Showing posts with label CDC. Show all posts
Showing posts with label CDC. Show all posts
Friday, August 20, 2010
Testings are Being Done for Bubonic Plague! Why would ANYONE allow that Testing on themselves?!
The University of Tennessee is conducting clinical testing of a Bubonic Plague Vaccine!
Why would Anyone have that testing done on themselves? I guess they are getting people that are desperate for money, as they are offering $1600 total for the whole research time! $100 for each visit.
This is being done, here in my home town! I remember seeing something in the paper asking for volunteers for a Plague vaccine, but I laughed and thought "there is No way, someone would actually submit themselves to that".
Well, I was wrong!
Is this a way, the plague might start? The live virus being injected into people - in the form of a vaccine?
Why would Anyone have that testing done on themselves? I guess they are getting people that are desperate for money, as they are offering $1600 total for the whole research time! $100 for each visit.
This is being done, here in my home town! I remember seeing something in the paper asking for volunteers for a Plague vaccine, but I laughed and thought "there is No way, someone would actually submit themselves to that".
Well, I was wrong!
Is this a way, the plague might start? The live virus being injected into people - in the form of a vaccine?
Thursday, December 17, 2009
CDC Using 1970's Testing of Vaccine for Giving the Go Ahead for Pregnant Women to Get the Swine Flu Vaccine!? Outrageous! 12/17/09 12:00pm
Considering that Victoria Nicks gave me Information in an Email that was NOT previously disclosed nor Mentioned in ANY Article I have seen or read anywhere, is very disturbing!
The email postings is here, it was due to her taking exception to my posting here.
Victoria Nicks (an Examiner reporter) has since emailed me, trying to back track on the year of the CDC study.
To me it does not matter if it was 1976 (her first email) or 1973 (another email from her to me - as correct the year) - the FACT is that the CDC is using testings from that time to say the current Swine Flu Vaccine is safe for Pregnant women!
This also brings up other issues. How could the CDC base the safeness of the current Swine Flu vaccine - considering it was Just created (supposedly) on a 1976 or 1973 study? It is Not the Same Vaccine, is it?
Also, have they publicly released that 1970's study of 2000 women showing not TOO MANY TUMORS in the babies? I would also like to know what "Not Too Many Tumors" means exactly? Does that mean the Vaccine Caused tumors in the babies of pregnant women? Were they malignant? How are those children doing now? Has anybody actually followed their health situations since the 1970's, when the mothers were vaccinated?
These are all questions that should be brought up!!
Also ALL PREGNANT WOMEN NEED TO BE WARNED AND AWARE - THE CDC IS RECOMMENDING THE SWINE FLU VACCINE ON STUDIES DONE IN THE 1970's AND NOT ON THE CURRENT VACCINE!!
NO PREGNANT WOMEN SHOULD TAKE THE SWINE FLU VACCINE - PLEASE GET THIS INFORMATION OUT - THERE IS NO CURRENT STUDY FROM THE CDC ON THE CURRENT SWINE FLU VACCINE FOR PREGNANT WOMEN!!
I don't believe Victoria Nicks meant to give me that information, I believe it was being used as a Defense for her articles and my implying she is following the CDC's recommendations in her articles.
I encourage everyone to make up their own minds - as her defense is inserted in her email to me and articles of hers are linked in the other posting I have linked above.
I am NOT sorry for anything I have posted and I WILL CONTINUE to try and Find the TRUTH of what is happening, even if it is UPSETTING Some people! I read the articles as I do and I LINK the articles in all the postings, unless it is something that is best not linked for the protection of the site/person, etc.
People can always make up their OWN minds on what they read.
Also, considering Victoria Nicks, does not want me to post my impressions of her articles, I will say "I have never seen a law, where people can not write about what they have read and their opinions on it". I will continue to do as I have done. I will not Insert one of her articles again in my blog - BUT if I ever read something of hers that I think is slanted in a certain way, I will Freely post my thoughts about it, while linking it, so people can read it and see what I may be talking about.
CDC needs to come out and Proclaim that the Recommendation of the Swine Flu is based on 1970s data and is NOT current - if of course what Victoria Nicks emailed me is indeed fact.
If what she emailed me is not Fact... you will see I did not make it up, since her email to me is saved and inserted in a posting linked above. (Update - her email is now off the site - due to her claiming it is copyrighted and Very Upset I had posted it. Gosh - you would think a defense of a side, someone would want posted - but I guess not. )
The email postings is here, it was due to her taking exception to my posting here.
Victoria Nicks (an Examiner reporter) has since emailed me, trying to back track on the year of the CDC study.
To me it does not matter if it was 1976 (her first email) or 1973 (another email from her to me - as correct the year) - the FACT is that the CDC is using testings from that time to say the current Swine Flu Vaccine is safe for Pregnant women!
This also brings up other issues. How could the CDC base the safeness of the current Swine Flu vaccine - considering it was Just created (supposedly) on a 1976 or 1973 study? It is Not the Same Vaccine, is it?
Also, have they publicly released that 1970's study of 2000 women showing not TOO MANY TUMORS in the babies? I would also like to know what "Not Too Many Tumors" means exactly? Does that mean the Vaccine Caused tumors in the babies of pregnant women? Were they malignant? How are those children doing now? Has anybody actually followed their health situations since the 1970's, when the mothers were vaccinated?
