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I am an Ultra-Conservative, Alpha-Male, True Authentic Leader, Type "C" Personality, who is very active in my community; whether it is donating time, clothes or money for Project Concern or going to Common Council meetings and voicing my opinions. As a blogger, I intend to provide a different viewpoint "The way I see it!" on various world, national and local issues with a few helpful tips & tidbits sprinkled in.
I am Still Calling It Swine Flu!
Why call it H1N1 or N1H1? We were told that Swine Flu just doesn’t sit well with people and some just stopped buying pork products because of the fear of getting it from them!
So should we stop calling Chicken Pox, Chicken Pox and call it Varicella?
Do we sell less Chicken or consume less because of the name? Or is it educating people the real answer?
Swine Flu is Swine Flu and I don’t buy into the “PC” Political Correctness stuff.
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CBS Says Number of Swine Flu Cases Is Exaggerated
CBS news is reporting that individual state-tallies indicate that H1N1 is not as widespread as once thought.
In July, the CDC unexpectedly informed states to stop testing for swine flu. They rationalized that the government had already declared it an epidemic and that resources were needlessly used.
States were not given an actual opportunity to provide any numbers. Public health officials disagreed with the decision because the mutating virus has a different epidemiology and a higher fatality rate.
Source: www.cbsnews.com
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Pork still thriving despite swine flu scare
Source and Full Story: MSNBC
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FDA Approves New H1N1 Flu Vaccine
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a strain change supplement for an unadjuvanted seasonal influenza vaccine (FluLaval, GlaxoSmithKline), allowing its modification into a 2009 influenza A (H1N1) pandemic vaccine for use in adults.
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Source and Full Story: Medscape
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Pet cat in
A cat in
The 13-year-old cat apparently caught the virus from one of the people living in the house, the group said in a statement. It has recovered and does not appear to have infected anyone or anything else.
The AVMA has a website on H1N1 illnesses in
Source and Full Story: Reuters
I guess I don't see the big deal about calling it the Swine Flu. My wife works in an emergency room, and they use H1N1 and swine flu pretty interchangeably.
I wonder if this strain has been traced to the 1913 strain, which was improperly termed Spanish Flu. The 1976 debacle swine flu strain was traced that far back. In the US, more people died from the vaccine than the actual swine flu during the 1976 strain.
I got the phone blast last night that all the children in Cuday schools will be able to get the vaccine at a clinic. I wish they would do the same with the seasonal flu at the same time.
I think the problem was that pork producers were hit with people not sure if contaimated pig meat could give them swine flu so why stated to call it H1N1.
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