Re: Google map of H1N1 Swine Flu

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Ed Biebel <edward () biebel net>
Date: April 28, 2009 9:17:59 AM EDT
To: dave () farber net
Subject: Re: [IP] Re: Google map of H1N1 Swine Flu

Dave,

I believe that the concerning issue with this flu is the high  
proportion of young people, who typically have the strongest immune  
system, who have died.  All of the cases that died in Mexico to date  
have been in the 25-50 y/o range.  Typical flue tends to take its toll  
on the elderly and children.  The 1918 epidemic also hit middle aged  
people hard and it is one of the things that makes this concerning.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30426170/

"The question of who contracts and ultimately dies from this virus has  
become a matter of central concern in Mexico. And the answers that are  
beginning to emerge as the death toll rises have been ominous.  
Relatively young adults, presumably among the population's most  
healthy, have been the first to succumb. All 86 people suspected to  
have died of swine flu in Mexico were ages 25 to 50, said an official  
at the Health Ministry, speaking on the condition of anonymity.
All the 15 people in Mexico City who died from the virus were 25 to 37  
years old, Ebrard said in a radio interview Sunday.

The high proportion of young adults among the fatalities is one of  
several mysteries about this virus. The same pattern emerged during  
the 1918-1919 Spanish influenza epidemic, which killed at least 50  
million people, and it remains unexplained in that case as well. "

Ed

On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 4:34 AM, David Farber <dave () farber net> wrote:


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From: Vadim Antonov <avg () kotovnik com>
Date: April 27, 2009 8:51:22 PM EDT
To: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Cc: ip <ip () v2 listbox com>
Subject: Re: [IP] Google map of H1N1 Swine Flu


David, for IP list, if you wish.

The current swine flu does look like the replay of events in 1976:

http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1894129,00.html

It is different virus, but the tactics being pushed is the same.  The
offical over-reaction to the swine flu back then caused way more damage
than the flu itself (any person familiar with history of public health
initiatives won't fail to see that it fits with the overall pattern).

To put the swine flu in perspective, the garden-variety influenza on
average causes about 40000 deaths in US anually.  For some reason I  
don't
see people permanently runing scared with faces covered by masks and
barricading themselves in their homes.

--vadim






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