These are all questions that should be brought up!!
Also ALL PREGNANT WOMEN NEED TO BE WARNED AND AWARE - THE CDC IS RECOMMENDING THE SWINE FLU VACCINE ON STUDIES DONE IN THE 1970's AND NOT ON THE CURRENT VACCINE!!
NO PREGNANT WOMEN SHOULD TAKE THE SWINE FLU VACCINE - PLEASE GET THIS INFORMATION OUT - THERE IS NO CURRENT STUDY FROM THE CDC ON THE CURRENT SWINE FLU VACCINE FOR PREGNANT WOMEN!!
I don't believe Victoria Nicks meant to give me that information, I believe it was being used as a Defense for her articles and my implying she is following the CDC's recommendations in her articles.
I encourage everyone to make up their own minds - as her defense is inserted in her email to me and articles of hers are linked in the other posting I have linked above.
I am NOT sorry for anything I have posted and I WILL CONTINUE to try and Find the TRUTH of what is happening, even if it is UPSETTING Some people! I read the articles as I do and I LINK the articles in all the postings, unless it is something that is best not linked for the protection of the site/person, etc.
People can always make up their OWN minds on what they read.
Also, considering Victoria Nicks, does not want me to post my impressions of her articles, I will say "I have never seen a law, where people can not write about what they have read and their opinions on it". I will continue to do as I have done. I will not Insert one of her articles again in my blog - BUT if I ever read something of hers that I think is slanted in a certain way, I will Freely post my thoughts about it, while linking it, so people can read it and see what I may be talking about.
CDC needs to come out and Proclaim that the Recommendation of the Swine Flu is based on 1970s data and is NOT current - if of course what Victoria Nicks emailed me is indeed fact.
If what she emailed me is not Fact... you will see I did not make it up, since her email to me is saved and inserted in a posting linked above. (Update - her email is now off the site - due to her claiming it is copyrighted and Very Upset I had posted it. Gosh - you would think a defense of a side, someone would want posted - but I guess not. )
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Monday, December 7, 2009
CDC warns about rise in serious pneumococcal disease 12/07/09 2:33pm
(CIDRAP News) - In a worrisome but not unexpected pandemic-related development, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said today that it is seeing a spike in serious pneumococcal disease, particularly in younger patients.
Anne Schuchat, MD, director of the CDC's National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, told reporters at a press...
What is Pneumococcal Disease?
What is pneumococcal disease?
Pneumococcal disease is caused by bacteria (Streptococcus pneumoniae) that can attack different parts of the body. The bacteria can cause serious infections of the lungs (pneumonia), the bloodstream (bacteremia) and the covering of the brain (meningitis).
Pneumococcal pneumonia is a serious illness, accounting for 10 percent to 25 percent annually of all pneumonias. Nationally, about 40,000 persons die as a result of pneumococcal pneumonia each year, but the illness is particularly dangerous for the very young, the elderly and persons with certain high-risk conditions. For example, among people 65 years of age and older with pneumococcal pneumonia, about 20 percent to 30 percent develop bacteremia. At least 20 percent of those with bacteremia die from it, even though they receive antibiotics.
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Wednesday, December 2, 2009
CDC: Shocking new figures show 14 to 34 million were infected by Swine Flu in the U.S. 12/02/09 11:35am
CDC: Shocking new figures show 14 to 34 million were infected by Swine Flu in the U.S.
ATLANTA - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control now says between 14 million to 34 million Americans fell ill from Swine Flu between April and October 17 and so far it has provided a gross under-count of the number of people who have died or been hospitalized.If this is correct and the numbers are correct of people who have died worldwide due to the Swine Flu being around 6000 - Then That MEANS THE SWINE FLU IS NOTHING!! Very Very SMALL DEATH RATE!
WHY then do we have a State of Emergency? When there are MORE People who have died from the Regular flu - than have died from the Swine Flu? Also, I don't recall ever having a State of Emergency called for the Regular flu - which causes MORE Deaths - estimated 30000 in U.S. alone!
People NEED TO UNDERSTAND THIS!!! The mortality Rate is LESS Than 1% of all who catch the Swine Flu!
Now - We need to ASK - why the craziness over getting a Vaccine for Something that has Such a LOW mortality rate? WHY the Big Scare? WHY the state of emergency? WHY such media attention over something that is nothing?!
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WHY then do we have a State of Emergency? When there are MORE People who have died from the Regular flu - than have died from the Swine Flu? Also, I don't recall ever having a State of Emergency called for the Regular flu - which causes MORE Deaths - estimated 30000 in U.S. alone!
People NEED TO UNDERSTAND THIS!!! The mortality Rate is LESS Than 1% of all who catch the Swine Flu!
Now - We need to ASK - why the craziness over getting a Vaccine for Something that has Such a LOW mortality rate? WHY the Big Scare? WHY the state of emergency? WHY such media attention over something that is nothing?!
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Meanwhile, 34 more children have been reported dead to CDC during the week Nov. 15 to Nov. 21.
It provided new estimates of the most likely impact of Swine Flu in numbers, a staggering rise over what has been reported so far:
* CDC estimates that between 14 million and 34 million cases of 2009 H1N1 occurred between April and October 17, 2009. The mid-level in this range is about 22 million people infected with 2009 H1N1.
