiser Claire Knox said they hoped the protest would encourage people to think twice about getting the vaccine.
She believes figures for the numbers of people suffering swine flu are not accurate and questioned the necessity for vaccination.
She said: "We're not sure there is a pandemic as it seems the numbers are exaggerated. It appears swine flu is very mild and there are very few cases and I would like to know why they are trying to enforce this vaccination campaign on us.
"The vaccine has not gone through full length testing so there are safety concerns. We just want to highlight the discrepancies and manipulation of numbers so people question whether they need the vaccine."
Poland balks at swine flu vaccine
http://markcrispinmiller.com/2009/11/poland-balks-at-swine-flu-vaccine/
Poland distrustful of swine flu vaccination
WARSAW, Poland (AP) – Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said Friday that his government won’t buy vaccines for swine flu that have not been properly tested or from producers who won’t take responsibility for possible side effects.
Tusk told reporters that vaccine producers were pressuring governments to buy, but were also demanding that all responsibility and compensation for possible negative side effects fall upon government shoulders.
“Today we are dealing with great pressure from pharmaceutical firms … we are dealing with expectations that hundreds of millions of zlotys (dollars) will be spent on vaccine while no one wants to guarantee that it has no side effects,” he said.
This is most likely why Poland refuses vaccine:
http://markcrispinmiller.com/2009/07/homeless-people-killed-by-h5n1-vaccine-from-708/
Homeless people die after bird flu vaccine trial in Poland
Three Polish doctors and six nurses are facing criminal prosecution after a number of homeless people died following medical trials for a vaccine to the H5N1 bird-flu virus.
By Matthew Day in Warsaw
Published: 4:37PM BST 02 Jul 2008
21 people died after being given the vaccine The medical staff, from the northern town of Grudziadz, are being investigated over medical trials on as many as 350 homeless and poor people last year, which prosecutors say involved an untried vaccine to the highly-contagious virus.
Authorities claim that the alleged victims received £1-2 to be tested with what they thought was a conventional flu vaccine but, according to investigators, was actually an anti bird-flu drug.
Waclawski, told a Polish newspaper that last year, 21 people from his centre died, a figure well above the average of about eight.
Swine Flu cases down , Deaths up
Swine flu update: H1N1 flu activity down, H1N1 flu-associated deaths up-Is H1N1 getting more deadly?
http://www.examiner.com/x-29228-LA-Health-Technology-Examiner~y2009m12d13-Swine-flu-update-H1N1-flu-activity-downH1N1-fluassociated-deaths-up-Is-H1N1-getting-more-deadly
The latest U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) swine flu update shows that H1N1 flu activity is decreasing once more, for the 6th week in a row. H1N1 swine flu-associated deaths, however, are going up. At the same time, reports of an H1N1 mutation that attacks the lungs and is resistant to the antiviral medication Tamiflu are circulating here in the U.S., as well as other locations around the world.
CDC swine flu update
According to the CDC swine flu update for December 11, 2009, key flu indicators are all decreasing, except for H1N1 flu-related deaths. Doctor's visits for flu and hospitalizations for flu have gone down for the 6th week in a row, and there are now only 14 states reporting widespread flu activity. At the same time, swine flu-related deaths have increased. This may result from the spread of a deadlier strain of H1N1 mutation that attacks the lungs and is resistant to the antiviral medication Tamiflu.
H1N1 mutation D225G/D225N
http://www.examiner.com/x-29228-LA-Health-Technology-Examiner~y2009m12d13-Swine-flu-update-H1N1-flu-activity-downH1N1-fluassociated-deaths-up-Is-H1N1-getting-more-deadly
The latest U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) swine flu update shows that H1N1 flu activity is decreasing once more, for the 6th week in a row. H1N1 swine flu-associated deaths, however, are going up. At the same time, reports of an H1N1 mutation that attacks the lungs and is resistant to the antiviral medication Tamiflu are circulating here in the U.S., as well as other locations around the world.
CDC swine flu update
According to the CDC swine flu update for December 11, 2009, key flu indicators are all decreasing, except for H1N1 flu-related deaths. Doctor's visits for flu and hospitalizations for flu have gone down for the 6th week in a row, and there are now only 14 states reporting widespread flu activity. At the same time, swine flu-related deaths have increased. This may result from the spread of a deadlier strain of H1N1 mutation that attacks the lungs and is resistant to the antiviral medication Tamiflu.
H1N1 mutation D225G/D225N
UN officials try to silence journalist on Climategate question
Another Case of shutting up the Press with Threats
http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/283837
Watch the vid as a security person forces a reporter to turn his camera off after he asks an uncomfortable climategate question.
http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/283837
Watch the vid as a security person forces a reporter to turn his camera off after he asks an uncomfortable climategate question.
Mutations H1N1 update - Washington State Death
I am finding it very difficult to find states reporting the mutation that resembles the spanish flu and or Pneumonic plague. Unless I search every state with a variety of phrases, it is impossible to keep up. If you hear of a case in your state, please email me. I will keep searching , but the lack of information on this makes it very difficult.
We know that the mutations hit approx 2 weeks ago in NC and began spreading. We know that the people dying are usually dying of complications but the doctors dont seem to want to specify what type of complications. Once in awhile, they will admit to wet, bleeding lungs. Unfortunately the silence of the media puts us all at risk.
3 days ago a little girl age 4 died in Bremerton which is NW United states. As in so many cases, they didnt say what the complications were, but as we have seen signs of this strain in California, I am sure it is up in Washington as well.
The good news is that the rate of infection is down. Way down. The bad news is, that we now have a definate mutation in the states and round three may be more dangerous.
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/nov/13/h1n1-virus-found-4-year-old-who-died-monday/
“What we have here is a little girl that died unexpectedly and had a positive test” for H1N1, Lindquist said.
She was only sick for a couple days, Health District officials said. Her family is asking for privacy as they grieve.
The 4-year-old attended Sylvan Way Christian School, Lindquist said. The Health District does not plan to ask the school to take any extra precautions as a result of the death.
We know that the mutations hit approx 2 weeks ago in NC and began spreading. We know that the people dying are usually dying of complications but the doctors dont seem to want to specify what type of complications. Once in awhile, they will admit to wet, bleeding lungs. Unfortunately the silence of the media puts us all at risk.
3 days ago a little girl age 4 died in Bremerton which is NW United states. As in so many cases, they didnt say what the complications were, but as we have seen signs of this strain in California, I am sure it is up in Washington as well.
The good news is that the rate of infection is down. Way down. The bad news is, that we now have a definate mutation in the states and round three may be more dangerous.
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/nov/13/h1n1-virus-found-4-year-old-who-died-monday/
“What we have here is a little girl that died unexpectedly and had a positive test” for H1N1, Lindquist said.
She was only sick for a couple days, Health District officials said. Her family is asking for privacy as they grieve.
The 4-year-old attended Sylvan Way Christian School, Lindquist said. The Health District does not plan to ask the school to take any extra precautions as a result of the death.
Study: Plant-based antioxidants protect lungs from H1N1
Study: Plant-based antioxidants protect lungs from H1N1
http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/281934
While immunization may be the best defense against swine flu, a new study shows that antioxidants in certain foods may also protect against H1N1 and help prevent lung damage from the virus.
With shortages of H1N1 vaccine being reported worldwide, some people have been resorting to folk remedies to ward off the dreaded virus.
The rush for protection from H1N1 has even led to shortages and higher prices for foods such as garlic, onions, and others.
According to researchers at the University of Alabama, consumers of those foods that are rich in antioxidants actually do add an extra layer of protection, reports FoodConsumer.
Researcher Sadis Matalon and colleagues found the cause of damage to our lungs when we get the flu was caused by M2 protein, which attacks the cells that line the inner surfaces of the lungs, says the study published in the FASEB Journal and the American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology.
The M2 protein damages the lung cells so they cannot remove liquid that builds up inside the lungs, making the person infected more susceptible to pneumonia and other lung problems.
The research discovered cells that were pretreated with glutathione ester, an antioxidant that is available as a dietary supplement, prevented the damaging effects of M2 protein to lung cells.
The study says that when our consumption of sulphur rich foods is sufficient there is no need to take a supplement as our bodies naturally synthesize the glutathione compound when nourished properly.
Some sulphur-rich foods that are readily available are garlic, onions, broccoli, oats, corn, legumes, nuts, seeds and many others.
The study says that meat eaters should also consider eating red meats, eggs, whey protein, and dairy products, reports FoodConsumer.
Due to its recommendation as an "anti-virus" plant by international medical experts, the price of garlic has soared in China giving farmers a boost, reports China Daily. The price of garlic last year was 0.08 yuan per kilogram but is now selling at 8 juan ($1.17) per kilogram.
Vendors at outdoor markets in Ukraine are also cashing in on the hysteria, by hiking prices for onions, garlic and fresh fruits as face masks and flu vaccine were in short supply or completely gone, reports The Cutting Edge.
http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/281934
While immunization may be the best defense against swine flu, a new study shows that antioxidants in certain foods may also protect against H1N1 and help prevent lung damage from the virus.
With shortages of H1N1 vaccine being reported worldwide, some people have been resorting to folk remedies to ward off the dreaded virus.
The rush for protection from H1N1 has even led to shortages and higher prices for foods such as garlic, onions, and others.
According to researchers at the University of Alabama, consumers of those foods that are rich in antioxidants actually do add an extra layer of protection, reports FoodConsumer.
Researcher Sadis Matalon and colleagues found the cause of damage to our lungs when we get the flu was caused by M2 protein, which attacks the cells that line the inner surfaces of the lungs, says the study published in the FASEB Journal and the American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology.
The M2 protein damages the lung cells so they cannot remove liquid that builds up inside the lungs, making the person infected more susceptible to pneumonia and other lung problems.
The research discovered cells that were pretreated with glutathione ester, an antioxidant that is available as a dietary supplement, prevented the damaging effects of M2 protein to lung cells.
The study says that when our consumption of sulphur rich foods is sufficient there is no need to take a supplement as our bodies naturally synthesize the glutathione compound when nourished properly.
Some sulphur-rich foods that are readily available are garlic, onions, broccoli, oats, corn, legumes, nuts, seeds and many others.
