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| Thread ID: 102208 | 2009-08-11 08:55:00 | What happened to swine flu? | forrest44 (754) | PC World Chat |
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| 800147 | 2009-08-11 08:55:00 | Saw in the paper they are shutting down swine flu centres and what-not in christchurch. Why are there no more cases being reported? Are people mistaking it for normal flu and not bothering to get checked? Is there going to be a second killer wave? Thoughts? Cheers |
forrest44 (754) | ||
| 800148 | 2009-08-11 09:23:00 | It was hyped up, and didn't turn out to be as bad as first thought. Still haven't caught it yet (not sure whether thats a good thing - a week off would be great but it would mean loads of catching up). Edit: Couple of articles here (tvnz.co.nz) and here (tvnz.co.nz). |
davidmmac (4619) | ||
| 800149 | 2009-08-11 09:31:00 | Saw in the paper they are shutting down swine flu centres and what-not in christchurch. Why are there no more cases being reported? Are people mistaking it for normal flu and not bothering to get checked? Is there going to be a second killer wave? Thoughts? Cheers The warmer weather has possibly helped, flu doesn't transmit as easily in warmer weather although Britain is getting hit so it doesn't always follow that it can't spread in summer. Not sure why there would be a second "killer wave", the virus could mutate of course but doesn't mean it will turn into a more lethal form (it has killed people here already of course). It will still be around next winter in some form and the reason they're probably closing down "swinr flu centres" is it is already too late to contain it. |
Twelvevolts (5457) | ||
| 800150 | 2009-08-11 09:40:00 | It was all just a conspiracy perpetrated by the media and a few hapless politicians :) | Zippity (58) | ||
| 800151 | 2009-08-11 09:44:00 | yep, was only good for a media story | wotz (335) | ||
| 800152 | 2009-08-11 09:45:00 | I agree with your signature Zippity, but that's about all. Telling it straight LL |
lakewoodlady (103) | ||
| 800153 | 2009-08-11 10:03:00 | What is the difference between Swine Flu and Bird Flu? Posssibly pigs do not fly I guess. |
Sweep (90) | ||
| 800154 | 2009-08-11 10:50:00 | Perhaps they have used up all the nearly-at-the-use-by-date Tamiflu shots, so they don't need to continue? ;) |
R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 800155 | 2009-08-11 10:51:00 | Yes, it is still being reported - depending on your newspaper or other source of news. Mine says there are 41 New Zealanders in hospital with it, including 15 in intensive care. There have been 14 deaths. Confirmed cases so far are 2984. Those are from actual lab tests. Officialdom says true numbers will be "significally higher," as only a small proportion of people with symptoms are being tested - most just staying at home until it passes. And although Canterbury is closing down its special centres through lack of enough use, numbers infected are still rising generally around the country. I wouldn't count it out yet... |
Laura (43) | ||
| 800156 | 2009-08-11 11:57:00 | and don't give kids tamiflu it seems. www.telegraph.co.uk |
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