* CDC estimates that between about 63,000 and 153,000 2009 H1N1-related hospitalizations occurred between April and October 17, 2009. The mid-level in this range is about 98,000 H1N1-related hospitalizations.
* CDC estimates that between about 2,500 and 6,000 2009 H1N1-related deaths occurred between April and October 17, 2009. The mid-level in this range is about 3,900 2009 H1N1-related deaths.
The new model of estimating the hospitalizations and deaths, while not entirely accurate, provides the true scale of the illness burden imposed by H1N1, particularly on young people, said the CDC.
It now estimates that between 5 to 13 million children under 17 fell ill during the period. It now estimates that 23,000 to 53,000 were hospitalized.
Between 7 to 18 million people aged 17 to 64 fell sick and 34,000 to 83,000 were admitted to hospital. The CDC added it may never be possible to provide an accurate figure but the median of these ranges probably provides a more accurate figure on just how widespread the impact of Swine Flu has been.
The CDC said it again proves that Swine Flu has been a disease of younger people.
“The results of this method confirm previous epidemiological data indicating that this disease primarily affects people younger than 65 year old, with the number of cases, hospitalizations and deaths overwhelmingly occurring in people 64 years and younger,” it said.
“This is very different from seasonal influenza, where about 60 percent of seasonal flu-related hospitalizations and 90 percent of flu-related deaths occur in people 65 years and older.
“The proportion of younger people being impacted by 2009 H1N1 is much greater than what occurs during seasonal flu and people 65 and older are much less affected by this virus than what routinely occurs with seasonal influenza,” it said. ” The results generated by this method also underscore the continued importance of the 2009 H1N1 vaccination program and support the recommended target groups for vaccination.”
“This methodology and the resulting estimates also underscore the substantial under-reportingthat occurs when laboratory-confirmed outcomes are the sole method used to capture hospitalizations and deaths,” it adds.
“Since the outbreak began in April, states have reported 2009 H1N1 hospitalizations and deaths to CDC. Cumulative reports of laboratory-confirmed 2009 H1N1 hospitalizations and deaths for the same period used in this analysis (April through October 17, 2009), are 17,283 hospitalizations and 1,004 deaths,” it said.
“CDC has maintained since the beginning of this outbreak that laboratory-confirmed data on hospitalizations and deaths reported to CDC is an underestimation of the true number that have occurred because of incomplete testing, inaccurate test results, or diagnosis that attribute hospitalizations and deaths to other causes, for example, secondary complications to influenza.”
“The estimates derived from this methodology provide the public, public health officials and policy makers a sense of the health impact of the 2009 H1N1 pandemic. While these numbers are an estimate, CDC feels that they present a fuller picture of the burden of 2009 H1N1 disease on the United States,” it said.
Meanwhile, more children have died from Swine Flu in the week between Nov. 15 and Nov. 21.
“The proportion of deaths attributed to pneumonia and influenza (P&I) based on the 122 Cities Report continues to be higher than expected for this time of year. This proportion has remained elevated for eight weeks now,” it said.
In addition, 35 flu-related pediatric deaths were reported this week: 27 of these deaths were associated with laboratory confirmed 2009 H1N1; 7 were influenza A viruses, but were not subtyped (probably h1N1) and one death was associated with a seasonal influenza A (H1) virus,” it said.
The one death associated with seasonal influenza A (H1) virus infection reported this week actually occurred in March, during the 2008-09 season.
Since April 2009, CDC has received reports of 234 laboratory-confirmed pediatric deaths: 198 due to 2009 H1N1, 35 pediatric deaths that were laboratory confirmed as influenza, but the flu virus subtype was not determined, and one pediatric death associated with a seasonal influenza virus.
The CDC said the rate of hospitalization remained high even though more and more states are now reporting sporadic Swine Flu activity rather than intense infections.
The new estimates and current hospitalization rates show the disease has primarily affected younger people. Currently children aged 0 to 4 remain the most hospitalized in the U.S.
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Monday, November 30, 2009
CDC connects H1N1, severe bacterial infections - Denver is Hotbed 11/30/09 8:50pm
CDC connects H1N1, severe bacterial infections - Denver is Hotbed
Federal health officials on Wednesday linked the H1N1 flu epidemic to a sharp rise in the number of severe bacterial infections.It seems there are all kinds of mutations or something going on in the Midwest of the United States. I have made a couple of calls to places, but so far no medical examiner is talking to me yet.
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Anne Schuchat, a physician at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said the national trend was "worrisome" but not unexpected.
"In previous pandemics, there has been an increase in pneumococcal infections in younger people," she said.
The illnesses are caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae, a microbe often carried in the nose and throat. While often benign, the bacterium can cause bloodstream infections, fatal pneumonia and meningitis.
The clearest sign of the marked rise is coming from the Denver area, which usually records about 20 cases of "invasive pneumococcal disease" each October. This year, it has had 58, Schuchat said in a briefing for reporters.
Most invasive pneumococcal infections normally occur in the elderly, but in the Denver cases 62 percent were in people age 20 to 59, Schuchat said. Serious cases of influenza are also primarily hitting younger age groups.
When flu causes pneumonia, it can damage cells deep in the lungs, opening a portal for bacteria. In an analysis of about 75 fatal H1N1 cases earlier this year, autopsies showed that about one-third had bacterial pneumonia.