The study says that meat eaters should also consider eating red meats, eggs, whey protein, and dairy products, reports FoodConsumer.
Due to its recommendation as an "anti-virus" plant by international medical experts, the price of garlic has soared in China giving farmers a boost, reports China Daily. The price of garlic last year was 0.08 yuan per kilogram but is now selling at 8 juan ($1.17) per kilogram.
Vendors at outdoor markets in Ukraine are also cashing in on the hysteria, by hiking prices for onions, garlic and fresh fruits as face masks and flu vaccine were in short supply or completely gone, reports The Cutting Edge.
H1N1 flu causes unusual damage to lungs: studies
H1N1 flu causes unusual damage to lungs: studies
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE59E5D220091015
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The new pandemic H1N1 flu may cause blood clots and other unusual damage in the lungs and doctors need to be on the lookout, U.S. researchers reported on Thursday.
One middle-aged man who died was not diagnosed until after death, but unusual findings on his X-rays may be able to help doctors save other, similar patients.
Mollura's team found irregularities called ground-glass opacities in the patient's lungs using a CT scan. Although the patient was severely ill and had a fever, he tested negative for flu and doctors did not treat him for it.
The man died five days after he went into the hospital and the autopsy confirmed he had swine flu. The lung lesions seen on his CT scan matched lung damage done by the virus, Mollura and colleagues said.
In another study in the same journal, CT scans of patients with severe cases of swine flu showed many had pulmonary emboli, which block the arteries in the lungs, a team at the University of Michigan found.
Anticoagulant drugs can break up these clots and save lives.
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE59E5D220091015
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The new pandemic H1N1 flu may cause blood clots and other unusual damage in the lungs and doctors need to be on the lookout, U.S. researchers reported on Thursday.
One middle-aged man who died was not diagnosed until after death, but unusual findings on his X-rays may be able to help doctors save other, similar patients.
Mollura's team found irregularities called ground-glass opacities in the patient's lungs using a CT scan. Although the patient was severely ill and had a fever, he tested negative for flu and doctors did not treat him for it.
The man died five days after he went into the hospital and the autopsy confirmed he had swine flu. The lung lesions seen on his CT scan matched lung damage done by the virus, Mollura and colleagues said.
In another study in the same journal, CT scans of patients with severe cases of swine flu showed many had pulmonary emboli, which block the arteries in the lungs, a team at the University of Michigan found.
Anticoagulant drugs can break up these clots and save lives.
Sunday, December 13, 2009
Dogs , Monkeys infect them , kill them, stick it in your arm
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE5746VY20090805
The swine flu vaccine, to be sold under the brand name Celvapan, is made using Baxter's cell culture process, which is designed to be faster than traditional vaccine production methods
Baxter shares 4 patents for African Green Monkey vaccine production with a company called Dyncorp.
Do a google on Dyncorp. I dont want to get into conspiracy theories here, but its an incredibly interesting read.
And, when someone tells you they dont eat meat or goes on about animal cruelty and are pro vaccine, you may want to inform them they are participating blindly in the very thing they stand against. Information is key folks. We can blindly walk around and accept things, or we can demand a certain standard and accountability in our medicine.
The swine flu vaccine, to be sold under the brand name Celvapan, is made using Baxter's cell culture process, which is designed to be faster than traditional vaccine production methods
Do a google on Dyncorp. I dont want to get into conspiracy theories here, but its an incredibly interesting read.
And, when someone tells you they dont eat meat or goes on about animal cruelty and are pro vaccine, you may want to inform them they are participating blindly in the very thing they stand against. Information is key folks. We can blindly walk around and accept things, or we can demand a certain standard and accountability in our medicine.
Forgive me for the following photo of an abused dog.. but how is it any different? God help us if
we think this is ok.
Dog Cells for Vaccine? Hell NO!
When I saw this new production facility open, I didn't think much of it. They are talking about using Dogs here to grow their virus and harvest what is needed. Baxter currently does this with African Green Monkeys. they infect the monkeys, and harvest the organs because it is faster than growing it in an egg.
I love Dogs. I am also a realist. If dogs were the one and only way to save the human race, It may be worth considering, but WE KNOW that isnt so. I would assume that harvesting dogs cells would mean you need to infect the dogs. Kill the dogs? This is way beyond acceptable.
I read an article from one of the leading virologists who declared that working with monkeys as he did and creating vaccines from thier infected organs caused many other problems because its not just the virus you are adding into the vaccine fromt the organ but other diseases the Monkey is carrying as well. I will try to find this piece.. it was a utube vid where he pretty much said he felt he was to blame in a round about way for aids (HIV). He felt the Monkeys carried it and it was accidentally put into the vaccines.
The Monkeys are bad enough. Infecting animals is not the best idea in the world. Not just for those who love animals , but for those who have a sense of self preservation. I do not want to be exposed to the various Monkey diseases.. dog diseases. What are these people thinking? And at the end of the day, Dog is Mans best friend. I don't believe this will go over very well. We have other means, we do not need to go here.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/23/AR2009112302277.html?wprss=rss_world
I love Dogs. I am also a realist. If dogs were the one and only way to save the human race, It may be worth considering, but WE KNOW that isnt so. I would assume that harvesting dogs cells would mean you need to infect the dogs. Kill the dogs? This is way beyond acceptable.
I read an article from one of the leading virologists who declared that working with monkeys as he did and creating vaccines from thier infected organs caused many other problems because its not just the virus you are adding into the vaccine fromt the organ but other diseases the Monkey is carrying as well. I will try to find this piece.. it was a utube vid where he pretty much said he felt he was to blame in a round about way for aids (HIV). He felt the Monkeys carried it and it was accidentally put into the vaccines.
The Monkeys are bad enough. Infecting animals is not the best idea in the world. Not just for those who love animals , but for those who have a sense of self preservation. I do not want to be exposed to the various Monkey diseases.. dog diseases. What are these people thinking? And at the end of the day, Dog is Mans best friend. I don't believe this will go over very well. We have other means, we do not need to go here.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/23/AR2009112302277.html?wprss=rss_world
Soldiers get mass swine flu shots before holidays
Soldiers get mass swine flu shots before holidays
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hCIlEQZJ-PI4LMWChBeCSeSQovVgD9CHAFI02
FORT JACKSON, S.C. — Thousands of Army recruits in training must line up at least once more before heading home for the holidays, this time for mass inoculations by the hundreds against swine flu.
The Army's largest training camp, just outside Columbia, S.C., and other posts are hurrying to finish the shots before the year-end break. More than 40,000 soldiers in advanced and basic training across the country head home over the next two weeks in a massive troop movement known as "block leave," Army officials said.
"We have been very aggressive in trying to assure the safety of our soldiers," said Maj. Soo Hee Kim-Delio, the Army physician in charge of the inoculations at Fort Jackson. "Our basic training population is at particularly high risk."
Follow link for full article
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hCIlEQZJ-PI4LMWChBeCSeSQovVgD9CHAFI02
FORT JACKSON, S.C. — Thousands of Army recruits in training must line up at least once more before heading home for the holidays, this time for mass inoculations by the hundreds against swine flu.
The Army's largest training camp, just outside Columbia, S.C., and other posts are hurrying to finish the shots before the year-end break. More than 40,000 soldiers in advanced and basic training across the country head home over the next two weeks in a massive troop movement known as "block leave," Army officials said.
"We have been very aggressive in trying to assure the safety of our soldiers," said Maj. Soo Hee Kim-Delio, the Army physician in charge of the inoculations at Fort Jackson. "Our basic training population is at particularly high risk."
Follow link for full article
Saturday, December 12, 2009
Democrats plan nearly $2 trillion debt limit hike
Forget whether you're Democrat or Republican. You're American. This is an incredibly bad Idea for our country.
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20091211/D9CHCOIG0.html
As I spoke of in an earlier post, printing up this kind of unbacked money will not only make other countries very angry but will crash our dollar when we cannot pay the debt.
Suppose for a moment you are a country like China. You lent the USA a few Billion bucks. They pay interest to you but suddenly they begin printing so much money and there is not nearly enough Gold in the USA to back it. The world catches on and the value of the dollar begins to drop. USA prints more money and pays their payments but the value of the dollar is now only worth 80% of when they borrowed the money. You have just lost 20% on the interest payments on billions. Now, by printing that money the USA knows the value of the dollar will drop more, but what choice do they have? Its either that or default on their loans. So.. they print more.. now the dollar is worth only half and the payments on loans are cut by half. Would you be ticked off? I think so.
America could consider cutting way back on everything. Living more simply, encourage manufacturing here at home etc.Cut way back on government. But.. I dont see that happening. I see more money being printed. How bout You?
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20091211/D9CHCOIG0.html
As I spoke of in an earlier post, printing up this kind of unbacked money will not only make other countries very angry but will crash our dollar when we cannot pay the debt.
Suppose for a moment you are a country like China. You lent the USA a few Billion bucks. They pay interest to you but suddenly they begin printing so much money and there is not nearly enough Gold in the USA to back it. The world catches on and the value of the dollar begins to drop. USA prints more money and pays their payments but the value of the dollar is now only worth 80% of when they borrowed the money. You have just lost 20% on the interest payments on billions. Now, by printing that money the USA knows the value of the dollar will drop more, but what choice do they have? Its either that or default on their loans. So.. they print more.. now the dollar is worth only half and the payments on loans are cut by half. Would you be ticked off? I think so.
America could consider cutting way back on everything. Living more simply, encourage manufacturing here at home etc.Cut way back on government. But.. I dont see that happening. I see more money being printed. How bout You?
Mercury levels in H1N1 Vaccine
Mercury levels in H1N1
Vaccine Http://h1n1vaccinefacts.com/Mercury_Swine_Flu_Vaccine.html
Thimerosal in the Swine Flu Vaccine
Thimerosal is used as a preservative in multi-dose vials of the swine flu vaccine, and is made from mercury, a toxic chemical.
Mercury in the H1N1 Vaccine for Babies
The formulation of the swine flu vaccine that has been approved for infants 6 months and older is made by Sanofi Pasteur, Inc. According to the Package Insert, a single .5 mL dose of the swine flu vaccine contains 25 micrograms of mercury.
