Quote:
Originally Posted by zing
Maggy this flu is acting differently than any other flu. Its the fastest spreading pandemic in a long long time. Its spreading during summer which is also rare.
|
It's only spreading quickly because, as you said, it is a new strain and no-one is really immune to it. People get colds in summer, just less - and in any case, there is still the possibility it could be mistaken for other things.
Quote:
Originally Posted by zing
I think apathy could be our downfall maybe not with this flu but if Birdflu mutates and passes between humans we could have very serious consequences of our apathy.
|
H5Nx will never be as contagious as H1Nx because its site is lower in the respiratory tract (the lungs, not the throat) and so whilst the illness is more severe (which also means it is more likely to immobilise people, so that stops them spreading it) it is also less easy for people to cough and sneeze out the virus. So you have the severe, non-contagious strain and the non-severe, contagious strain...
Quote:
Originally Posted by zing
I am worried about where this flu could go . Its not ruining my life but I am concerned about the winter.
|
not a lot you can do getting worked up about getting it... might as well just live normally and if you get it... you get it. It's not as though people get all scary about flu and norovirus normally.
Quote:
Originally Posted by zing
If the danger wasnt real do you think the government would not have spent so much time and money into putting in place what they have done?
|
And it isn't like governments to instil fear into the population to make them reliant on the government is it? Fact is the government and the media can overhype things...
Quote:
Originally Posted by zing
Seasonal flu is not a pandemic and it tends not to be a new strain this is a new strain so there is no inherited immunity
|
No, it's endemic because it's in the community already - flu mutates all the time anyway, which is why you get it more than once. How badly you get it depends on the infective dose, your exposure to it and also how your immune system deals with it - fever, aches and stuff are all part of your immune response to deal with the virus.
Quote:
Originally Posted by joglynne
At the beginning of August my Niece is traveling from Manchester to France by train which necessitates a short trip on foot between stations in London. She is insisting that she and her 3 children wear face masks and surgical gloves for the whole time she is in the Capital. Her husband is flatly refusing to wear his much to her annoyance.
If any one sees them please say Hi from Auntie Jo.  |
I don't really think the masks do anything at all. Only for a short while and only if you actually have it, and then it stops you breathing out the virus.