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It appears that this flu may have infected student is a NYC school and other states are reporting cases of this. It sounds like they don't have a vaccine yet for it but are prescribing a flu drug for it. It is kinda frightening. The link below tells me info.

https://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30398682/?GT1=43001

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  • Melaina25Melaina25 member
    It's basically the same thing as bird flu, but from pigs, not birds. 
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  • christykellchristykell

    Expect to eventually see it show up in every state in the US.

    Yeah, it's cause for concern but the news media is pretty alarmist and sensationalized. They have to be, it's how they make money.

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  • juietbridejuietbride member
    It is scary, but we all should be diligent in washing our hands all the time and another reason I am a big supporter of if you are sick, stay home.  It definitely puts me on edge as an asthmatic mom with MS.
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  • theweathermanswifetheweathermanswife
    Ditto, PP's.
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  • mrspink77mrspink77

    I'm not leaving my house till they figure out what's going on! lol its scary but the media hypes it up.

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  • justinlovesmejustinlovesme

    I know the media is having a field day with this, but I can't help but to be a little nervous. 

    This is one of my worst fears, I guess.  I watched way too many "people get viruses and go crazy and eat each other" movies.  LOL!!

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  • Melaina25Melaina25 member

    I just went to the CDC's website:

    https://www.cdc.gov/swineflu/

    Here are their current recommendations:

    https://www.cdc.gov/swineflu/pdf/HAN_042509.pdf

    There is one unconfirmed case in London, so I'm not so worried.  The media loves to tell us we are all going to die....

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  • justinlovesmejustinlovesme
    imageMelaina25:

    I just went to the CDC's website:

    https://www.cdc.gov/swineflu/

    Here are their current recommendations:

    https://www.cdc.gov/swineflu/pdf/HAN_042509.pdf

    There is one unconfirmed case in London, so I'm not so worried.  The media loves to tell us we are all going to die....

    I know, it's no big deal.  When they issue a warning to not leave your home but to spray paint the # of healthy people inside on your roof, that is when I will worry.

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  • AbsoluteLMAbsoluteLM member
    Sometimes, I think the media should be sued for causing public hysteria.
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  • Calypso312Calypso312
    imagejustinlovesme:

    I know the media is having a field day with this, but I can't help but to be a little nervous. 

    This is one of my worst fears, I guess.  I watched way too many "people get viruses and go crazy and eat each other" movies.  LOL!!

    Precisely why I HATE zombie movies! They give me nightmares.

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  • futurebabymamafuturebabymama
    DH's reaction was "oh, I should stay out of crowds and not kiss strangers. I think I can do that." Jusr like we weren't overrun with bird flu, I think we'll escape swine flu. It's funny because it sounds worse but I would bet money that swine are way cleaner than birds!
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  • Joyous1106Joyous1106 member

    imageAbsoluteLM:
    Sometimes, I think the media should be sued for causing public hysteria.

    Sometimes I agree with you.  Especially since I work in a Dr.'s office and we get people who worry about the smallest thing (they often watch Fox News, too...coincidence? Hmm...)

    From what I understand, the only clinically significant thing about this outbreak is that the viral DNA has changed.  This happens constantly to human influenza, so I'm not concerned at this point.

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  • justinlovesmejustinlovesme
    imageJoyous1106:

    imageAbsoluteLM:
    Sometimes, I think the media should be sued for causing public hysteria.

    Sometimes I agree with you.  Especially since I work in a Dr.'s office and we get people who worry about the smallest thing (they often watch Fox News, too...coincidence? Hmm...)

    From what I understand, the only clinically significant thing about this outbreak is that the viral DNA has changed.  This happens constantly to human influenza, so I'm not concerned at this point.

    Some people are just more inclined to worry than others, I guess. 

    From what I understand the viral dna has changed making human to human transmission easier than previous strains of swine flu.  This, and the lack of a vaccine is what is causing more fear than normal.  The networks fail to say that the virus responds well to treatment from two already existing anti-virals (i think that is what they are.) 

    Long story long-wash your flippin' hands, people!

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