Pneumococcal infections are largely preventable with a vaccine that is given once or twice depending on a person's age. It is recommended for smokers and for people with asthma, kidney or liver problems, heart disease and other chronic ailments. Only about one-quarter of people with those conditions, however, have been vaccinated.
CDC officials have urged physicians in recent months to offer the vaccine to patients who qualify for it. Schuchat urged patients Wednesday to seek it out, adding she had been assured by the vaccine's manufacturers there is enough of it to go around.
"I strongly urge people to sort out whether you're in one of those high-risk groups and talk to your doctor or ask your pharmacist whether you can be vaccinated," she said.
Schuchat also addressed during the briefing the CDC's monitoring of severe reactions to the H1N1 vaccine. The agency's reports thus far have been "extremely reassuring," she said, with the pattern and severity of problems "pretty much what we see for seasonal flu vaccines." About 94 percent of reactions reported to the government are classified as "not serious," with soreness at the injection site the most common.
In particular, there has been no increase in Guillain-Barré syndrome, a rare, usually reversible form of paralysis. That condition rose slightly during an emergency vaccination campaign in 1976, after a strain of swine influenza, different from this year's H1N1, was detected among troops at Fort Dix, in New Jersey. That outbreak did not spread to the civilian population.
CDC is investigating 10 proved or suspected cases of Guillain-Barré syndrome among people who have gotten the vaccine, which is no more than would normally be expected in that number of people. About 80 to 160 cases of the condition occur each week in the United States, usually after an infection.
Have you noticed any article always reverts to the Swine Flu vaccine and how safe it is! The facts are proven they are ignoring the fatalities from the vaccine and most of the serious side effects, as they say there is no connection. I also find it interesting they are saying the bacterial pneumonia is from a Virus! That the Swine flu is causing those deaths. Those facts are not correct either - we already know there is something Much more happening than the Swine flu.
Friday, November 27, 2009
Rise in pneumonia cases linked to H1N1- Also Says Convergence of 3 Viruses - Pneumomic Plague 11/27/09 9:00am
Rise in pneumonia cases linked to H1N1- Also Says Convergence of 3 Viruses - Pneumomic Plague
BEIJING, Nov. 26 (Xinhuanet) -- Health officials are finding that bacterial pneumonia cases are rising along with instances of the A/H1N1 virus. Doctors are seeing an increase in flu complications leading to pneumonia.This was just written, yet the numbers they use are off by a couple of hundred for the "official" numbers of the Ukraine dead, they are using 189. The official number of dead is now 414 in the Ukraine.
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At the same time, cases of seasonal flu are at record levels because of the new A/H1N1 virus. The number of cases is outpacing the typical number of regular flu cases at this time of year. Cases of regular flu usually peak between December and May.
"We're seeing an increase in serious pneumococcal infectious around the country," said Dr. Anne Schuchat, who heads the U.S. National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
A flu infection thins the lining of the respiratory tract, making the lungs more vulnerable to bacteria that can cause pneumonia. CDC officials in America are urging high-risk adults to obtain vaccinations against both pneumonia and A/H1N1.
Smokers and people with diabetes, chronic heart, lung and liver disease, or HIV are considered particularly high-risk. Only 25 percent of high-risk U.S. adults under age 65 have received a pneumonia vaccination, Dr Schuchat said at a news briefing Wednesday. "It's a vaccine you pretty much get once as an adult, not every year, the way the flu vaccine works," she said.
During a regular flu season, most serious cases of flu and flu-related pneumonia occur in people 65 or older. However, people younger than 65 are far more vulnerable to A/H1N1, because the virus is unlike any other flu their bodies have come in contact with.
The CDC also announced that 7 million more doses of the A/H1N1 vaccine have been made available since Friday, bringing the total doses available so far to 61.2 million in America. The health organization has also studied safety data since A/H1N1 vaccinations were started in early October. "So far, everything we've seen is very reassuring," Dr Schuchat said, " ... we're seeing patterns that are pretty much exactly what were seeing with the seasonal flu vaccine."
There have been some side effects though it counts for a very small percentage of those receiving the inoculation. Most of the reported side effects include sore arms and tenderness at the injection site. But health officials are particularly interested in a side effect that can cause a rare neurological illness called Guillain-Barre syndrome.
In 1976, there was an alarming rise in Guillain-Barre cases following a large-scale pandemic vaccination program. However Dr Schuchat said only 10 potential cases of Guillain-Barre have so far been reported in the U.S.
Two weeks ago it was been reported that a French woman suffered a crippling illness after receiving the A/H1N1 vaccine. The woman, identified only as a health worker, was diagnosed with the crippling illness Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS) after a flu shot. It followed other reports about an American teenager from Virginia who was similarly struck down by the disease hours after receiving the A/H1N1 vaccine.
According to the French health ministry the woman became ill within 6 days of being inoculated. Health Minister Roselyne Bachelot said the case diagnosed was light and that the woman was recovering. The Deutsche Press-Agenture said, news of the apparently vaccine-related illness is likely to dampen enthusiasm here for getting vaccinated against A/H1N1 flu.