Swine Flu Vaccine for Babies:
Dosage Information
Due to a lack of testing, dosage is being based on guesswork and the efficiency of other vaccines. Infants 6 months up to 3 years old receive two .25 mL doses of the vaccine, approximately one month apart. Toddlers of 3 years up to children of 9 years of age receive two .5 mL doses, approximately one month
apart. Children age 10 and older, up to adults, receive a single .5 mL dose of the vaccine.
How Much Mercury is Dangerous?
According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), an individual can be exposed to minimal amount of mercury without adverse effects. This amount is calculated as .1 microgram of mercury per kilogram of the person's body weight per day. The 25 micrograms present in a .5 mL dose of the swine flu vaccine would therefore be a safe dosage for an individual who weighed 250 kilograms, or 550 pounds.
Vaccine Http://h1n1vaccinefacts.com/Mercury_Swine_Flu_Vaccine.html
Thimerosal in the Swine Flu Vaccine
Thimerosal is used as a preservative in multi-dose vials of the swine flu vaccine, and is made from mercury, a toxic chemical.
Mercury in the H1N1 Vaccine for Babies
The formulation of the swine flu vaccine that has been approved for infants 6 months and older is made by Sanofi Pasteur, Inc. According to the Package Insert, a single .5 mL dose of the swine flu vaccine contains 25 micrograms of mercury.
Swine Flu Vaccine for Babies:
Dosage Information
Due to a lack of testing, dosage is being based on guesswork and the efficiency of other vaccines. Infants 6 months up to 3 years old receive two .25 mL doses of the vaccine, approximately one month apart. Toddlers of 3 years up to children of 9 years of age receive two .5 mL doses, approximately one month
apart. Children age 10 and older, up to adults, receive a single .5 mL dose of the vaccine.
How Much Mercury is Dangerous?
According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), an individual can be exposed to minimal amount of mercury without adverse effects. This amount is calculated as .1 microgram of mercury per kilogram of the person's body weight per day. The 25 micrograms present in a .5 mL dose of the swine flu vaccine would therefore be a safe dosage for an individual who weighed 250 kilograms, or 550 pounds.
Bird Flu and Swine Flu mixing
http://www.hstoday.us/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=11277&Itemid=149
Concerns Grow Over Possible H1N1-H5N1 'Reassortment,' Other Mutations
'The obvious risk is of H5N1 combining with the pandemic [H1N1] virus'
Virologists and influenza authorities are becoming increasingly concerned that the 2009 A-H1N1 flu virus could “reassort” with the highly virulent H5N1 avian flu that’s still prevalent in parts of the world like China, and that a mutation could occur resulting in a new strain that has the lethality of H5N1 and the human transmissibility of A-H1N1.
The concerns have grown in the wake of revelations that mutations of the H1N1 flu virus had been found in Norway and elsewhere, leading experts to fear that it might just be a matter of time before there’s a reassortment of H1N1 and H5N1.
This comes as the World Health Organization (WHO) reported very high pandemic activity in Italy, Norway, the Republic of Moldova, the Russian Federation (Urals region), and Sweden.
Bulgaria, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Poland, Portugal, the Russian Federation, Serbia, Turkey, and Ukraine also reported high pandemic activity.
Meanwhile, authorities said they believe the peak of the A-H1N1 pandemic's second wave hasn’t yet been reached in some parts of the world.
WHO said it’s keeping a "very careful” eye on the reported mutations in order to ascertain whether it is causing more severe illness diseases than the A-H1N1 virus.
**Note** Avian flu has always been something to watch, but hasnt been an immediate worry due to the lack of ease of transfering it from person to person. There has now been a circle of infection shown in a mutation that goes from person to pig to bird. If the avian flu attaches to the swine flu, we could have not only a deadly avian flu, but one with a high spread rate. **
Concerns Grow Over Possible H1N1-H5N1 'Reassortment,' Other Mutations
'The obvious risk is of H5N1 combining with the pandemic [H1N1] virus'
Virologists and influenza authorities are becoming increasingly concerned that the 2009 A-H1N1 flu virus could “reassort” with the highly virulent H5N1 avian flu that’s still prevalent in parts of the world like China, and that a mutation could occur resulting in a new strain that has the lethality of H5N1 and the human transmissibility of A-H1N1.
The concerns have grown in the wake of revelations that mutations of the H1N1 flu virus had been found in Norway and elsewhere, leading experts to fear that it might just be a matter of time before there’s a reassortment of H1N1 and H5N1.
This comes as the World Health Organization (WHO) reported very high pandemic activity in Italy, Norway, the Republic of Moldova, the Russian Federation (Urals region), and Sweden.
Bulgaria, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Poland, Portugal, the Russian Federation, Serbia, Turkey, and Ukraine also reported high pandemic activity.
Meanwhile, authorities said they believe the peak of the A-H1N1 pandemic's second wave hasn’t yet been reached in some parts of the world.
WHO said it’s keeping a "very careful” eye on the reported mutations in order to ascertain whether it is causing more severe illness diseases than the A-H1N1 virus.
**Note** Avian flu has always been something to watch, but hasnt been an immediate worry due to the lack of ease of transfering it from person to person. There has now been a circle of infection shown in a mutation that goes from person to pig to bird. If the avian flu attaches to the swine flu, we could have not only a deadly avian flu, but one with a high spread rate. **
Vaccine Recomendations for Pregnant Women
Safety of swine flu vaccine during pregnancy - CDC recommendations vs. vaccine package insert info
http://www.examiner.com/x-/x-29228-LA-Health-Technology-Examiner~y2009m11d15-Safety-of-swine-flu-vaccine-during-pregnancy--CDC-recommendations-vs-vaccine-package-insert-info
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommend that all pregnant women receive the swine flu vaccine, in order to prevent infection with the H1N1 virus. The manufacturers of the various formulations of H1N1 vaccine, however, disagree. The only instance in which there is agreement between the CDC and the manufacturers is in the case of the live virus nasal spray H1N1 vaccine.
The CDC says H1N1 vaccines are safe for pregnant women
The CDC has emphasized the necessity for all pregnant women to receive an H1N1 vaccination, stating that it is perfectly safe for both mother and fetus. The CDC also claims that an H1N1 vaccination will protect the unborn child against potential infection after birth, in the period when the infant is too young to be vaccinated.
Manufacturers of the swine flu vaccine do not recommend vaccination for pregnant women
There are several manufacturers of the swine flu vaccine licensed to produce a swine flu vaccine in the United States. Each of them is careful to note, in the package insert, that the vaccine has not been tested on pregnant women, and there is no information about the effect that the vaccine might have on the mother or infant. None of the manufacturers of the H1N1 vaccine for the United States recommend use of their product on pregnant women, provide correct dosage for a pregnant woman, or suggest that the use of their product during pregnancy is safe.
MedImmune, LLC live nasal spray vaccine for H1N1
The nasal spray vaccine made with a living virus, produced by MedImmune, LLC, is not recommended for use in pregnant women by either the CDC or the manufacturer. This is the only vaccine that the CDC does not recommend for pregnant women.
Safety of vaccines in pregnant women
The safety of flu vaccines in pregnant women has not been thoroughly studied. The CDC quotes a >2000 women study from the 1970's when it states the safety of vaccines during pregnancy. This study concluded that influenza vaccines did not result in an "excess of malignancies", but did show that women who received vaccines in the first four months of pregnancy were more likely to have babies with brain tumors. No other adverse effects were studied.
http://www.examiner.com/x-/x-29228-LA-Health-Technology-Examiner~y2009m11d15-Safety-of-swine-flu-vaccine-during-pregnancy--CDC-recommendations-vs-vaccine-package-insert-info
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommend that all pregnant women receive the swine flu vaccine, in order to prevent infection with the H1N1 virus. The manufacturers of the various formulations of H1N1 vaccine, however, disagree. The only instance in which there is agreement between the CDC and the manufacturers is in the case of the live virus nasal spray H1N1 vaccine.
The CDC says H1N1 vaccines are safe for pregnant women
The CDC has emphasized the necessity for all pregnant women to receive an H1N1 vaccination, stating that it is perfectly safe for both mother and fetus. The CDC also claims that an H1N1 vaccination will protect the unborn child against potential infection after birth, in the period when the infant is too young to be vaccinated.
Manufacturers of the swine flu vaccine do not recommend vaccination for pregnant women
There are several manufacturers of the swine flu vaccine licensed to produce a swine flu vaccine in the United States. Each of them is careful to note, in the package insert, that the vaccine has not been tested on pregnant women, and there is no information about the effect that the vaccine might have on the mother or infant. None of the manufacturers of the H1N1 vaccine for the United States recommend use of their product on pregnant women, provide correct dosage for a pregnant woman, or suggest that the use of their product during pregnancy is safe.
MedImmune, LLC live nasal spray vaccine for H1N1
The nasal spray vaccine made with a living virus, produced by MedImmune, LLC, is not recommended for use in pregnant women by either the CDC or the manufacturer. This is the only vaccine that the CDC does not recommend for pregnant women.
Safety of vaccines in pregnant women
The safety of flu vaccines in pregnant women has not been thoroughly studied. The CDC quotes a >2000 women study from the 1970's when it states the safety of vaccines during pregnancy. This study concluded that influenza vaccines did not result in an "excess of malignancies", but did show that women who received vaccines in the first four months of pregnancy were more likely to have babies with brain tumors. No other adverse effects were studied.
Swine Flu / Plague / Mutation How does it spread?
~Opinion Piece~
I have some very strong concerns over how this H1N1 is spreading. I keep running across bits of information that don't make alot of sense when we think about a traditional type spread.. ie.. cough into your elbow, wash your hands etc...
For example here: http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-11804-Health-Care-Examiner~y2009m11d29-Why-H1N1-worries-health-professionals-so-much
specifically this bit in the article: Doctors believe that a person may be contagious up to 2 days before symptoms manifest themselves.
This tells us that we can catch it before anyone even sneezes.
Again here: http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2009/dec/10/swine-flu-tamiflu-resistant-h1n1-vietnam-train/
Seven healthy people on a train from Ho Chi Minh City to Hanoi in Vietnam caught Tamiflu-resistant H1N1 flu, researchers reported Wednesday in a prominent medical journal.
This is an older article from this year but still relevant because these folks had no symptoms, and yet the disease spread among them.
