I ran across this on WebMD, which I consider a great site for all your medical questions. It’s a list of people most at risk. those who are babies thru 19 those who are 50 and older those who have weakened immunity those who suffer from diabetes, heart disease, or other major illnesses It’s…
Monthly Archives: April 2009
Upgrade on Pandemic
Although it’s nightime in Denmark, the World Health Organization has met and issues a press conference upgrading the conditions for a pandemic from a 4 to a 5. Six is the highest on this pandemic scale. We’ve got 96 cases so far here in the US, my home state of Illinois just announced it’s…
Remember the Swine Flu Outbreak in 1976?
In 1976 the swine flu made an appearance and we all got ready for a deadly pandemic, which never happened. A swine flu shot was available and either the drug company or the goverment scared everyone into getting this shot to prevent the flu. The problem was, that this shot had very serious side…
Other Ways to be a Victim During Outbreak
Unethical people are always looking for a new scam and with the outbreak of this Swine Flu they have found it. Many people are getting spam e-mails and running across spammers trying to cause panic over the swine flu and offering useless or counterfeit medications to “protect you, cure you, and save you” from…
State of Emergency
Just a short post to remind you that having an area declared state of emergency does not have to mean that you should panic. Most often it is used because by having it declared a state of emergency it is able to free up funds that normally would not be available. It also enables…
Don’t Eat Your Sprouts
We are being asked to avoid eatind raw alfalfa sprouts because of salmonella contamination, and that includes blends of alfalfa with other sprouts or foods. They say the seeds were contaminated so no amount of washing will help to my way of thinking. Best thing to do is avoid them altogether, till we’re given the…
US Reports on Swine Flu Status
New York has increased the number of swine flu cases to 28, but said they think another 100 may have been infected. So far the flu has been mild and is centered around people who are associated with St. Francis Preparatoroy School in Queens. The government has issued face masks and antiviral medications just…
Mexico Reports Number of Dead
As of a couple hours ago, Mexico has upped it’s death toll to 149 people. Now they are sure only of at least 20 of them are from Swine flu. I’m sure those numbers will go up as they do autopsies on those that are suspected swine flu victims. The hope is placed with…
Updates on Swine Flu Outbreak
Till we are safe from the outbreak of swine flu, Medcare Forum is going to be updating the outbreak news as much as possible every day. We have to take this seriously as the numbers of victims increases. Not only for fear of a deadly world wide pandemic, but equally the fear of what…
Swine Flu, Public Health Emergency
Twenty people in the US have been ill with the swine flu so far. Of those twenty, one person had to be briefly hospitalized. The other nineteen are now fine. This swine flu is a combination of the bird flu, swine flu, and human flu. The reason that the CDC and the government are…