There has also been outrage after it was reported in Germany that some ministers as well as the armed forces there received a special additive-free H1N1 vaccine that didn’t contain ingredients such as mercury and squalene that were included in shots for the general public.
France’s H1N1 flu vaccination program has barely even begun and reports of side-effects may shake the confidence of the public. According to the French paper Le Monde around 83 percent of the French public say they would not take the vaccine.
Similar resistance to taking the vaccine is widespread throughout the continent, from Scandanavia to Bulgaria to the Netherlands. In Germany only 13 percent of respondents to a survey said they would take the vaccine. There have only been a few reported deaths connected to the vaccine.
Meanwhile there was concern recently in the Ukraine where nearly two hundred died in what's been described as an outbreak of a new "super flu". The Sunday Express in Britain said that a "cocktail of three flu viruses" were reported to have mutated into a single pneumonic plague.
The death toll has reached 189 and more than 1 million people may have been infected, most of them in the nine regions of Western Ukraine, the Express reported. President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko called in the World Health Organization and a team of nine specialists carried out tests in Kiev and Lviv to identify the virus, samples of which were sent to London for analysis.
However, the World Health Organization says tests on the samples from Ukraine showed no significant mutation of the virus. WHO had sent an expert team to Ukraine last week after reports of the unusual flu outbreak.
The global body said Tuesday that preliminary genetic sequencing at laboratories in Britain and the United States showed that the virus in Ukraine was similar to that used for production of the pandemic flu vaccine. The Ukrainian Health Ministry has registered some 1.4 million cases of flu and respiratory illness since the start of the A/H1N1 flu outbreak. The WHO says most cases are likely to be the A/H1N1 virus and the infection rate is in line with neighbouring countries such as Russia and Poland.
AMAZING - They are STILL saying no major mutation in Ukraine AND the Vaccine made already is good for it!!
I love that there are so many people around the world Refusing the Vaccine!
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WHO: H1N1 Drug Resistant Flu unlikely to Change Virus 11/27/09 8:00am
Two clusters of Tamiflu resistance in H1N1 patients probably don't signal a change in the virus's susceptibility to this key drug, the World Health Organization's top flu expert said Thursday.
Dr. Keiji Fukuda said more investigation is needed of the clusters, discovered recently in hospitals in Wales and in North Carolina.
But the cases are in severely immunocompromised patients, a population known to be at risk of developing drug resistance if they are given antivirals or antibiotics for illnesses they cannot shake. A number of isolated cases of Tamiflu resistance have been seen so far in immunocompromised people.
As long as there is no sign the viruses are moving from these patients to infect people with healthy immune systems, there's no reason to think there's been a change in the virus, Fukuda suggested.
"What it points out is there needs to be a lot of vigilance taken with those groups of patients, but it probably does not have big implications for the overall pattern of spread or the overall patterns of illness in the general community," he said from Geneva during the WHO's weekly briefing on the H1N1 pandemic.
Evidence is mounting from clinicians around the world that the antivirals to which the pandemic viruses are susceptible are an effective tool if used properly, he said.
"But these clusters also point out that there are some unusual situations and people with severe immunocompromising conditions are the most susceptible people out there. So in the treatment of these patients we have to be ever mindful about how they are doing and how these drugs might be used."
Since the emergence of the new H1N1 virus the WHO has been alerted to 75 cases of Tamiflu resistance worldwide.
Fukuda was less definitive about the public health implications of a mutation spotted by authorities in Norway which has potentially been linked to severe cases.
More investigation will be needed to clarify whether viruses with this mutation are more likely to trigger severe illness and whether the mutation is showing up in a growing percentage of the pandemic viruses, he said.
"And the question is whether this mutation ... suggests that there is a fundamental change going on in viruses out there or whether there is a turn for the worst in terms of the severity? And I think the answer right now is that we are not sure."
The mutation, at position 222 on the hemagglutinin protein on the virus's surface, has been spotted in a number of countries. But while the cases in Norway were seriously ill, in other places people with the mutated virus have had only mild disease. And it's known that the mutation isn't seen in all severe and fatal cases.
Fukuda also addressed investigations in Canada into anaphylactic reactions in people who have received the pandemic vaccine.
He said the fact that Canadian officials were able to spot a potential problem with one lot of vaccine and were able to halt further use of vaccine from that lot is a sign of a surveillance system working as it should.
Vaccine manufacturer GlaxoSmithKline and Health Canada haven't yet determined why six people who were vaccinated from that batch developed a severe allergic reaction called anaphylaxis. In total, Canada has confirmed 24 cases of anaphylaxis in people who have received the H1N1 vaccine.
The reaction, which can be fatal if untreated, triggers a combination of skin, cardiac and respiratory symptoms including the swelling of tissues in the airways that can compromise breathing. It is treated with adrenaline, generally administered via the EpiPen devices carried by people with severe food and insect sting allergies.
Anaphylaxis does occur from time to time after vaccination, but it is rare. And six cases from a lot of 172,000 doses of vaccine is a higher than expected rate. But Fukuda said it could turn out there is nothing wrong with the vaccine in the lot in question.
He said to date 40 countries have started to vaccinate against the pandemic virus and the side-effect profile is like that of seasonal flu shots.
Fukuda said that while there appears to be a levelling off of pandemic flu activity in some places in the Northern Hemisphere, it is too soon to say activity has peaked.