Our biggest enemy with this A/H1N1 spread & mutation is lack of information. We have linked Articles where the vaccine probably wont work with the mutated strain. Where Tamiflu probably doesnt work anymore. Where people catch this disease without being exposed to the droplets of water from a sneeze or cough.
Most of the world does not have this information. From the beginning of this spread I have been dumbstruck at the lack of news coverage. Each time this mutation hit a new country, the doctors were shocked and at a loss on how to treat this. Why wasn't this information shared?
The facts:
1. WHO declares a pandemic when the flu is quite mild
2. Some fella gets teargassed and disappears for saying Baxter was going
to spread a bio weapon flu in the Ukraine. (joseph moshe)
3. Approx 2 months later the Ukraine gets hit with an extreme mutation in
the H1N1 virus. Bloody lungs.
4. Instead of sharing with the world , they turn to the WHO and the WHO
takes weeks instead of days to inform us of mutations. During that
time, the disease spread.
5. The mutation is found is found in most countries now. Its devistating
to some, yet doesnt touch others in the same room.. why? A ukraine doctor says its the immune system. Build yours up just in case =)
6. The vaccines are being pushed hard even after the news that they prob
wont protect against the mutated strain.
7. If personal reports are to be believed, the vaccine itself is harming
many people. Especially pregnant women. I have seen many stories of
miscarriage right after the vaccine, yet these women are told there
couldnt be a connection. Within the vaccine insert it clearly states
there could be.
8. We have a state of Emergency within the USA and it is the same in some
other countries. Why? It gives our government pretty much the authority
to do anything they want. According to our own laws we can be
quarenteened, relocated, our homes can be entered, and even our goods
redistributed for the common good.?
Clinton has grouped together under one order, EO #12919 released on June 6, 1994. The following EOs all fall under EO#12919:
10995--Federal seizure of all communications media in the US;
10997--Federal seizure of all electric power, fuels, minerals, public and private;
10998--Federal seizure of all food supplies and resources, public and private and all farms and equipment;
10999--Federal seizure of all means of transportation, including cars, trucks, or vehicles of any kind and total control over all highways, seaports and water ways;
11000--Federal seizure of American people for work forces under federal supervision, including the splitting up of families if the government so desires;
11001--Federal seizure of all health, education and welfare facilities, both public and private;
11002--Empowers the Postmaster General to register every single person in the US
11003--Federal seizure of all airports and aircraft;
11004--Federal seizure of all housing and finances and authority to establish forced relocation. Authority to designate areas to be abandoned as "unsafe," establish new locations for populations, relocate communities, build new housing with public funds;
11005--Seizure of all railroads, inland waterways and storage facilities, both public and private;
11051--Provides FEMA complete authorization to put above orders into effect in times of increased international tension of economic or financial crisis (FEMA will be in control incase of "National Emergency").
Im not going to go off about any conspiracy theories. There are enough out there without me adding to it, but I have to say, that all of this makes me more uncomfortable than I have ever been.
A prepared person, who some would call a hoarder, will be the backbone and support of any emergency. Whether it be a neighborhood hit by an earthquake that has broken water lines, or a disruption of trucking due to a strike or fuel shortage.. That prepared person(s) will be able to help others learn to get through those difficult times. Or even God Forbid a real pandemic which kills enough folks that disrupts our way of life for a time. Who has the seeds , the canning knowledge, the guns to hunt and help re-establish food production.? Most of us have no idea how to bake a loaf of bread or keep ourselves warm when the electricity goes down. Hoarders, preppers, survivalists are the folks who will be in a position to help.
But always remember, they changed their life to prepare and gave up vacations, extra comforts etc..These people do not owe you, so ask nice and don't demand.
I have a law enforcment buddy who told me that a few years ago when an ice storm hit, many folks were without electricity for 2-4 weeks. He said it took only one week for some people to become violent because they thought they may need something.
I would strongly encourage everyone to keep informed, dig for news, and build up at least a 2 week supply or more to take care of yourself for disaster situations. Water without electricity, shelter, food. Make a freind or two that is into helping themselves. If you believe the government will be able to help you in any situation, refer to Katrina, and then refer to your governments suggestion that you have emergency supplies on hand.
Unless there is a miracle, we have a huge wake up call comming in 2010. The devaluation of the Dollar.
This will have worldwide implications and many countries will be hurt. The USA will be one of the hardest hit due to our complete outsourcing of manufacturing. This is not a fantasy, but is real. Other countries have already begun the process of turning from the dollar for world currency transactions.
I cannot urge you strongly enough to put a few things aside. Rice & beans, bleach for water, and water
containers, Vitamins. The United States has 3 days of food on the shelves. Just 3. Lets say this virus mutates again before its done and the death numbers rise. Will distribution of food be affected? Of course it would. When you look in your childs eyes and they are hungry, what will you do? Join the people bashing in the store windows in hopes of finding something.. anything? Wait for a government delivery? Or turn to your pantry to make them a meal, then go plant your non hybrid seeds and plan for the future.
Can we avoid all this from happening? Anything is possible but its looking more grim by the day. The world now knows we are printing monopoly money for our purchases.. backed by nothing. Soon , we will be unable to meet our interest payments, and then who knows what will happen.
To sum it up, Use caution regarding this flu. Gather information on the spread and mutations. Get yourself a few weeks of supplies just in case. Be the one that takes care of thier family, not the one who becomes violent due to desperation.
I have some very strong concerns over how this H1N1 is spreading. I keep running across bits of information that don't make alot of sense when we think about a traditional type spread.. ie.. cough into your elbow, wash your hands etc...
For example here: http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-11804-Health-Care-Examiner~y2009m11d29-Why-H1N1-worries-health-professionals-so-much
specifically this bit in the article: Doctors believe that a person may be contagious up to 2 days before symptoms manifest themselves.
This tells us that we can catch it before anyone even sneezes.
Again here: http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2009/dec/10/swine-flu-tamiflu-resistant-h1n1-vietnam-train/
Seven healthy people on a train from Ho Chi Minh City to Hanoi in Vietnam caught Tamiflu-resistant H1N1 flu, researchers reported Wednesday in a prominent medical journal.
This is an older article from this year but still relevant because these folks had no symptoms, and yet the disease spread among them.
Our biggest enemy with this A/H1N1 spread & mutation is lack of information. We have linked Articles where the vaccine probably wont work with the mutated strain. Where Tamiflu probably doesnt work anymore. Where people catch this disease without being exposed to the droplets of water from a sneeze or cough.
Most of the world does not have this information. From the beginning of this spread I have been dumbstruck at the lack of news coverage. Each time this mutation hit a new country, the doctors were shocked and at a loss on how to treat this. Why wasn't this information shared?
The facts:
1. WHO declares a pandemic when the flu is quite mild
2. Some fella gets teargassed and disappears for saying Baxter was going
to spread a bio weapon flu in the Ukraine. (joseph moshe)
3. Approx 2 months later the Ukraine gets hit with an extreme mutation in
the H1N1 virus. Bloody lungs.
4. Instead of sharing with the world , they turn to the WHO and the WHO
takes weeks instead of days to inform us of mutations. During that
time, the disease spread.
5. The mutation is found is found in most countries now. Its devistating
to some, yet doesnt touch others in the same room.. why? A ukraine doctor says its the immune system. Build yours up just in case =)
6. The vaccines are being pushed hard even after the news that they prob
wont protect against the mutated strain.
7. If personal reports are to be believed, the vaccine itself is harming
many people. Especially pregnant women. I have seen many stories of
miscarriage right after the vaccine, yet these women are told there
couldnt be a connection. Within the vaccine insert it clearly states
there could be.
8. We have a state of Emergency within the USA and it is the same in some
other countries. Why? It gives our government pretty much the authority
to do anything they want. According to our own laws we can be
quarenteened, relocated, our homes can be entered, and even our goods
redistributed for the common good.?
Clinton has grouped together under one order, EO #12919 released on June 6, 1994. The following EOs all fall under EO#12919:
10995--Federal seizure of all communications media in the US;
10997--Federal seizure of all electric power, fuels, minerals, public and private;
10998--Federal seizure of all food supplies and resources, public and private and all farms and equipment;
10999--Federal seizure of all means of transportation, including cars, trucks, or vehicles of any kind and total control over all highways, seaports and water ways;
11000--Federal seizure of American people for work forces under federal supervision, including the splitting up of families if the government so desires;
11001--Federal seizure of all health, education and welfare facilities, both public and private;
11002--Empowers the Postmaster General to register every single person in the US
11003--Federal seizure of all airports and aircraft;
11004--Federal seizure of all housing and finances and authority to establish forced relocation. Authority to designate areas to be abandoned as "unsafe," establish new locations for populations, relocate communities, build new housing with public funds;
11005--Seizure of all railroads, inland waterways and storage facilities, both public and private;
11051--Provides FEMA complete authorization to put above orders into effect in times of increased international tension of economic or financial crisis (FEMA will be in control incase of "National Emergency").
Im not going to go off about any conspiracy theories. There are enough out there without me adding to it, but I have to say, that all of this makes me more uncomfortable than I have ever been.
A prepared person, who some would call a hoarder, will be the backbone and support of any emergency. Whether it be a neighborhood hit by an earthquake that has broken water lines, or a disruption of trucking due to a strike or fuel shortage.. That prepared person(s) will be able to help others learn to get through those difficult times. Or even God Forbid a real pandemic which kills enough folks that disrupts our way of life for a time. Who has the seeds , the canning knowledge, the guns to hunt and help re-establish food production.? Most of us have no idea how to bake a loaf of bread or keep ourselves warm when the electricity goes down. Hoarders, preppers, survivalists are the folks who will be in a position to help.
But always remember, they changed their life to prepare and gave up vacations, extra comforts etc..These people do not owe you, so ask nice and don't demand.
I have a law enforcment buddy who told me that a few years ago when an ice storm hit, many folks were without electricity for 2-4 weeks. He said it took only one week for some people to become violent because they thought they may need something.
I would strongly encourage everyone to keep informed, dig for news, and build up at least a 2 week supply or more to take care of yourself for disaster situations. Water without electricity, shelter, food. Make a freind or two that is into helping themselves. If you believe the government will be able to help you in any situation, refer to Katrina, and then refer to your governments suggestion that you have emergency supplies on hand.
