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Politics : Swine Flu
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To: E. Charters who wrote (258)6/19/2009 1:53:59 AM
From: Yorikke of 463
 
EC,

Seasonality may or may not be an issue. What are the stats for non H1N1 flu incidence? The fact is we really don't know because flu is not a highly reported disease. People get it, suffer through it, and move on. The statistics are for those who suffer severe symptoms. In my area we had a strain that has gone through the population and a very heavy handed way. Its not H1N1 but it did a lot of economic damage. Didn't see that reported. Most people just stayed home for days at a time.

Unusual Genetic Make-up. Yes it is unusual, but does that classify it as deadly. No. Sure it has potential but that does not confirm a pandemic nature.

Kills outside the range. I don't buy your comments on the failure to report 'other medical factors'. Fact is very few deaths have occurred as a result of H1N1, and that is the reported and confirmed cases. How many more people are catching this and just staying home. We don't know.

Easy spread. Well that may be a result of increased travel and movement of populations, and not the result of the disease itself. Are there any statistics for non H1N1 flu spread. What makes H1N1 spread 'easy' as opposed to other strains being hard??

I do not deny that H1N1 may develope into a pandemic. But its nature does not appear to be any more severe than other flu strains. If public health personnel are to be concerned maybe they should look at current death rates from non H1N1 flu and determine how to reduce that. If as much effort was put into reducing current flu strain infection many more people would be alive to today ....and tomorrow.

I just don't see the Pandemic nature of the H1N1 disease. It is a more 'sexy' flu strain than common flu strains because it carries with it that unknown and 'deadly' label, so it is getting more play in the press. Meanwhile many more people are dying from the old boring type of flu.
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