"I think the take home message here is that we need to expect to see continued activity for at least some number of weeks in the Northern Hemisphere before we see a definitive downward turn."
He also suggested an unusual case of repeat infection reported in the United States will likely turn out to be a rare event.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control has confirmed that a West Virginia pediatrician caught the pandemic virus in August and then again in October, an unexpected finding. Generally speaking the antibodies developed in the first infection should have protected the doctor against reinfection for longer than a few months.
Fukuda said with influenza, most people who are infected are immune to the specific subtype for a couple of years, on average.
"And so it is unlikely with the pandemic virus we are dealing with a completely new phenomenon in terms of protection," he said. "There are always some exceptions to rules but it is unlikely that this is a very broad phenomenon. So I would be surprised if we hear about many cases such as this."
Dr. Keiji Fukuda said more investigation is needed of the clusters, discovered recently in hospitals in Wales and in North Carolina.
But the cases are in severely immunocompromised patients, a population known to be at risk of developing drug resistance if they are given antivirals or antibiotics for illnesses they cannot shake. A number of isolated cases of Tamiflu resistance have been seen so far in immunocompromised people.
As long as there is no sign the viruses are moving from these patients to infect people with healthy immune systems, there's no reason to think there's been a change in the virus, Fukuda suggested.
"What it points out is there needs to be a lot of vigilance taken with those groups of patients, but it probably does not have big implications for the overall pattern of spread or the overall patterns of illness in the general community," he said from Geneva during the WHO's weekly briefing on the H1N1 pandemic.
Evidence is mounting from clinicians around the world that the antivirals to which the pandemic viruses are susceptible are an effective tool if used properly, he said.
"But these clusters also point out that there are some unusual situations and people with severe immunocompromising conditions are the most susceptible people out there. So in the treatment of these patients we have to be ever mindful about how they are doing and how these drugs might be used."
Since the emergence of the new H1N1 virus the WHO has been alerted to 75 cases of Tamiflu resistance worldwide.
Fukuda was less definitive about the public health implications of a mutation spotted by authorities in Norway which has potentially been linked to severe cases.
More investigation will be needed to clarify whether viruses with this mutation are more likely to trigger severe illness and whether the mutation is showing up in a growing percentage of the pandemic viruses, he said.
"And the question is whether this mutation ... suggests that there is a fundamental change going on in viruses out there or whether there is a turn for the worst in terms of the severity? And I think the answer right now is that we are not sure."
The mutation, at position 222 on the hemagglutinin protein on the virus's surface, has been spotted in a number of countries. But while the cases in Norway were seriously ill, in other places people with the mutated virus have had only mild disease. And it's known that the mutation isn't seen in all severe and fatal cases.
Fukuda also addressed investigations in Canada into anaphylactic reactions in people who have received the pandemic vaccine.
He said the fact that Canadian officials were able to spot a potential problem with one lot of vaccine and were able to halt further use of vaccine from that lot is a sign of a surveillance system working as it should.
Vaccine manufacturer GlaxoSmithKline and Health Canada haven't yet determined why six people who were vaccinated from that batch developed a severe allergic reaction called anaphylaxis. In total, Canada has confirmed 24 cases of anaphylaxis in people who have received the H1N1 vaccine.
The reaction, which can be fatal if untreated, triggers a combination of skin, cardiac and respiratory symptoms including the swelling of tissues in the airways that can compromise breathing. It is treated with adrenaline, generally administered via the EpiPen devices carried by people with severe food and insect sting allergies.
Anaphylaxis does occur from time to time after vaccination, but it is rare. And six cases from a lot of 172,000 doses of vaccine is a higher than expected rate. But Fukuda said it could turn out there is nothing wrong with the vaccine in the lot in question.
He said to date 40 countries have started to vaccinate against the pandemic virus and the side-effect profile is like that of seasonal flu shots.
Fukuda said that while there appears to be a levelling off of pandemic flu activity in some places in the Northern Hemisphere, it is too soon to say activity has peaked.
"I think the take home message here is that we need to expect to see continued activity for at least some number of weeks in the Northern Hemisphere before we see a definitive downward turn."
He also suggested an unusual case of repeat infection reported in the United States will likely turn out to be a rare event.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control has confirmed that a West Virginia pediatrician caught the pandemic virus in August and then again in October, an unexpected finding. Generally speaking the antibodies developed in the first infection should have protected the doctor against reinfection for longer than a few months.
Fukuda said with influenza, most people who are infected are immune to the specific subtype for a couple of years, on average.
"And so it is unlikely with the pandemic virus we are dealing with a completely new phenomenon in terms of protection," he said. "There are always some exceptions to rules but it is unlikely that this is a very broad phenomenon. So I would be surprised if we hear about many cases such as this."
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Friday, November 20, 2009
CDC Alert Sent Out to Physicians to Look Out for Hemorrhagic Pneumonia 11/20/09 6:25am
CDC Alert Sent Out to Physicians to Look Out for Hemorrhagic Pneumonia
alert sent out: (also linked in headline)
Physicians Asked to be on the Lookout for Possible “Hemorrhagic Pneumonia Cases” Among Influenza Patients
The CDC says that there have been some anecdotal reports of possible "hemorrhagic
pneumonia" cases among influenza patients who have died or been hospitalized for
severe illness.