Unless there is a miracle, we have a huge wake up call comming in 2010. The devaluation of the Dollar.
This will have worldwide implications and many countries will be hurt. The USA will be one of the hardest hit due to our complete outsourcing of manufacturing. This is not a fantasy, but is real. Other countries have already begun the process of turning from the dollar for world currency transactions.
I cannot urge you strongly enough to put a few things aside. Rice & beans, bleach for water, and water
containers, Vitamins. The United States has 3 days of food on the shelves. Just 3. Lets say this virus mutates again before its done and the death numbers rise. Will distribution of food be affected? Of course it would. When you look in your childs eyes and they are hungry, what will you do? Join the people bashing in the store windows in hopes of finding something.. anything? Wait for a government delivery? Or turn to your pantry to make them a meal, then go plant your non hybrid seeds and plan for the future.
Can we avoid all this from happening? Anything is possible but its looking more grim by the day. The world now knows we are printing monopoly money for our purchases.. backed by nothing. Soon , we will be unable to meet our interest payments, and then who knows what will happen.
To sum it up, Use caution regarding this flu. Gather information on the spread and mutations. Get yourself a few weeks of supplies just in case. Be the one that takes care of thier family, not the one who becomes violent due to desperation.
Friday, December 11, 2009
What happened to the 72 Kilo's of infected H5n1 material?
Commentary~
does anyone know what happened to the 72 Kilo's of contaminated flu vaccine material that Baxter admitted to sending out? We have bird flu mixed with human flu -Live- Where did it all end up?
Email me if you know please =)
does anyone know what happened to the 72 Kilo's of contaminated flu vaccine material that Baxter admitted to sending out? We have bird flu mixed with human flu -Live- Where did it all end up?
Email me if you know please =)
Doctor Gets Swine Flu Twice! Virginia
My main thing is that we are informed so we can be as careful as possible. This article shows that this virus changes quickly, that it can reinfect.
CDC confirms Kanawha County pediatrician had swine flu -- twice
http://dailymail.com/News/Kanawha/200911230838
Kanawha County
Tuesday November 24, 2009
CDC confirms Kanawha County pediatrician had swine flu -- twice
Health officials say chance of getting swine flu twice rare, but possible
Dr. Debra Parsons, a pediatrician at Kid Care West in Cross Lanes, was met with reactions of doubt last month when she said she had contracted swine flu twice. Now, test results from the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta say Parsons was correct.
Advertiser
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- A West Virginia physician who claimed to have contracted the H1N1 virus twice now has proof -- from the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta, no less -- that her claims were true.
Dr. Debra Parsons, a pediatrician at Kid Care West in Cross Lanes, was met with reactions of doubt from local health officials last month when she said two flu tests had come back positive for H1N1, or swine flu.
Parsons first came down with the virus, complete with all the telltale symptoms, in August.
Her son became ill at the same time with the same symptoms. Figuring they had the same bug, Parsons tested herself to see what it was.
The test came back positive for Influenza A, so the lab at Charleston Area Medical Center sent it to be sub-typed. Parsons was positive for H1N1.
Parsons and her son recovered, but in October they started having the same symptoms, but they became much worse.
They were both tested this time, and the results were the same -- they were positive for Influenza A and then H1N1.
"It was swine flu both times," Parsons said.
Dr. Rahul Gupta, director of the Kanawha-Charleston Health Department, and John Law, spokesman for the West Virginia Division of Health and Human Resources, were skeptical of Parsons' claim.
Law said the possibility of getting the flu twice was "very, very, very rare." Gupta said he was "aware of no data or scientific body of research or case reports" that indicated someone could contract H1N1 more than once.
So the specimen from the Parsons' second flu test was sent to the CDC in Atlanta, where it underwent a preliminary strain reaction test. Parsons says that test is the "gold standard" in differentiating between seasonal and swine flu.
That sample came back a couple weeks ago, and it was positive for H1N1. The CDC then requested a specimen from Parsons' August flu test.
Last Friday, the results of that test came back positive for H1N1.
Parsons says she's spoken with CDC representatives about the results, and they said the double infection isn't all that unbelievable.
"They said this happens every year with seasonal flu, so there's no reason to expect that it wouldn't happen with swine flu," Parsons said. "Every flu strain can change a little bit."
The pediatrician says there may have been a tiny change in the virus that stopped her immune system from recognizing it or her body never built up immunity to it.
Parsons said the CDC's tests confirmed what she already knew, "so I'd know what to tell people, and I could prove that I wasn't trying to start a panic. I don't want to scare anybody."
"I need to know, as a physician, if it is possible or not. I want to tell my patients the truth," she said.
She says the confirmation also speaks well of CAMC's lab.
"It feels good to verify that the hospitals here are doing a good job and their tests, for the most part, are accurate," Parsons said.
Law, the DHHR spokesman, still says most people should "rest assured if you've had it, you'll develop some immunity.
"Can you ever say never? No you can't."
Gupta says he needs to see Parsons' test results before he can change his opinion. He says there are only two ways she could have contracted the virus twice -- the virus would have had to change, which he doesn't think has happened, or her body failed to develop an antibody response to it.
"That would mean you have a problem with your immune function," he said.
Parsons says to her knowledge neither she nor her son has any immunity problems.
"He's welcome to see them," she said. "I've had every test that he wanted done when he was on TV."
CDC confirms Kanawha County pediatrician had swine flu -- twice
http://dailymail.com/News/Kanawha/200911230838
Kanawha County
Tuesday November 24, 2009
CDC confirms Kanawha County pediatrician had swine flu -- twice
Health officials say chance of getting swine flu twice rare, but possible
Dr. Debra Parsons, a pediatrician at Kid Care West in Cross Lanes, was met with reactions of doubt last month when she said she had contracted swine flu twice. Now, test results from the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta say Parsons was correct.
Advertiser
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- A West Virginia physician who claimed to have contracted the H1N1 virus twice now has proof -- from the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta, no less -- that her claims were true.
Dr. Debra Parsons, a pediatrician at Kid Care West in Cross Lanes, was met with reactions of doubt from local health officials last month when she said two flu tests had come back positive for H1N1, or swine flu.
Parsons first came down with the virus, complete with all the telltale symptoms, in August.
Her son became ill at the same time with the same symptoms. Figuring they had the same bug, Parsons tested herself to see what it was.
The test came back positive for Influenza A, so the lab at Charleston Area Medical Center sent it to be sub-typed. Parsons was positive for H1N1.
Parsons and her son recovered, but in October they started having the same symptoms, but they became much worse.
They were both tested this time, and the results were the same -- they were positive for Influenza A and then H1N1.
"It was swine flu both times," Parsons said.
Dr. Rahul Gupta, director of the Kanawha-Charleston Health Department, and John Law, spokesman for the West Virginia Division of Health and Human Resources, were skeptical of Parsons' claim.
Law said the possibility of getting the flu twice was "very, very, very rare." Gupta said he was "aware of no data or scientific body of research or case reports" that indicated someone could contract H1N1 more than once.
So the specimen from the Parsons' second flu test was sent to the CDC in Atlanta, where it underwent a preliminary strain reaction test. Parsons says that test is the "gold standard" in differentiating between seasonal and swine flu.
That sample came back a couple weeks ago, and it was positive for H1N1. The CDC then requested a specimen from Parsons' August flu test.
Last Friday, the results of that test came back positive for H1N1.
Parsons says she's spoken with CDC representatives about the results, and they said the double infection isn't all that unbelievable.
"They said this happens every year with seasonal flu, so there's no reason to expect that it wouldn't happen with swine flu," Parsons said. "Every flu strain can change a little bit."
The pediatrician says there may have been a tiny change in the virus that stopped her immune system from recognizing it or her body never built up immunity to it.
Parsons said the CDC's tests confirmed what she already knew, "so I'd know what to tell people, and I could prove that I wasn't trying to start a panic. I don't want to scare anybody."
"I need to know, as a physician, if it is possible or not. I want to tell my patients the truth," she said.
She says the confirmation also speaks well of CAMC's lab.
"It feels good to verify that the hospitals here are doing a good job and their tests, for the most part, are accurate," Parsons said.
Law, the DHHR spokesman, still says most people should "rest assured if you've had it, you'll develop some immunity.
"Can you ever say never? No you can't."
Gupta says he needs to see Parsons' test results before he can change his opinion. He says there are only two ways she could have contracted the virus twice -- the virus would have had to change, which he doesn't think has happened, or her body failed to develop an antibody response to it.
"That would mean you have a problem with your immune function," he said.
Parsons says to her knowledge neither she nor her son has any immunity problems.
"He's welcome to see them," she said. "I've had every test that he wanted done when he was on TV."
Flu Vaccine “Probably” Will Not Work Against H1N1 Mutation
Medical Tests Confirm That The H1N1 Swine Flu Vaccine “Probably” Will Not Work Against The New H1N1 Mutation
http://themostimportantnews.com/archives/medical-tests-confirm-that-the-h1n1-swine-flu-vaccine-probably-will-not-work-against-the-new-h1n1-mutation
The most important news for Sunday, November 29th, 2009.....
Britain’s national medical laboratory says that one H1N1 swine flu sample taken from a patient in Ukraine had mutated so much from the original H1N1 swine flu that the swine flu vaccine probably would not protect against it well.
The "D225G" H1N1 mutation has now been found in fatal or severe cases in Ukraine, Brazil, Norway and China.
Two dangerous H1N1 swine flu mutations have shown up in dead patients in France.
France's Health Surveillance Institute is saying the following about this mutation.....
"The mutation could increase the ability of the virus to affect the respiratory tracts and, in particular, the lung tissue."
Even though it has been acknowledged that the H1N1 vaccine will not work effectively against one of the new mutations, the French people are still being encouraged to run out and get injected with it.
About 1.5 million cases of acute respiratory illness and H1N1 flu have been reported in Belarus.
The WHO has announced that the global number of H1N1 deaths jumped by more than 1,000 in one week.
This past week witnessed a record number of U.S. pediatric deaths from the H1N1 swine flu.
The last seven days has seen a record number of H1N1 swine flu deaths in the U.K.
Russia Today is reporting that some top WHO officials are on the payroll of swine flu vaccine manufacturers.
