Mexican Swine Flu - Oh No! Will it take the recession off the front page?
Apr 28th 2009, 9:59 pm
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Re: Mexican Swine Flu - Oh No! Will it take the recession off the front page?
Originally Posted by memewest
AUSTRALIA could turn away all planes and ships, shut schools and childcare centres, and ban sports events and church services under flu lockdown plans approved by the federal Government just months before the global outbreak of deadly swine influenza.
Emergency plans have been drawn up by the federal, state and territory governments to set up flu clinics - some to be staffed by volunteer GPs - to prevent flu patients overwhelming the GP and hospital emergency systems.
Emergency plans have been drawn up by the federal, state and territory governments to set up flu clinics - some to be staffed by volunteer GPs - to prevent flu patients overwhelming the GP and hospital emergency systems.
Having the plans in place beforehand is just sensible, that way the Emergency Services, Health Depts etc are all aware of their roles, and the individual staff are all aware of our own roles. Plans also exist for many other emergency situations, but the general public aren't aware of them until they have to be activated like this.
Precautions like the ones announced today help to keep people safer, so you shouldn't be scared, you should feel reassured
www.health.qld.gov.au/swineflu/
Apr 28th 2009, 10:40 pm
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Re: Mexican Swine Flu - Oh No! Will it take the recession off the front page?
OK silly question time..has anyone actually died from it outside of Mexico?
Apr 28th 2009, 10:40 pm
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Apr 28th 2009, 10:41 pm
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Apr 28th 2009, 10:46 pm
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Re: Mexican Swine Flu - Oh No! Will it take the recession off the front page?
Cairns Post today was full of scaremongering hype today. Nothing like causing a good panic to boost the sale of flu remedies & face masks.
Is this part of a global plan to combat the recession?
Is this part of a global plan to combat the recession?
Apr 28th 2009, 10:58 pm
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Apr 28th 2009, 11:03 pm
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Apr 28th 2009, 11:06 pm
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Re: Mexican Swine Flu - Oh No! Will it take the recession off the front page?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8024611.stm
Apr 28th 2009, 11:09 pm
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Re: Mexican Swine Flu - Oh No! Will it take the recession off the front page?
I've just had the email alert from the BBC too, knew I was tempting fate posting the above
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8024611.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8024611.stm
Apr 28th 2009, 11:10 pm
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Re: Mexican Swine Flu - Oh No! Will it take the recession off the front page?
And too this year to date , 150 elderly people and infants have died Australia wide of Domestic flu , a common occurence ...........??
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Apr 28th 2009, 11:16 pm
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Re: Mexican Swine Flu - Oh No! Will it take the recession off the front page?
Bless the poor wee thing.
I was wondering if the people were dying in Mexico because of maybe
\A) not realising in time
B) Not having enough medical places especially in the country, to cope etc
C) Being the epicenter (for want of a better word) and the strain being very strong there and possibly losing some of its strength as it travels...
But maybe not
I was wondering if the people were dying in Mexico because of maybe
\A) not realising in time
B) Not having enough medical places especially in the country, to cope etc
C) Being the epicenter (for want of a better word) and the strain being very strong there and possibly losing some of its strength as it travels...
But maybe not
Apr 28th 2009, 11:18 pm
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Re: Mexican Swine Flu - Oh No! Will it take the recession off the front page?
Bless the poor wee thing.
I was wondering if the people were dying in Mexico because of maybe
\A) not realising in time
B) Not having enough medical places especially in the country, to cope etc
C) Being the epicenter (for want of a better word) and the strain being very strong there and possibly losing some of its strength as it travels...
But maybe not
I was wondering if the people were dying in Mexico because of maybe
\A) not realising in time
B) Not having enough medical places especially in the country, to cope etc
C) Being the epicenter (for want of a better word) and the strain being very strong there and possibly losing some of its strength as it travels...
But maybe not
Apr 28th 2009, 11:22 pm
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Re: Mexican Swine Flu - Oh No! Will it take the recession off the front page?
To anybody in Scotland that is suffering with fever, fatigue, muscle aches, dry mouth, breathing problems, cold sweats, shivers, shakes and hallucinations. Don’t panic, you do not have Swine Flu.
You need to call your drug dealer. That smack you bought earlier is wearing off!
You need to call your drug dealer. That smack you bought earlier is wearing off!
Apr 28th 2009, 11:42 pm
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Re: Mexican Swine Flu - Oh No! Will it take the recession off the front page?
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says there have only been seven laboratory-confirmed swine flu deaths, all in Mexico, from 79 confirmed cases around the world.
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Today Mexican Health Minister Jose Angel Cordova said his country's confirmed detah toll was being reduced from 20 to seven but that up to 159 people may have died and more than 1,300 people were in hospitals out of a total of around 2,500 suspected cases of the virus.
But WHO communications manager Vivien Allen says the higher figures are not official.
"Unfortunately that is incorrect information and that does happen, but that's not information that's come from the World Health Organisation," she told ABC Local Radio in Brisbane.
"The death toll is seven and they are all from Mexico. It's more a question of containment at this stage and not a time for worry, the statistics, the actual lab statistics are not high."
