Posted on 10/17/2009 2:07:41 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
As the H1N1 flu outbreak strikes the U.S. early and hard, health officials are pointing to a worrisome number of child deaths and warn that supplies of vaccine will remain scarce for at least the next couple of weeks.
Delays in producing the vaccine mean 28 million to 30 million doses, at most, will be divided around the country by the end of the month, not the 40 million-plus doses that states had been expecting. The new count from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention means anxiously awaited flu-shot clinics in some parts of the U.S. may have to be postponed.
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yep
“How many of these kids are illegal aliens/anchor babies?”
I was wondering the same thing. These people from Mexico haven’t the robust health we do in the U.S.
Also, if you think about it the reason we are all asking so many questions about this is there doesn’t seem to be any facts regarding who these kids are, where they are, the circumstances, which makes me very suspicious as to the kids status or even the credibility of the reports.
Check the American Lung Association web site. These CDC numbers are grossly inflated. The numbers include deaths from flu when those who died had other infections also. The ALA has stats on those who died just from flu.
I also like this site. All the info is backed by the AMA, New England Journal of Medicine, etc.
Should I know what FWIW and YMMV stand for?
Deaths from secondary infections should be included. The secondary infection results from the person having the flu. That’s a flu death.
OMG! Thanks for the stats!
I don’t think this is anything to dismiss. I’m still waiting for someone to actually come out and say that a preponderance of victims, even in America are Hispanic. We could have a smallpox like scenario where one population is more vulnerable.
Other way around, actually.
For What It’s Worth
Your Mileage May Vary.
Other way around? How so?
Who gives a you know what. Stuff your stats where the sun don’t shine.
If you get the H1N1 flu then you will know the truth. Otherwise you are guessing, or relying upon information that may well be false, if you believe some here. Or it may be true. Unlike the Salk vaccine the numbers are not yet conclusive and the jury must still be out.
Listing deaths is not only gruesome and in poor taste, but somewhat misleading since the OP topic had to do with the H1N1 virus specifically.
Beside that, it is boring and unreadable.
What info do you have to show that it’s the flu first, secondary infection second? Without those stats, we have to say half died from flu with secondary and half died from infection and flu as secondary. I’m more inclined to beleive the ALA data. They don’t work for obama.
My husband and I have the flu right now (in WA state) and have been told it has to be swine flu because regular flu hasn’t started here yet. I would just say “mild flu” my A$$. We’ve had it for 7 days and can’t get rid of it...fever, cough, sporadic sour throat, nausea, among other equally irritating symptoms. The doc says we are probably passing it back and forth to each other so we’re wiping the whole house down with chlorox wipes today and washing everything in site. I can see how this flu would be hard on kids and the elderly. We had our first death from swine flu in King County recently.
More lies by the CDC and the SRM.
I read it yesterday...Highest death rate for H1N1= Age 60.
My, what a nice post. Thank you so much.
Bless your heart.
A top-of-the-hour radio news reader commented that, so far, most of the younger victims nationwide all have had one thing in common.....existing lung/respiratory-system problems such as asthma, etc.
I haven't seen any facts or figures on this common denominator and I wonder if anyone else has, either?
Leni
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