It is being reported that the H1N1 swine flu and H5N1 bird flu viruses are being mixed together by a French professor named Bruno Lina, affiliated with WHO, potentially creating a highly lethal virus. This "research" is being conducted under the pretext of having to predict the course of a future pandemic.
The French Ministry of the Interior has announced that the French army’s medical corps is to help carry out vaccinations in the country’s 1080 vaccine centers.
A U.K. Parliamentary briefing note published in November 2009 maintains that the U.K. government has the power to impose compulsory swine flu vaccinations under the Civil Contingencies Act of 2004.
In Australia, the H1N1 swine flu will be included in next year's seasonal influenza vaccine, despite more than 650 adverse reactions to the vaccine.
Israel suspended their swine flu vaccination campaign on October 22nd following the deaths of four people from the vaccine.
One Russian lawmaker has called for Russia to withdraw from the WHO if an investigation into the alleged collusion between the WHO and pharmaceutical companies on the swine flu proves to be accurate.
http://themostimportantnews.com/archives/medical-tests-confirm-that-the-h1n1-swine-flu-vaccine-probably-will-not-work-against-the-new-h1n1-mutation
The most important news for Sunday, November 29th, 2009.....
Britain’s national medical laboratory says that one H1N1 swine flu sample taken from a patient in Ukraine had mutated so much from the original H1N1 swine flu that the swine flu vaccine probably would not protect against it well.
The "D225G" H1N1 mutation has now been found in fatal or severe cases in Ukraine, Brazil, Norway and China.
Two dangerous H1N1 swine flu mutations have shown up in dead patients in France.
France's Health Surveillance Institute is saying the following about this mutation.....
"The mutation could increase the ability of the virus to affect the respiratory tracts and, in particular, the lung tissue."
Even though it has been acknowledged that the H1N1 vaccine will not work effectively against one of the new mutations, the French people are still being encouraged to run out and get injected with it.
About 1.5 million cases of acute respiratory illness and H1N1 flu have been reported in Belarus.
The WHO has announced that the global number of H1N1 deaths jumped by more than 1,000 in one week.
This past week witnessed a record number of U.S. pediatric deaths from the H1N1 swine flu.
The last seven days has seen a record number of H1N1 swine flu deaths in the U.K.
Russia Today is reporting that some top WHO officials are on the payroll of swine flu vaccine manufacturers.
It is being reported that the H1N1 swine flu and H5N1 bird flu viruses are being mixed together by a French professor named Bruno Lina, affiliated with WHO, potentially creating a highly lethal virus. This "research" is being conducted under the pretext of having to predict the course of a future pandemic.
The French Ministry of the Interior has announced that the French army’s medical corps is to help carry out vaccinations in the country’s 1080 vaccine centers.
A U.K. Parliamentary briefing note published in November 2009 maintains that the U.K. government has the power to impose compulsory swine flu vaccinations under the Civil Contingencies Act of 2004.
In Australia, the H1N1 swine flu will be included in next year's seasonal influenza vaccine, despite more than 650 adverse reactions to the vaccine.
Israel suspended their swine flu vaccination campaign on October 22nd following the deaths of four people from the vaccine.
One Russian lawmaker has called for Russia to withdraw from the WHO if an investigation into the alleged collusion between the WHO and pharmaceutical companies on the swine flu proves to be accurate.
Nearly 10,000 dead of H1N1 in USA
Nearly 10,000 dead of H1N1 in USA with the worst of the flu season yet to come!
http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20091211/ARTICLE/912111047
1 in 6 in the U.S. have had swine flu
By THOMAS H. MAUGH II Los Angeles Times
Published: Friday, December 11, 2009 at 1:00 a.m.
Last Modified: Thursday, December 10, 2009 at 9:33 p.m.
At least 50 million Americans contracted pandemic H1N1 influenza through Nov. 14, according to the newest estimates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released Thursday -- meaning about 15 percent of the country has been infected, about 1 in 6 people.
"That still leaves most people not having been infected and still susceptible."
-- Dr. Thomas R. Frieden,
director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
"That still leaves most people not having been infected and still susceptible," CDC director Dr. Thomas R. Frieden said at a news conference. The agency also reported that more than 200,000 people had been hospitalized and nearly 10,000 had died.
Estimates released about a month ago showed 22 million Americans had been infected and 3,900 had died. But that does not mean that 6,000 people died in the intervening month, Frieden said; delays in reporting account for some of that increase. Frieden said the 200,000 hospitalizations since the beginning of the pandemic seven months ago is about the same as in a usual flu season. The deaths are lower than the 35,000 normally associated with seasonal flu in a typical year, but the breakdown of those who died is sharply different.
The 10,000 deaths include 1,100 children and 7,500 younger adults. The figures "are much higher than in a usual flu season," he said. In a normal flu season, about 1,000 deaths occur among Americans younger than 50. "But a large proportion of the 7,500 adults" -- who died -- "are under 50," he said. Hospitalizations among the younger group are also several times higher than normal.
The estimates are compiled from both the number of laboratory-confirmed cases and from cases that may be listed on death certificates as pneumonia, organ failure or other infections, but which were precipitated by flu.
For the estimates, researchers use data from 62 counties in 10 states, including deaths outside hospitalizations in which laboratory confirmation did not occur; a fraction of deaths in which lab tests were negative (the tests give as many as 40 percent false negatives); and a variety of other data.
Swine flu vaccine supplies continue to grow, Frieden said. There are now 85 million doses available, up by 12 million from last week. He recommended that people get the vaccine because of uncertainties about whether a new wave of swine flu will come after the first of the year.
"What will happen in the future, only the future will tell," he said.
**Unfortunately, I have seen articles where people have gotten this virus twice. 2 different doctors. I have seen articles of people being infected after getthing the vaccine. Each flu season there is a new vaccine for a reason. It is because flu's change each year. The first vaccine, whether it worked or not, cannot keep up with these mutations to protect you fully. Be careful out there folks, just in case**
http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20091211/ARTICLE/912111047
1 in 6 in the U.S. have had swine flu
By THOMAS H. MAUGH II Los Angeles Times
Published: Friday, December 11, 2009 at 1:00 a.m.
Last Modified: Thursday, December 10, 2009 at 9:33 p.m.
At least 50 million Americans contracted pandemic H1N1 influenza through Nov. 14, according to the newest estimates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released Thursday -- meaning about 15 percent of the country has been infected, about 1 in 6 people.
"That still leaves most people not having been infected and still susceptible."
-- Dr. Thomas R. Frieden,
director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
"That still leaves most people not having been infected and still susceptible," CDC director Dr. Thomas R. Frieden said at a news conference. The agency also reported that more than 200,000 people had been hospitalized and nearly 10,000 had died.
Estimates released about a month ago showed 22 million Americans had been infected and 3,900 had died. But that does not mean that 6,000 people died in the intervening month, Frieden said; delays in reporting account for some of that increase. Frieden said the 200,000 hospitalizations since the beginning of the pandemic seven months ago is about the same as in a usual flu season. The deaths are lower than the 35,000 normally associated with seasonal flu in a typical year, but the breakdown of those who died is sharply different.
The 10,000 deaths include 1,100 children and 7,500 younger adults. The figures "are much higher than in a usual flu season," he said. In a normal flu season, about 1,000 deaths occur among Americans younger than 50. "But a large proportion of the 7,500 adults" -- who died -- "are under 50," he said. Hospitalizations among the younger group are also several times higher than normal.
The estimates are compiled from both the number of laboratory-confirmed cases and from cases that may be listed on death certificates as pneumonia, organ failure or other infections, but which were precipitated by flu.
For the estimates, researchers use data from 62 counties in 10 states, including deaths outside hospitalizations in which laboratory confirmation did not occur; a fraction of deaths in which lab tests were negative (the tests give as many as 40 percent false negatives); and a variety of other data.
Swine flu vaccine supplies continue to grow, Frieden said. There are now 85 million doses available, up by 12 million from last week. He recommended that people get the vaccine because of uncertainties about whether a new wave of swine flu will come after the first of the year.
"What will happen in the future, only the future will tell," he said.
**Unfortunately, I have seen articles where people have gotten this virus twice. 2 different doctors. I have seen articles of people being infected after getthing the vaccine. Each flu season there is a new vaccine for a reason. It is because flu's change each year. The first vaccine, whether it worked or not, cannot keep up with these mutations to protect you fully. Be careful out there folks, just in case**
Utah H1N1 mutation - Woman dies
Utah H1N1 mutation - Woman dies
http://www.recombinomics.com/News/12100904/D225G_D225N_Utah_Fatal.html
A Davis County woman died from the H1N1 flu July 24, bringing the total number of flu deaths in the state to 17, according to Utah Department of Health data released Wednesday.
Health Department spokesman Tom Hudachko said it is unknown whether the woman, who was between the ages of 18 and 39, had any underlying health conditions.
The above report matches the demographic data for a case (28F) from Utah, which has D225G and D225N. The sample collection date also matches the date of death. The initial sequences were released at GISAID, but now the sequences are also available at GenBank. One sequence, A/Utah/42/2009 is from the original sample and has mixed signals for D225G and D225N. This combination could also code for D225S, although no such sequence has been described previously in pandemic H1N1. The second sequence is a clone which gives a clean D225G signal. The presence of sequences which can encode for D225G and D225N has not been reported previously in a single sample, but recently released CDC sequences from two patients in Ukraine had D225N, while four sequences from fatal cases released by Mill Hill had D225G. Both of the changes had been previously found in fatal cases in Sao Paulo Brazil and the recent association of these sequences with fatal or sever cases has raised concerns that the frequency of these changes is increasing, which could lead to more fatalities and severe cases in the next pandemic wave.
These concerns have been increased by a recent report on one of the Ukraine sequences, which was designated as a "low reactor" raising concerns that sequences with D225G (or D225N) could evade current natural immunity as well as immunity generated by the killed vaccine.
Therefore more information on the Utah case would be useful. Many of the fatal cases with D225G have been linked to a rapid decline and lung destruction, so information on the Davis country fatality and relationship to the samples collected on the date of her death would be useful.
