http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/health/6399725.html First confirmed swine flu patient in Houston... Great.
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which school? for how long is it cancelled? EDIT: forget it...i found it....episcopal high school closed through the rest of the week http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/6399725.html
Episcopal in Bellaire has cancelled classes the rest of the week because of the flu. I wonder who it is, I just graduated from there last year
Per Encarta, Per Wikipedia's numbers: Russian Flu (1889–90): <strike>1 million people</strike> Spanish Flu (1918–20): <strike>20 to 100 million people</strike> Asian Flu (1957–58): <strike>1 to 1.5 million people</strike> Hong Kong Flu (1968–69): <strike>0.75 to 1 million people</strike> No reason for panic, but no reason to dismiss out of hand the potential threat, either. (Unlike the avian flu scare of a few years ago, say, this is already spreading readily person-to-person.) Odds are solid that this will prove far less lethal than the 1918 flu, but this isn't necessarily a "killer bees" type situation.
With health situations like these its good to be informed, but you have to seperate the wheat from the chaf in the information. Many experts have already said they expect this round to die out by mid May, along with most cases of the flu as the season ends. The risk comes next winter, as its been dormant: it all of a sudden springs up in greater numbers in a possibly more virulent and dangerous form. The good news is, we will most likely have a vaccine by that time to prevent a major threat. Basically, this flu is cropping up at a good time of the year for the US. Its hard to sustain flus through the summer, and it should die down in a couple weeks, giving the US enough time to formulate a vaccine if needed. According to Mexican leadership, they have already seen a levelling off of new cases and not a huge ramp up in case numbers. I'm not sure I entirely trust the Mexican government, as it might be due to some of their inaction that this got out so quickly, but if it is actually the case, its good news.
It's pretty comforting to know that the last major flu epidemic was 40 years ago...pretty amazing actually, considering how many other 'we have a potential epidemic on our hands' that have 'threaten' us since then. Call me crazy, but I like my chances...
It was once said that a black man would be president when pigs flew. Well behold, 100 days into his presidency, swine flew.
My company just cancelled a meeting that we were having at the Toyota Center tomorrow due to the Swine Flu. Did not want to risk a large group of individuals all being in the same place. It is a little scary how a flu can cause such a difference in the way we live everyday life. Hopefully they get a grip on it soon and are able to stop the spreading.