The phrase "hemorrhagic pneumonia" is somewhat outdated, and most clinicians will not use the term to describe this condition, which can be a very rare complication of viral respiratory infection. Some other terms that can be used to describe this include diffuse alveolar hemorrhage (DAH), which can be caused by infections but doesn't have to be, and hemorrhagic pneumonitis.
In any event, it's a serious complication that will sometimes lead to acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). It occurs very rarely as a complication of seasonal influenza, and there is some concern that it might be more common in H1N1 infections.
The CDC is asking state health officials to look out for possible cases that may involve clusters of patients who might have these symptoms, or a large proportion of cases with these symptoms (e.g., 4 of 5 deaths). They will invariably be among the most severely ill influenza patients (i.e., deaths, ICU patients).
This is a hard diagnosis to make, and the most telling symptom may be hemoptysis
(bloody sputum, frothy bloody cough), although not all cases will have it.
• Acute onset of rather more severe respiratory infection (dyspnea‐‐ difficulty
breathing‐‐ is common)
• Hemoptysis is often seen on initial presentation (~70% of cases)
• CXR and physical exam will suggest alveolar infiltrates (radiographic opacities)
• Diagnosis is usually made by BAL (brochoalveolar lavage) and pathology testing
(increasingly more hemorrhagic fluid/secretions from sequential BAL
Email sent by the Regional Liaison Officer, Region IV, H1N1 Response Surveillance and
Epidemiology Team, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Questions concerning possible cases or this email may be directed to Medical Epidemiologist Zach Moore, MD, at the North Carolina Division of Public health at zach.moore@dhhs.nc.gov.
Here is the way I see it. By this email, that says the CDC (thus the WHO, and govts of the world) KNOW something is going on, they knew it was going to go on ahead of time too!
Now, that leads us to the fact - They have been Lying - when they have said "nothing has changed" in the past with the Swine flu and even currently and the ONLY thing they have to say is "Don't worry about it, just take your Swine Flu Shot"!
It seems, in my opinion the trail of lies keeps getting deeper and the fact the CDC, WHO and governments know the H1N1 is nothing but a bad case of the flu - but they Know much worst is and has been going on, Yet, they do NOT Inform the Public. They do Not change their stance on the vaccine that was made specifically for the Swine flu. Yet, that is Not the big problem nor will be in the near future around the world, from what I have gathered with the way this seems to be spreading.
This email is PROOF That something VERY BAD is Happening - no matter how the WHO wants to hide it!
Now - my question to countries and governments - WHY Hide this? I thought your job as Elected Officials were to Look out for What is Best of the Citizens of your Country - If so - Please start informing your citizens What is REALLY Going On! Start doing the JOB you were elected to - Start Protecting your Citizens by Giving them the TRUTH!
The Evidence is MOUNTING that People have been LIED to by the CDC, WHO, Governments of the World!
Physicians Asked to be on the Lookout for Possible “Hemorrhagic Pneumonia Cases” Among Influenza Patients
The CDC says that there have been some anecdotal reports of possible "hemorrhagic
pneumonia" cases among influenza patients who have died or been hospitalized for
severe illness.
The phrase "hemorrhagic pneumonia" is somewhat outdated, and most clinicians will not use the term to describe this condition, which can be a very rare complication of viral respiratory infection. Some other terms that can be used to describe this include diffuse alveolar hemorrhage (DAH), which can be caused by infections but doesn't have to be, and hemorrhagic pneumonitis.
In any event, it's a serious complication that will sometimes lead to acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). It occurs very rarely as a complication of seasonal influenza, and there is some concern that it might be more common in H1N1 infections.
The CDC is asking state health officials to look out for possible cases that may involve clusters of patients who might have these symptoms, or a large proportion of cases with these symptoms (e.g., 4 of 5 deaths). They will invariably be among the most severely ill influenza patients (i.e., deaths, ICU patients).
This is a hard diagnosis to make, and the most telling symptom may be hemoptysis
(bloody sputum, frothy bloody cough), although not all cases will have it.
• Acute onset of rather more severe respiratory infection (dyspnea‐‐ difficulty
breathing‐‐ is common)
• Hemoptysis is often seen on initial presentation (~70% of cases)
• CXR and physical exam will suggest alveolar infiltrates (radiographic opacities)
• Diagnosis is usually made by BAL (brochoalveolar lavage) and pathology testing
(increasingly more hemorrhagic fluid/secretions from sequential BAL
Email sent by the Regional Liaison Officer, Region IV, H1N1 Response Surveillance and
Epidemiology Team, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Questions concerning possible cases or this email may be directed to Medical Epidemiologist Zach Moore, MD, at the North Carolina Division of Public health at zach.moore@dhhs.nc.gov.
Here is the way I see it. By this email, that says the CDC (thus the WHO, and govts of the world) KNOW something is going on, they knew it was going to go on ahead of time too!
Now, that leads us to the fact - They have been Lying - when they have said "nothing has changed" in the past with the Swine flu and even currently and the ONLY thing they have to say is "Don't worry about it, just take your Swine Flu Shot"!
It seems, in my opinion the trail of lies keeps getting deeper and the fact the CDC, WHO and governments know the H1N1 is nothing but a bad case of the flu - but they Know much worst is and has been going on, Yet, they do NOT Inform the Public. They do Not change their stance on the vaccine that was made specifically for the Swine flu. Yet, that is Not the big problem nor will be in the near future around the world, from what I have gathered with the way this seems to be spreading.