This is even more concerning as we are seeing a range of changes in this virus. Even if the spread rate is low, the public should be informed about these changes. So many people think they are protected due to having the flu before, or the vaccine. These people may take risks they might not otherwise take due to lack of information.
http://www.recombinomics.com/News/12100904/D225G_D225N_Utah_Fatal.html
A Davis County woman died from the H1N1 flu July 24, bringing the total number of flu deaths in the state to 17, according to Utah Department of Health data released Wednesday.
Health Department spokesman Tom Hudachko said it is unknown whether the woman, who was between the ages of 18 and 39, had any underlying health conditions.
The above report matches the demographic data for a case (28F) from Utah, which has D225G and D225N. The sample collection date also matches the date of death. The initial sequences were released at GISAID, but now the sequences are also available at GenBank. One sequence, A/Utah/42/2009 is from the original sample and has mixed signals for D225G and D225N. This combination could also code for D225S, although no such sequence has been described previously in pandemic H1N1. The second sequence is a clone which gives a clean D225G signal. The presence of sequences which can encode for D225G and D225N has not been reported previously in a single sample, but recently released CDC sequences from two patients in Ukraine had D225N, while four sequences from fatal cases released by Mill Hill had D225G. Both of the changes had been previously found in fatal cases in Sao Paulo Brazil and the recent association of these sequences with fatal or sever cases has raised concerns that the frequency of these changes is increasing, which could lead to more fatalities and severe cases in the next pandemic wave.
These concerns have been increased by a recent report on one of the Ukraine sequences, which was designated as a "low reactor" raising concerns that sequences with D225G (or D225N) could evade current natural immunity as well as immunity generated by the killed vaccine.
Therefore more information on the Utah case would be useful. Many of the fatal cases with D225G have been linked to a rapid decline and lung destruction, so information on the Davis country fatality and relationship to the samples collected on the date of her death would be useful.
This is even more concerning as we are seeing a range of changes in this virus. Even if the spread rate is low, the public should be informed about these changes. So many people think they are protected due to having the flu before, or the vaccine. These people may take risks they might not otherwise take due to lack of information.
Thursday, December 10, 2009
Preperations for 2010
This is my blog bit folks =) It is very hard to tell how serious or lack therof that this flu will become in our lives. We have not had accurate detailed reporting since these mutations began to occur. It may pass, it may not, but whatever happens, being as prepared as possible will serve you well.
Many of us realize that our current economy is being stretched so tight it may collapse. Smarter people than I believe it is so, enough of them that I began to pay attention. Survivalist became a dirtly word years ago. The new non threatening term is 'prepper' . Those people who want to be able to provide for their families in case the dollar dies.
There are bold moves within the world to replace the dollar as countries see we are in deep trouble. I don't wish to alarm, although sometimes information is alarming. Take a deep breath and prepare just in case. If you have great faith in our system, then follow what they advise and prepare 3-4 weeks of food, water & heat in case of a local emergency. If you have faith that the dollar will collapse next year, think deeper. Food, water, shelter, heat, trade goods. And unfortunately defense. Imagine if the dollar goes down, how many people will be seeking what you have just to survive. Having a friend or two to back you up is a step you may want to take seriously.
Our stores have 3 days of food. After that, what? Will our government ship us all food? Will there be a breakdown in society due to hunger and loss of faith in the system? I live in the pacific northwest and will always consider a prepared person that wants to team up if something awful happens. No, I wont invite you to my home lol. But, if we become friends and find value in eachothers skills & preps, that is a possiblity if riots begin and we have a mutual need for numbers for protection. Email me if you are near the puget sound area and are interested in chatting.
I would like to recomend a really good site for those who dont know how to begin to prepare on a large or small scale. These people are kind and generous with their preperation ideas. There are also some wonderful fiction stories that will entertain and teach at the same time =) I would personally start with the story 'lights out'. http://www.frugalsquirrels.com/
In the end, whatever you believe, you must know at some level that our country is about to hit difficult times. How big or small we do not know, but at any level, basic preparations is a very good idea .
God Bless
Many of us realize that our current economy is being stretched so tight it may collapse. Smarter people than I believe it is so, enough of them that I began to pay attention. Survivalist became a dirtly word years ago. The new non threatening term is 'prepper' . Those people who want to be able to provide for their families in case the dollar dies.
There are bold moves within the world to replace the dollar as countries see we are in deep trouble. I don't wish to alarm, although sometimes information is alarming. Take a deep breath and prepare just in case. If you have great faith in our system, then follow what they advise and prepare 3-4 weeks of food, water & heat in case of a local emergency. If you have faith that the dollar will collapse next year, think deeper. Food, water, shelter, heat, trade goods. And unfortunately defense. Imagine if the dollar goes down, how many people will be seeking what you have just to survive. Having a friend or two to back you up is a step you may want to take seriously.
Our stores have 3 days of food. After that, what? Will our government ship us all food? Will there be a breakdown in society due to hunger and loss of faith in the system? I live in the pacific northwest and will always consider a prepared person that wants to team up if something awful happens. No, I wont invite you to my home lol. But, if we become friends and find value in eachothers skills & preps, that is a possiblity if riots begin and we have a mutual need for numbers for protection. Email me if you are near the puget sound area and are interested in chatting.
I would like to recomend a really good site for those who dont know how to begin to prepare on a large or small scale. These people are kind and generous with their preperation ideas. There are also some wonderful fiction stories that will entertain and teach at the same time =) I would personally start with the story 'lights out'. http://www.frugalsquirrels.com/
In the end, whatever you believe, you must know at some level that our country is about to hit difficult times. How big or small we do not know, but at any level, basic preparations is a very good idea .
God Bless
Swine Flu Drug May Not Work
Roche Accused of Suppressing Evidence Swine Flu Drug May Not Work
http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/283495
Research published in the British Medical Journal suggests that Tamiflu has only a modest effect on influenza symptoms in otherwise healthy patients.
A systematic review undertaken by researchers from the Cochrane Collaboration’s Acute Respiratory Infections Group has found that oseltamivir, sold by Roche under the brand name Tamiflu, may only have a modest effect on reducing the symptoms of influenza. It was noted that this effect is only in relation to seasonal influenza and not the pandemic swine flu.
The research report in the British Medical Journal notes that data from some studies into oseltamivir’s effectiveness and safety were unable to be included in the current review of effectiveness. This was due to the inability of Tamiflu manufacturer, Roche to unconditionally provide the information to the researchers in relation to 10 trials of the drug’s effectiveness and safety which had been funded by the company. Roche has since agreed to make the data available to the scientific community via a password protected website.
Speaking to the Sydney Morning Herald, research team leader and Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences and Medicine, and Pro-Vice Chancellor of Research at Bond University in Queensland, Professor Chris Del Mar said:
“Roche refused to release its data unless the team signed unacceptable secrecy agreements. It makes us wonder what's there. It was a secrecy clause which had to be itself secret - we wouldn't even be able to say we'd signed it."
In September, Roche released details of observational studies, one of which it had supported, that found Tamiflu provided benefits to patients with severe seasonal influenza and avian influenza. According to the Press Association, in relation to the current research of the Cochrane Collaboration, a spokeswoman for Roche said
“Roche stands behind the robustness and integrity of the data supporting the efficacy and safety of Tamiflu.”
Demand for Tamiflu has remained strong in recent months and in October, Roche announced that expected full year sales of Tamiflu would be in the region of $2.7 billion.
The Cochrane Collaboration is a not-for-profit organisation comprised of researchers and consumers investigating the effectiveness of treatments for health conditions and providing information on evidence based health care options. A systematic review involves analyzing previously published randomly controlled clinical trials of a drug or other treatment.
http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/283495
Research published in the British Medical Journal suggests that Tamiflu has only a modest effect on influenza symptoms in otherwise healthy patients.
A systematic review undertaken by researchers from the Cochrane Collaboration’s Acute Respiratory Infections Group has found that oseltamivir, sold by Roche under the brand name Tamiflu, may only have a modest effect on reducing the symptoms of influenza. It was noted that this effect is only in relation to seasonal influenza and not the pandemic swine flu.
The research report in the British Medical Journal notes that data from some studies into oseltamivir’s effectiveness and safety were unable to be included in the current review of effectiveness. This was due to the inability of Tamiflu manufacturer, Roche to unconditionally provide the information to the researchers in relation to 10 trials of the drug’s effectiveness and safety which had been funded by the company. Roche has since agreed to make the data available to the scientific community via a password protected website.
Speaking to the Sydney Morning Herald, research team leader and Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences and Medicine, and Pro-Vice Chancellor of Research at Bond University in Queensland, Professor Chris Del Mar said:
“Roche refused to release its data unless the team signed unacceptable secrecy agreements. It makes us wonder what's there. It was a secrecy clause which had to be itself secret - we wouldn't even be able to say we'd signed it."
In September, Roche released details of observational studies, one of which it had supported, that found Tamiflu provided benefits to patients with severe seasonal influenza and avian influenza. According to the Press Association, in relation to the current research of the Cochrane Collaboration, a spokeswoman for Roche said
“Roche stands behind the robustness and integrity of the data supporting the efficacy and safety of Tamiflu.”
Demand for Tamiflu has remained strong in recent months and in October, Roche announced that expected full year sales of Tamiflu would be in the region of $2.7 billion.
The Cochrane Collaboration is a not-for-profit organisation comprised of researchers and consumers investigating the effectiveness of treatments for health conditions and providing information on evidence based health care options. A systematic review involves analyzing previously published randomly controlled clinical trials of a drug or other treatment.
USA Flu activity report from CDC
http://www.cdc.gov/H1n1flu/update.htm
* The proportion of deaths attributed to pneumonia and influenza (P&I) based on the 122 Cities Report declined over the previous week, but continues to be higher than expected for this time of year. This is the ninth consecutive week that the proportion of deaths attributed to pneumonia and influenza (P&I) has been above the epidemic threshold. In addition, 17 flu-related pediatric deaths were reported this week: 12 of these deaths were associated with laboratory confirmed 2009 H1N1 and 5 were associated with influenza A viruses, but were not subtyped. Since April 2009, CDC has received reports of 251 laboratory-confirmed pediatric deaths: 210 due to 2009 H1N1, 40 pediatric deaths that were laboratory confirmed as influenza, but the flu virus subtype was not determined, and one pediatric death associated with a seasonal influenza virus. (Laboratory-confirmed deaths are thought to represent an undercount of the actual number. CDC has provided estimates about the number of 2009 H1N1 cases and related hospitalizations and deaths.
