tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1988669459144488408.post6386373744818684895..comments2016-06-03T15:08:53.433-05:00Comments on meet the tharpeys: Swine Flu, Shhmine Flu.Mrs. Tharpeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00921021977356336154noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1988669459144488408.post-29194354266867130732009-05-11T09:46:00.000-05:002009-05-11T09:46:00.000-05:00Ah but you're a man. Flu is the one that leaves yo...Ah but you're a man. Flu is the one that leaves you lying on your back for six weeks recovering.... "man flu" is just a cold :))MrsWhttp://clinicallyfedup.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1988669459144488408.post-7235286520624266652009-05-11T08:46:00.000-05:002009-05-11T08:46:00.000-05:00wow...i need to move to britain.
i am a healthy 2...wow...i need to move to britain.<br /><br />i am a healthy 23 year old and can't remember the last time i went more than a year without catching the seasonal flu that goes around here.Mr. Tharpeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12016777939570355754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1988669459144488408.post-43434969509995769422009-05-09T17:36:00.000-05:002009-05-09T17:36:00.000-05:00"What about the reports of healthy college kids wh..."What about the reports of healthy college kids who contracted the swine flu strain? They all said "I felt pretty bad. slept it off. feel great now!"<br /><br />Isn't that the really worrying bit though? Healthy college kids don't normally catch seasonal flu. Over here in Britain it's secondary school children (11-18) and young adults that are affected - not your normal flu peeps. I'm 42 so 2 years older than the 20-40 group they are worrying over - well phew for that!<br /><br />Our press are being a bit stoic if you ask me - there's no sign of hype or panic, we are mired in typical British complacency (when it comes to health). The thing about a pandemic is that it's not necessarily a fatal infection that spreads, something mild that behaves accordingly is an equally valid pandemic.<br /><br />My Dad has been working in and flying back and forth from Mexico for the past 2 years - I'm probably not at all objective here :)<br /><br />BTW I suspect the birthing mothers catch flu cos they are in hospital - not because they have given birth! If you think about it hospitals are probably the worst place to introduce a newborn to the world - they're where sick people go - childbirth isn't a clinical condition and I've never understood why it has been so medicalised (I have many theories but that's a whole other post).MrsWhttp://clinicallyfedup.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1988669459144488408.post-83308136763462016562009-05-09T10:12:00.000-05:002009-05-09T10:12:00.000-05:00Mrs.W - i appreciate your contribution and it's hi...Mrs.W - i appreciate your contribution and it's highly valued here. a differing opinion is never an incorrect opinion. it's just different :)<br /><br />i can't help but disagree though with the idea regarding particular "people groups" that these viruses attack. Examples of US deaths (not many of them) are newborn baby (who would have had the exact chance of dying from seasonal flu given the under-developed immune system) and a mother who had just given birth (who's immune system is compromised at that point. there are PLENTY of stories of birthing mothers who caught the flu while in the hospital and died.)<br /><br />It's been confirmed that over 85% of the deaths in mexico were in people who within the last year had struggled with cancer or some other MAJOR deadly disease within the last 6 months to a year. All had comprimised immune systems.<br /><br />What about the reports of healthy college kids who contracted the swine flu strain? They all said "I felt pretty bad. slept it off. feel great now!"<br /><br />i understand that a large amount of deaths from seasonal flu come via pneumonia that is easily caused by the flu symptoms in elderly people, but if you look at the numbers, the same age groups are affect by BOTH strands, and it's just as deadly to specific types of people with specific types of situations.<br /><br />all-in-all...we agree on my key point: the media's job is to overhype. people are just being people and reacting to what they see/hear pushed at them all day every day. in the end though...they can only keep it up for so long :)<br /><br />-AaronMr. Tharpeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12016777939570355754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1988669459144488408.post-35350143560733195202009-05-09T10:03:00.000-05:002009-05-09T10:03:00.000-05:00thanks mamaPC! always great to have someone in the...thanks mamaPC! always great to have someone in the medical field weigh in on these topics!Mr. Tharpeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12016777939570355754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1988669459144488408.post-24931746241375647542009-05-09T04:44:00.000-05:002009-05-09T04:44:00.000-05:00Here's my 2 cents :)
I think the alarm bells are ...Here's my 2 cents :)<br /><br />I think the alarm bells are ringing not because this is a severe or widespread or unusually contagious flu strain - all the points you quite rightly contest - but because of its pattern of infection amongst atypical age-groups. Whilst many people die each year through seasonal flu, this normally occurs within an identifiable group (frail, immune compromised, elderly) so much so that many are protected through selective vaccination.<I>This</I> flu isn't following that pattern, it is affecting (though not necessarily killing) young healthy adults who don't normally suffer from seasonal flu at all, and we don't yet have a vaccination for vulnerable groups though those over 60-ish might have some immunity thanks to the H1N1 outbreak in 1968. The pattern of this new strain is alarmingly similar to the 1918 pandemic which eventually came in three recognised waves, the first of which was deemed "not that bad" as it only killed in small numbers, mainly the very old and the very young (strange youthcentric definition of "not that bad" if you ask me!). If over-stressing measures that are required to contain it now before it has an opportunity to mutate, like in 1918, require a bit of scaremongering I'm for it!<br /><br />I think there's a sense of, almost, disappointment when these things don't fulfil the worst case scenario predictions. The cries of "Oh it was nothing!" are kind of tinged with the subtext "And you said it was gonna be big... hmph! Bollocks! When's hurricane season?".<br /><br />Nothing stranger than people. I blame the press :) Do I get change from my 2 cents?MrsWhttp://clinicallyfedup.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1988669459144488408.post-42902717798738887652009-05-05T23:33:00.000-05:002009-05-05T23:33:00.000-05:00amenamenMama PChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17303340893374289289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1988669459144488408.post-82179232261144745212009-05-04T23:28:00.000-05:002009-05-04T23:28:00.000-05:00sounds like sound reason... well put!
love,
bsounds like sound reason... well put!<br /><br />love,<br /><br />bb-rothernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1988669459144488408.post-41821788056052315752009-05-04T16:30:00.000-05:002009-05-04T16:30:00.000-05:00mhm he seeks *truth*!!!
and yah he's a bit compuls...mhm he seeks *truth*!!!<br />and yah he's a bit compulsive about it.... :)Mrs. Tharpeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00921021977356336154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1988669459144488408.post-32761998114139291992009-05-04T11:45:00.000-05:002009-05-04T11:45:00.000-05:00nice well-balanced report... :)nice well-balanced report... :)lindsey brookehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04886917654921691537noreply@blogger.com