This email is PROOF That something VERY BAD is Happening - no matter how the WHO wants to hide it!
Now - my question to countries and governments - WHY Hide this? I thought your job as Elected Officials were to Look out for What is Best of the Citizens of your Country - If so - Please start informing your citizens What is REALLY Going On! Start doing the JOB you were elected to - Start Protecting your Citizens by Giving them the TRUTH!
The Evidence is MOUNTING that People have been LIED to by the CDC, WHO, Governments of the World!
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Friday, November 13, 2009
Videos on The Propaganda - FalseHoods - from the WHO, CDC, UN, Governments, and Media - Propaganda of Swine Flu Vaccine 11/13/09 11:37am
These are two videos, I have done regarding the Propaganda and Falsehoods by the WHO,CDC, UN, Governments and the Media Regarding the Swine Flu Vaccine.
The 2 videos, were one video in the beginning. Somehow after uploading it on youtube it got edited (not by me) and what I am putting in as the 2nd part was cut out of the original. It has taken 2 days to get these set up on youtube, but Finally they are on!
Oh, good news, audio and video are in sync.
I hope people understand the psychological angle being waged - so everyone will take a Swine Flu Vaccine. (that portion is in the 2nd video) I feel it is important to have people understand, what they are hearing is not the full truth regarding the Swine Flu Vaccine and in my opinion, under no terms should they get the Swine Flu Vaccine.
Oh, good news, audio and video are in sync.
I hope people understand the psychological angle being waged - so everyone will take a Swine Flu Vaccine. (that portion is in the 2nd video) I feel it is important to have people understand, what they are hearing is not the full truth regarding the Swine Flu Vaccine and in my opinion, under no terms should they get the Swine Flu Vaccine.
**I would like to add - I have just noted - my 2nd video (part 2) had shown as 54 views - but when I just went back to it - it was down 16 views - and 1 rating - where as I am pretty sure there were a few ratings before. Besides I am showing on my page the one rating - was a bad rating. ** Oh, my other video (part 1) has also now gone down in views, from 90 to 54.
Just thought I would note that here, I find that interesting.
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Friday, November 6, 2009
CDC Brochure On How to Protect Yourself from the Plague 11/6/09 2:31 pm
I am linking the CDC Brochure on How to Protect yourself against the Plague
(Also at the bottom of my original Post - at bottom of page) I have information from the government on how the Plague could be sprayed in the air as an act of terrorism.
Was that done? - since people had said there were planes flying around spraying chemicals in the air, the day before this "mystery - Plague" hit the Ukraine in a big way.
The CDC brochure, basically says, keep Fleas off your pets, for protection against the Bubonic Plague (sores on the skin)
But if it is Pneumonic Plague (lungs), get to the doctor immediately.
Another site about how to identify the symptoms of Pneumonic Plague
I also researched about the Plague's history.
The Black Death
I did not realize the difference between the Bubonic Plague and the Pneumonic Plague I wanted to find out how people had survived the Plague in the past epidemics of it.
First the Bubonic Plague is wounds/sores on the skin that turn black - thus called the Black Death. 50% of the people who got the Bubonic Plague lived. The Pneumonic Plague is of the lungs and only 10% of those people lived who got it. I could not find anything special those 10% did, besides getting emergency care, but I am going to continue searching. The reason the Pneumonic Plague spread fast, is because it goes through the air as people breath in and out. The Bubonic Plague, people had to actually touch the wounds to get that plague. If this is the Pneumonic Plague as the doctors say it is in the Ukraine, I believe finding out everything possible to survive it is a very good idea (which I am sure everyone agrees with that).
I will insert all things I find about what people need to do, for the best chance of survival(besides of course having a mask for yourself).
(Also at the bottom of my original Post - at bottom of page) I have information from the government on how the Plague could be sprayed in the air as an act of terrorism.
Was that done? - since people had said there were planes flying around spraying chemicals in the air, the day before this "mystery - Plague" hit the Ukraine in a big way.
The CDC brochure, basically says, keep Fleas off your pets, for protection against the Bubonic Plague (sores on the skin)
But if it is Pneumonic Plague (lungs), get to the doctor immediately.
Another site about how to identify the symptoms of Pneumonic Plague
I also researched about the Plague's history.
The Black Death
I did not realize the difference between the Bubonic Plague and the Pneumonic Plague I wanted to find out how people had survived the Plague in the past epidemics of it.
First the Bubonic Plague is wounds/sores on the skin that turn black - thus called the Black Death. 50% of the people who got the Bubonic Plague lived. The Pneumonic Plague is of the lungs and only 10% of those people lived who got it. I could not find anything special those 10% did, besides getting emergency care, but I am going to continue searching. The reason the Pneumonic Plague spread fast, is because it goes through the air as people breath in and out. The Bubonic Plague, people had to actually touch the wounds to get that plague. If this is the Pneumonic Plague as the doctors say it is in the Ukraine, I believe finding out everything possible to survive it is a very good idea (which I am sure everyone agrees with that).
I will insert all things I find about what people need to do, for the best chance of survival(besides of course having a mask for yourself).
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