* Twenty-five states are reporting widespread influenza activity; a decline of 7 states from last week. They are: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Utah, Vermont, and Virginia. Seventeen states are reporting regional influenza activity, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and six states reported local influenza activity, and Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands and two states reported sporadic influenza activity.
*the ones highlighted in Red, we know have or have had the mutation that causes bloody lungs and is tamiflu & vaccine resistant. **
Utah-http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705350460/Utah-woman-had-mutated-version-of-swine-flu-virus.html
Pennsylvania- http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/12/08/ap/national/main5941958.shtml?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+CBSNewsTheEarlyShowLeisure+%28CBS+News%3A+The+Early+Show%3A+Leisure%29
Maryland- http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/02/AR2009120202759_pf.html
Virginia- http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/02/AR2009120202759_pf.html
Alaska- Cannot find info
Alabama- Read of two cases, but not a mainstream source.
California - they allude to a mutation here. High numbers of infected with H1N1- small ref. to being
concerned over mutation. http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/283289
North Carolina -http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE5896EL20090910
Also stories of 3 of 4 dying in NC due to mutations
Arizona- Found reference to older mutation, but not the current. So put this as a maybe
Working on the other states. will post as I have time.
* The proportion of deaths attributed to pneumonia and influenza (P&I) based on the 122 Cities Report declined over the previous week, but continues to be higher than expected for this time of year. This is the ninth consecutive week that the proportion of deaths attributed to pneumonia and influenza (P&I) has been above the epidemic threshold. In addition, 17 flu-related pediatric deaths were reported this week: 12 of these deaths were associated with laboratory confirmed 2009 H1N1 and 5 were associated with influenza A viruses, but were not subtyped. Since April 2009, CDC has received reports of 251 laboratory-confirmed pediatric deaths: 210 due to 2009 H1N1, 40 pediatric deaths that were laboratory confirmed as influenza, but the flu virus subtype was not determined, and one pediatric death associated with a seasonal influenza virus. (Laboratory-confirmed deaths are thought to represent an undercount of the actual number. CDC has provided estimates about the number of 2009 H1N1 cases and related hospitalizations and deaths.
* Twenty-five states are reporting widespread influenza activity; a decline of 7 states from last week. They are: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Utah, Vermont, and Virginia. Seventeen states are reporting regional influenza activity, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and six states reported local influenza activity, and Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands and two states reported sporadic influenza activity.
*the ones highlighted in Red, we know have or have had the mutation that causes bloody lungs and is tamiflu & vaccine resistant. **
Utah-http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705350460/Utah-woman-had-mutated-version-of-swine-flu-virus.html
Pennsylvania- http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/12/08/ap/national/main5941958.shtml?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+CBSNewsTheEarlyShowLeisure+%28CBS+News%3A+The+Early+Show%3A+Leisure%29
Maryland- http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/02/AR2009120202759_pf.html
Virginia- http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/02/AR2009120202759_pf.html
Alaska- Cannot find info
Alabama- Read of two cases, but not a mainstream source.
California - they allude to a mutation here. High numbers of infected with H1N1- small ref. to being
concerned over mutation. http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/283289
North Carolina -http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE5896EL20090910
Also stories of 3 of 4 dying in NC due to mutations
Arizona- Found reference to older mutation, but not the current. So put this as a maybe
Working on the other states. will post as I have time.
Ukraine Prime Minister Refuses Vaccine
H1N1, and everything that is needed --according to Ukraine Prime Minister
http://www.examiner.com/x-29511-Colorado-Springs-Christian-Spirituality-Examiner~y2009m12d9-H1n1-everything-that-is-needed
“I am not vaccinated. I am protecting myself like everybody, with lemon, onion, garlic, everything that is needed. I think the best way is simply to protect your health through well-known means."
- Yulia Tymoshenko
*some of her advice for Natural health aids are:**
* Vaporizer. Use a hot-steam vaporizer, and keep it running for the duration of the illness. Upon each refill of the water reservoir, place freshly chopped onion bits in the steamer dish (the receptacle just beneath the steam spout). There is direct proof that the influenza virus does not appreciate humidity.
* Elderberry. Elderberry, or Sambucus, has been tested against the h1n1 virus, and proved effective. Obtain lozenges and syrups at any health-food store. Safe for children.
* Respiratory Herbs: These can be used in the powdered spice form, or in fresh form, including ginger, oregano, onion and garlic. These herbs, proven effective in treating conditions of the lung, can be obtained in capsule form. A powerful form of oregano is the oil Oreganol.
* Onions. Place freshly-cut onions in every populated room of the house, especially in the "sick room." This practice is not for the folkloric alleged benefit of "attracting and trapping the virus," but in releasing the sulfuric content of the onions into the air that is breathed. Working together with humidity (vaporizer), the flu is hampered in its attempt to spread. Currently, onions are very cheap.
* NeilMed Nasal Irrigation. Or Netipot. Flush out the nasal cavity with warm salty water. Used in conjunction with the salt-water gargle, attacks the two most prominent locations the flu proliferates in the body, the nose and throat. This device can be obtained at either Walgreens or Walmart, for about $10.
* Apple Cider Vinegar. Use the pure, organic form, such as Bragg's, with the "mother."
* Lemon Juice. Either from freshly-squeezed lemon, or as pure, bottled lemon juice. Add lemon juice to a glass of drinking water, and to green tea.
* Honey. One of the healthiest natural foods that has been used in healing, mentioned as early as the writings of Homer. Add to tea, oatmeal, and even to a hot dish of sauerkraut.
* Sauerkraut. A refreshing dish when fighting the flu, lifts the spirits and the immune system. Has already been tested positively against Bird Flu. Cook with ginger, oregano, onions, garlic and honey.
* Green Tea. Hydrate with green tea. Aids in establishing a negative environment for the flu.
* Tofu Noodle Soup. Wonderfully comforting, and healthy, replete with onions, garlic, ginger and oregano. Similar to "chicken noodle soup," but better in every way (plus no bird is involved).
* Grapefruit Seed Extract (GSE). Fights bacteria and viruses.
* Ginger and Oregano. Incredibly powerful virus and bacteria fighters, these two herbs work better together than apart.
**I have also read that remedies for avoiding viral infection include:
a. pine needles (antiviral).. please research b4 you use
b. Thieves blend aroma therapy. Again, look this up. This was
used during a plague long ago.
c. Cinnamon
d. Vitamin D3 (new studies show D3 to be a huge immune booster)
**Do I believe in natural remedies? Yes, up to a point. Many modern medicines are made from plants. Willow bark-aspirin, Tamiflu-star anise (star anise can be toxic.. research before you put anything into yourself that could harm you), Pine needle tea has similar properties to Star anise and was used often in teas long ago to fight illness. Again.. there are different kinds of pine.. Always research for saftey**
http://www.examiner.com/x-29511-Colorado-Springs-Christian-Spirituality-Examiner~y2009m12d9-H1n1-everything-that-is-needed
“I am not vaccinated. I am protecting myself like everybody, with lemon, onion, garlic, everything that is needed. I think the best way is simply to protect your health through well-known means."
- Yulia Tymoshenko
*some of her advice for Natural health aids are:**
* Vaporizer. Use a hot-steam vaporizer, and keep it running for the duration of the illness. Upon each refill of the water reservoir, place freshly chopped onion bits in the steamer dish (the receptacle just beneath the steam spout). There is direct proof that the influenza virus does not appreciate humidity.
* Elderberry. Elderberry, or Sambucus, has been tested against the h1n1 virus, and proved effective. Obtain lozenges and syrups at any health-food store. Safe for children.
* Respiratory Herbs: These can be used in the powdered spice form, or in fresh form, including ginger, oregano, onion and garlic. These herbs, proven effective in treating conditions of the lung, can be obtained in capsule form. A powerful form of oregano is the oil Oreganol.
* Onions. Place freshly-cut onions in every populated room of the house, especially in the "sick room." This practice is not for the folkloric alleged benefit of "attracting and trapping the virus," but in releasing the sulfuric content of the onions into the air that is breathed. Working together with humidity (vaporizer), the flu is hampered in its attempt to spread. Currently, onions are very cheap.
* NeilMed Nasal Irrigation. Or Netipot. Flush out the nasal cavity with warm salty water. Used in conjunction with the salt-water gargle, attacks the two most prominent locations the flu proliferates in the body, the nose and throat. This device can be obtained at either Walgreens or Walmart, for about $10.
* Apple Cider Vinegar. Use the pure, organic form, such as Bragg's, with the "mother."
* Lemon Juice. Either from freshly-squeezed lemon, or as pure, bottled lemon juice. Add lemon juice to a glass of drinking water, and to green tea.
* Honey. One of the healthiest natural foods that has been used in healing, mentioned as early as the writings of Homer. Add to tea, oatmeal, and even to a hot dish of sauerkraut.
* Sauerkraut. A refreshing dish when fighting the flu, lifts the spirits and the immune system. Has already been tested positively against Bird Flu. Cook with ginger, oregano, onions, garlic and honey.
* Green Tea. Hydrate with green tea. Aids in establishing a negative environment for the flu.
* Tofu Noodle Soup. Wonderfully comforting, and healthy, replete with onions, garlic, ginger and oregano. Similar to "chicken noodle soup," but better in every way (plus no bird is involved).
* Grapefruit Seed Extract (GSE). Fights bacteria and viruses.
* Ginger and Oregano. Incredibly powerful virus and bacteria fighters, these two herbs work better together than apart.
**I have also read that remedies for avoiding viral infection include:
a. pine needles (antiviral).. please research b4 you use
b. Thieves blend aroma therapy. Again, look this up. This was
used during a plague long ago.
c. Cinnamon
d. Vitamin D3 (new studies show D3 to be a huge immune booster)
**Do I believe in natural remedies? Yes, up to a point. Many modern medicines are made from plants. Willow bark-aspirin, Tamiflu-star anise (star anise can be toxic.. research before you put anything into yourself that could harm you), Pine needle tea has similar properties to Star anise and was used often in teas long ago to fight illness. Again.. there are different kinds of pine.. Always research for saftey**
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