Topic: WHO calls emergency meeting. (Read 22751 times)

Ntrain2k · « **on:** April 24, 2009, 01:39:43 PM »

Heads up, I get the feeling that this is going to be a bad thing.

http://in.reuters.com/article/health/idINTRE53N4SZ20090424

WHO calls emergency meeting on swine flu
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* WHO convening emergency committee to advise on swine flu

* 12 of 18 virus samples in Mexico same as California cases

* More epidemiological info needed for pandemic alert change

GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Health Organization said on Friday it was calling an emergency committee to advise whether outbreaks of swine flu in humans in the United States and Mexico constituted an international public health threat.

A deadly strain of swine flu never seen before has broken out in Mexico, killing as many as 60 people and raising fears of a possible spread across North America.

"WHO will convene, sometime in the very near future, an emergency committee under the International Health Regulations, which will consider whether or not this event constitutes a public health event of international concern," WHO spokesman Gregory Hartl told Reuters in Geneva.

Hartl also said that 12 of 18 samples taken from victims in Mexico showed the virus had a genetic structure identical to that of a swine flu virus found in California.

But more epidemiological information was needed before any change to the WHO's pandemic alert level, currently at '3' on a scale of 1 to 6, he said.

"The technical people in our Organization are saying that before we know how pandemic a virus can be, we need to know how efficiently it is transmitting and how widespread it is," Hartl said.

(Reporting by Stephanie Nebehay; Editing by Kevin Liffey)

g_shok · « **Reply #1 on:** April 24, 2009, 01:54:27 PM »

hope this doesnt make it down to the southern parts too quickly, ill remember to wash my hands on a reg and not shake any pig farmers hands, ill stick with Howie Mandels knuckle taps

Ntrain2k · « **Reply #2 on:** April 24, 2009, 02:15:05 PM »

It already is.

http://www.thestar.com/News/Canada/article/623074

Spanish-rice · « **Reply #3 on:** April 24, 2009, 02:15:18 PM »

fuck swine flu. ill worry when theres an epidemic of jungle fever

g_shok · « **Reply #4 on:** April 24, 2009, 02:20:35 PM »

ill be sure to bring a shit load of hand sanitizer with me next week, if i don't make it back avenge me

Ntrain2k · « **Reply #5 on:** April 24, 2009, 02:20:53 PM »

http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKN23355101

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Now, five more cases have been seen -- all found via normal surveillance for seasonal influenza. None of the patients, whose symptoms closely resembled seasonal flu, had any direct contact with pigs.

"We believe at this point that human-to-human spread is occurring," Schuchat said. "That's unusual. We don't know yet how widely it is spreading ... We are also working with international partners to understand what is occurring in other parts of the world."

Two of the new cases were among 16-year-olds at the same school in San Antonio "and there's a father-daughter pair in California," Schuchat said. One of the boys whose cases was reported on Tuesday had flown to Dallas but the CDC has found no links to the other Texas cases.

STRANGE MIXTURE

Unusually, said the CDC's Nancy Cox, the viruses all appear to carry genes from swine flu, avian flu and human flu viruses from North America, Europe and Asia.

"We haven't seen this strain before, but we hadn't been looking as intensively as we have," Schuchat said. "It's very possible that this is something new that hasn't been happening before."

Surveillance for and scrutiny of influenza has been stepped up since 2003, when highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza reappeared in Asia. Experts fear this strain, or another strain, could spark a pandemic that could kill millions.

Ntrain2k · « **Reply #6 on:** April 24, 2009, 02:23:54 PM »

Quote from: g_shok on April 24, 2009, 02:20:35 PM

ill be sure to bring a shit load of hand sanitizer with me next week, if i don't make it back avenge me

Be damn careful, I've seen reports of over 500 cases in health care workers in Mexico City alone.

patsmx5 · « **Reply #7 on:** April 24, 2009, 02:29:03 PM »

So, I guess cook everything good in case this is spreading through food perhaps? And stay away from society.

tekno · « **Reply #8 on:** April 24, 2009, 02:29:07 PM »

unless your elderly a baby or have aids its nothing to worry about

g_shok · « **Reply #9 on:** April 24, 2009, 02:31:04 PM »

Quote from: tekno on April 24, 2009, 02:29:07 PM

unless your elderly a baby or have aids its nothing to worry about

did you even bother reading

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In Mexico, infected individuals first reported flu-like symptoms, which rapidly progressed to severe respiratory distress in about five days. Most cases occurred in previously healthy young adults between the ages of 25 and 44, according to public health reports.

anyways ill be sure to stay away from iffy foods and not touch the locals
they have free internet in my hotel on the strip so ill keep posted when i have time

Ntrain2k · « **Reply #10 on:** April 24, 2009, 02:31:50 PM »

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601124&sid=a7MNonvi.C5g&refer=home

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A new variant of H1N1 swine influenza has sickened at least seven patients in California and Texas, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta said yesterday. Mexicoâ€™s Health Minister Jose Cordova canceled classes in the capital today and recommended citizens avoid public places after 20 fatalities from an illness possibly caused by an H1N1 flu virus. â€œThe infection of humans with a novel influenza-A virus infection of animal origins, as has happened here, is of concern because of the risk, albeit small, that this could represent the appearance of viruses with pandemic potential,â€ the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control said in a statement.

t_cel_t · « **Reply #11 on:** April 24, 2009, 04:07:11 PM »

that must be what jay leno got

Ntrain2k · « **Reply #12 on:** April 24, 2009, 09:25:08 PM »

http://wcbstv.com/health/swine.flu.nyc.2.994071.html

They fear they have found it in NYC now.

