Ukraine H1N1 is a different strain, highly similar to 1918 flu.

[MotF Bane]

I thought scientists weren't able to figure out what the 1918 flu was because all the samples had degraded in the decades before the technology came about to look at them. 😕

 

[Locut0s]

http://english.cctv.com/program/newshour/20091121/102092.shtml

 

[Locut0s]

I thought scientists weren't able to figure out what the 1918 flu was because all the samples had degraded in the decades before the technology came about to look at them. 😕

I think they were able to obtain the entire genetic sequence from a permafrost grave?

 

[IEC]

Sucks that doctor visits are expensive.

Heh, I pay $0 for doctor visits but haven't gone to a doc in the past two years. Guess I better hope it stays that way 😀

 

[Mo0o]

Heh, I pay $0 for doctor visits but haven't gone to a doc in the past two years. Guess I better hope it stays that way 😀

Im pretty sure the cost is rolled into your tuition whether you use it or not =p

 

[soydios]

I think they were able to obtain the entire genetic sequence from a permafrost grave?

yes. there's a New York Times Magazine full-length article on it. here's the citation from a paper I wrote on the subject:
Shreeve, Jamie. “Why Revive a Deadly Flu Virus?” The New York Times Magazine. Jan. 2006: 48-53.

 

[Saint Nick]

Experts say vaccines are effective against H1N1 virus mutation

WHO assesses significance of H1N1 virus mutation in Norway

Mutated H1N1 detected in Norway

Potential Peak In US Swine Flu Cases

 

[tcsenter]

The cases at SMU in Dallas were highly resistant to Tamiflu as well.

Insist on Relenza (zanamivir), if you can tolerate it. Its an inhaled powder that can trigger or worsen asthma attacks and bronchospasms in people with existing lung/pulmonary illness or chronic conditions. There have been no confirmed reports of any influenza virus developing resistance to Relenza.

But in either case, whether Tamiflu or Relenza, treatment must be started within the first 24 hours after symptoms appear, ideally within 12 hours, or its effectiveness rapidly declines. Starting it 48 hours or longer after symptoms first appear, it is pretty much completely ineffective. And its important to take it in the proper dosing regimen.

 

[Gibsons]

Why hasn't it been mentioned... I'm guessing that its because of the over a million infected there less then 400 have died from it.
And the Spanish flu only had like a 2.5% fatality rate as it was so again nothing to worry about here unless elderly or already sick.

This isn't correct, there were high mortality rates in the young otherwise healthy adult population.

 

[DivideBYZero]

With Swine Flu and all the recent deaths from DHMO I think we're all fucked.

 

[Spineshank]

Reports of zombies yet?

 

[Pepsei]

i saw this the other day in news, i guess the bleeding is what caused the 'black lung'.

 

[Matthiasa]

This isn't correct, there were high mortality rates in the young otherwise healthy adult population.

Healthy isn't what I would call someone whos immune system overreacts but maybe thats just me...

 

[SunSamurai]

2012 closes in.

 

[Gibsons]

Healthy isn't what I would call someone whos immune system overreacts but maybe thats just me...

Dunno if you're just being pedantic or what...

No one has been able to identify why one persons immune system undergoes a cytokine storm and another doesn't.

There's a lot of data indicating why one pathogen causes it while another doesn't.

 

[StrangerGuy]

Cpt Macmillan: "Be careful, there are dangerous pockets of radiation all over this area. If you absorb too much, you're a dead man."