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Yes. Most of the infections have been treated successfully, though there have been deaths in Mexico. In most cases, patients with this swine flu have recovered on their own. In those who have had to be hospitalized, this virus has been treated with antiviral medications.
The virus appears to be resistant to amantadine and rimantadine but has been susceptible to zanamivir and oseltamivir (Tamiflu).
Isn't it less dangerous than SARS?
ACC-HE 發表於 2009-4-27 14:50
I don't remember what the death rates for SARS and H5N1 avian flu were (40 - 50% seems to ring in my head, but I don't know for sure), and while the current death rates for this swine flu seems to hover around 10% or so, the most worrying trait about it is its capability to transmit from person to person. The last bout of avian flu only had a very small number of cases involving human-to-human transmission, so it was at least easier to contain.
When you have human-to-human transmission, the low-ish death rate can still result in a lot of deaths. And of course, a LOT of people are gonna get sick as well. I hate to be political when it comes to health-related issues, but a flu pandemic, even if it only makes people sick, is gonna make the current recession even slower to recover.
it's scary now that it's hard to tell whether you've caught the regular flu or the swine flu.. given that a lot of ppl are actually sick from the spring flu...
we're thinking if we should wear masks cuz we work in the retail sector =\
Oddly enough, the swine flu has only been fatal in Mexico. In all other instances, including the 40+ cases in the States, the symptoms of those who have been infected have all been pretty mild. In fact, most don't even require hospitalization and the swine flu virus wouldn't have been discovered if (US) authorities weren't actively looking for them.
Nobody knows why that's the case, but I'd say we don't need to be overly concerned at this point.
We should be concern and careful in any case even tho it looks fine rite now....
If it's fatal in Mexico, it could be fatal anywhere.
U can never predict a virus, esp. a new one~
So just be cautious~
Israeli official: Swine flu name offensive
13 hours ago
JERUSALEM (AP) — The outbreak of swine flu should be renamed "Mexican" influenza in deference to Muslim and Jewish sensitivities over pork, said an Israeli health official Monday.
Deputy Health Minister Yakov Litzman said the reference to pigs is offensive to both religions and "we should call this Mexican flu and not swine flu," he told a news conference at a hospital in central Israel.
Both Judaism and Islam consider pigs unclean and forbid the eating of pork products.
Scientists are unsure where the new swine flu virus originally emerged, though it was identifed first in the United States. They say there is nothing about the virus that makes it "Mexican" and worry such a label would be stigmatizing.
Two Israelis who recently visited Mexico have been hospitalized with symptoms of the flu. Health authorities have not yet confirmed whether they actually have the virus.
The current strain of swine flu is thought to have originated in Mexico where more than 100 people have been killed by the disease so far.
Laboratories in the U.S. and Canada have confirmed that of the samples tested so far, the swine flu virus in Mexico and U.S. appear to be the same.
發表於 2009-4-27 14:26
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