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What ever happenend to swine flu?

It was an interesting year. Thankfully the pandemic never panned out, but don't think for a second that it was not a real threat. Virtually all experts in the field will tell you that it's a matter of when, not if, we get a major flu outbreak catastrophe.

Interestingly the flu season just gone resulted in fewer deaths than usual by quite a wide margin. The working hypothesis for this is that the H1N1 flu had a competitive effect on the regular flu. So basically H1N1 supplanted the regular flu, but most older people already had immunity from earlier outbreaks. The result was fewer deaths, but the upshot is that the average age of those who did die from the flu this season was much lower.

Edit: some numbers
CDC estimates that between 43 million and 89 million cases of 2009 H1N1 occurred between April 2009 and April 10, 2010. The mid-level in this range is about 61 million people infected with 2009 H1N1.

CDC estimates that between about 195,000 and 403,000 H1N1-related hospitalizations occurred between April 2009 and April 10, 2010. The mid-level in this range is about 274,000 2009 H1N1-related hospitalizations.

CDC estimates that between about 8,870 and 18,300 2009 H1N1-related deaths occurred between April 2009 and April 10, 2010. The mid-level in this range is about 12,470 2009 H1N1-related deaths.
Source

And before anyone gets started on the WHO "overreacting", to quote Steven Novella
Think about the alternatives – would you rather have the world governments overprepare for a pandemic that never fully manifests, or would you rather have millions of preventable deaths because those governments were shying away from possible criticism?
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GodlessAstronomer said:
It was an interesting year. Thankfully the pandemic never panned out, but don't think for a second that it was not a real threat. Virtually all experts in the field will tell you that it's a matter of when, not if, we get a major flu outbreak catastrophe.

Interestingly the flu season just gone resulted in fewer deaths than usual by quite a wide margin. The working hypothesis for this is that the H1N1 flu had a competitive effect on the regular flu. So basically H1N1 supplanted the regular flu, but most older people already had immunity from earlier outbreaks. The result was fewer deaths, but the upshot is that the average age of those who did die from the flu this season was much lower.
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yeah yeah, i know it was a threat, but i forgot all about it for the last several months. i got reminded of that and SARS when i was in canada a few days ago. everywhere u go, there's a hand sanitizer there
 
SandEagle said:
yeah yeah, i know it was a threat, but i forgot all about it for the last several months. i got reminded of that and SARS when i was in canada a few days ago. everywhere u go, there's a hand sanitizer there
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Oh well the short update is that H1N1 never really struck AND there was no regular seasonal flu. A good result.
 
Are we supposed to be mad because they attempted to get in front of something that could have been terrible?

I'll never understand why people get upset for too much caution. The other way is too dangerous.

Disclaimer: I've never had a flu shot, and sure as shit wasnt getting a swine flu shot.
 
Tiger's wood took over... then the toyota recall... and now it's BP turn in the spotlight.
 
The politicians with Pharma connections got all they could out of it. Once the money flow turns into a trickle, there's no point in the hype anymore.
 
The swine flu was actually less lethal than the seasonal flu. It was just a new bogeyman to scare the American people. Scientists/Doctors/Polticians end up creating greater problems in the future as they over-hype every crisis. Eventually we become uninterested and fail to see the real crises looming.
 
I don't know when, I don't know how, and I don't know what, but something terrible is going to happen.

Stock bottle war and duct tape.
 
OCGuy said:
I'll never understand why people get upset for too much caution. The other way is too dangerous.
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Because after being told there's a massive crisis that will kill us all and destroy our way of life every 2 weeks, no one listens anymore.

It's kind of like the boy who cried wolf. Only in this case, the boy actually saw a small coyote but since no one really cared about that and already had larger problems...he then tells us all that we're going to soon be attacked by a invincible army of werewolves that can fly.
 
this is the first one we actually bought into since i had a daughter born in late august we were a little paranoid. first time i ever had a flu vaccination.
 
It's still here, but mostly in the southern hemisphere. Most likely, a slightly different version will return this coming flu season. Looks like it's replaced the standard H1N1 seasonal flu. Or rather it is the new seasonal H1N1.

For those saying it was a scam, it caused more pediatric deaths than the previous two flu seasons combined.
 
Gibsons said:
It's still here, but mostly in the southern hemisphere. Most likely, a slightly different version will return this coming flu season. Looks like it's replaced the standard H1N1 seasonal flu. Or rather it is the new seasonal H1N1.

For those saying it was a scam, it caused more pediatric deaths than the previous two flu seasons combined.
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People who would know also suspect a monetary motive.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,582749,00.html
 
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