Joseph Davis · « **Reply #13 on:** April 24, 2009, 09:31:06 PM »

Wait, can I or can I not eat pork?

buk9tp · « **Reply #14 on:** April 24, 2009, 09:40:58 PM »

Quote from: Joseph Davis on April 24, 2009, 09:31:06 PM

Wait, can I or can I not eat pork?

chris · « **Reply #15 on:** April 24, 2009, 09:46:07 PM »

Quote from: Joseph Davis on April 24, 2009, 09:31:06 PM

Wait, can I or can I not eat pork?

You will be able to get it for half off and enjoy pork chops. Who really cares more people die from driving to work this morning than this Flu ever will

Ntrain2k · « **Reply #16 on:** April 24, 2009, 09:55:05 PM »

It's being transmitted like regular flu.

Scary shit. I saw something where the CDC said they/we are not ready for this.

Joseph Davis · « **Reply #17 on:** April 24, 2009, 09:55:13 PM »

Yah, 500 health workers in a city of 12+ million doesn't sound super communicable. But no sense in tempting fate.

fysh · « **Reply #18 on:** April 25, 2009, 01:56:03 PM »

And you all made fun of us when we said pork wasn't kosher. Who's laughing now, bitch?

Joseph Davis · « **Reply #19 on:** April 25, 2009, 04:15:50 PM »

I had a sausage biscuit for breakfast, grilling pork at the track now.

Ntrain2k · « **Reply #20 on:** April 25, 2009, 04:18:09 PM »

CNN just reported that 8 students in NY tested as probable for this.

*Edit*

2 in Kansas as well, so it's in Texas, California, NY, Kansas, Missouri and Canada.

One possible in RI.

Edit again:

NBC News has also learned there are suspected cases in Minnesota and Massachusetts.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30398682/

g_shok · « **Reply #21 on:** April 25, 2009, 05:30:52 PM »

i wonder if my travel insurance covers this if i need to cancel my trip?

Conceptz-X · « **Reply #22 on:** April 25, 2009, 05:37:24 PM »

Wife saw pork on sale, $1 a pound, I told her step away.

patsmx5 · « **Reply #23 on:** April 25, 2009, 05:50:38 PM »

Quote from: Conceptz-X on April 25, 2009, 05:37:24 PM

Wife saw pork on sale, $1 a pound, I told her step away.

Hmm. I was thinking about stocking up on some pork when the prices fall to nothing. Cook it thoroughly and it should kill anything in it, no?

Ntrain2k · « **Reply #24 on:** April 25, 2009, 05:51:17 PM »

No spread from eating pork. Spreads like regular flu.

Ntrain2k · « **Reply #25 on:** April 25, 2009, 06:23:03 PM »

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aEsNownABJ6Q&refer=worldwide

The first case was seen in Mexico on April 13. The outbreak coincided with the President Barack Obamaâ€™s trip to Mexico City on April 16. Obama was received at Mexicoâ€™s anthropology museum in Mexico City by Felipe Solis, a distinguished archeologist who died the following day from symptoms similar to flu, Reforma newspaper reported. The newspaper didnâ€™t confirm if Solis had swine flu or not.

chris · « **Reply #26 on:** April 25, 2009, 06:36:56 PM »

Quote from: rawr on April 25, 2009, 05:31:02 PM

So if you all die from pork flu, can I have your stuff?

sure why not. Great its allergy season so every person who gets sick from allergies is going to the emergency room with my throat is sore and feel ill.

Joseph Davis · « **Reply #27 on:** April 25, 2009, 06:42:58 PM »

Quote from: rawr on April 25, 2009, 05:31:02 PM

So if you all die from pork flu, can I have your stuff?

I give you Ntraink2K's stuff. You don't even have to wait for him to die, come get it.

Ntrain2k · « **Reply #28 on:** April 25, 2009, 06:46:49 PM »

chris · « **Reply #29 on:** April 25, 2009, 06:49:53 PM »

Quote from: Joseph Davis on April 25, 2009, 04:15:50 PM

I had a sausage biscuit for breakfast, grilling pork at the track now.

I saw Jimmy dean has frozen sausage biscuits now. Jimmy dean stuff is usually pretty solid for pre-made processed meat.

Im making pork chops,mashed taters and making gravy from the pork fat for dinner.

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