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Topic: Obama: swine flu - national emergency
Atlantis75's photo
Sat 10/24/09 09:51 AM
Edited by Atlantis75 on Sat 10/24/09 09:51 AM
US President Barack Obama has declared swine flu a national emergency.

The White House said the president signed the proclamation concerning the 2009 H1N1 outbreak on Friday evening.

It increases the ability of treatment facilities to handle a surge in H1N1 patients by easing the implementation of emergency plans.

Last week US officials said swine flu activity was widespread in 46 states. More that 1,000 deaths have been linked to the virus.

Vaccine warning

US officials said the president's declaration was similar to ones issued before hurricanes make landfall.

It allows authorities to bypass certain federal requirements in order to deal more effectively with emergencies.

The aim of the directive is to remove bureaucratic hurdles, allowing sick patients to receive treatment more quickly and giving health-care providers more flexibility in providing it.

In his proclamation statement, Mr Obama says the 2009 H1N1 pandemic "continues to evolve".

"The rates of illness continue to rise rapidly within many communities across the nation, and the potential exists for the pandemic to overburden health care resources in some localities."

He said the US had already taken "proactive steps" by implementing public health measures and developing an effective swine flu vaccine.

However, last week officials warned there could be delays in the delivery of vaccines.

The government had hoped to roll out 120 million doses by mid-October.

It now hopes for about 50 million by mid-November and 150 million in December.

Given the shortfall, New York State on Friday stayed a directive ordering health care staff to be inoculated or risk losing their jobs.

The CDC says widespread influenza activity in 46 states is "unprecedented during seasonal flu".

It said the hospitalisation rates for laboratory-confirmed swine flu were still climbing.

Although figures are hard to verify, it is thought H1N1 has hospitalised about 20,000 people in the US.

Visits to the doctor for influenza-like illnesses were also much higher than expected for the time of year, the CDC said.

The seasonal flu peak is usually between late November and early March.

Children and young adults have been among the hardest hit by H1N1. Almost 100 of the deaths have been children.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8324070.stm

heavenlyboy34's photo
Sat 10/24/09 10:04 AM
Whatever. I still won't be getting one.

Atlantis75's photo
Sat 10/24/09 10:09 AM
Although figures are hard to verify, it is thought H1N1 has hospitalised about 20,000 people in the US.


whoa

Maybe it's only me, but that's really not as big, if you compare that the US has 307 million people in it.

no photo
Sat 10/24/09 10:13 AM
Its all a big snowjob.... Each year the flu kills or makes just as many if not more sick... Propaganda..... Period....

msharmony's photo
Sat 10/24/09 10:18 AM

Its all a big snowjob.... Each year the flu kills or makes just as many if not more sick... Propaganda..... Period....


I agree. I think the difference, thoush , is in the current ability to treat swine flu as opposed to regular flu. We have many more resources, vaccines,,etc,,, to treat and prevent regular flu.

Quietman_2009's photo
Sat 10/24/09 10:59 AM
it's just the pre-positioning of resources in case it turns out to be a big deal

better to do it and not need it than to need it and not do it

hellkitten54's photo
Sat 10/24/09 11:07 AM

Its all a big snowjob.... Each year the flu kills or makes just as many if not more sick... Propaganda..... Period....
:thumbsup:

hellkitten54's photo
Sat 10/24/09 11:10 AM
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/10/21/cbsnews_investigates/main5404829.shtml




(CBS) If you've been diagnosed "probable" or "presumed" 2009 H1N1 or "swine flu" in recent months, you may be surprised to know this: odds are you didn’t have H1N1 flu.

In fact, you probably didn’t have flu at all. That's according to state-by-state test results obtained in a three-month-long CBS News investigation.

The ramifications of this finding are important. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Britain's National Health Service, once you have H1N1 flu, you're immune from future outbreaks of the same virus. Those who think they've had H1N1 flu -- but haven't -- might mistakenly presume they're immune. As a result, they might skip taking a vaccine that could help them, and expose themselves to others with H1N1 flu under the mistaken belief they won't catch it. Parents might not keep sick children home from school, mistakenly believing they've already had H1N1 flu.

Why the uncertainty about who has and who hasn't had H1N1 flu?

CBSNews.com report on H1N1

In late July, the CDC abruptly advised states to stop testing for H1N1 flu, and stopped counting individual cases. The rationale given for the CDC guidance to forego testing and tracking individual cases was: why waste resources testing for H1N1 flu when the government has already confirmed there's an epidemic?

Some public health officials privately disagreed with the decision to stop testing and counting, telling CBS News that continued tracking of this new and possibly changing virus was important because H1N1 has a different epidemiology, affects younger people more than seasonal flu and has been shown to have a higher case fatality rate than other flu virus strains.

CBS News learned that the decision to stop counting H1N1 flu cases was made so hastily that states weren't given the opportunity to provide input. Instead, on July 24, the Council for State and Territorial Epidemiologists, CSTE, issued the following notice to state public health officials on behalf of the CDC:

"Attached are the Q&As that will be posted on the CDC website tomorrow explaining why CDC is no longer reporting case counts for novel H1N1. CDC would have liked to have run these by you for input but unfortunately there was not enough time before these needed to be posted (emphasis added)."

When CDC did not provide us with the material, we filed a Freedom of Information request with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). More than two months later, the request has not been fulfilled. We also asked CDC for state-by-state test results prior to halting of testing and tracking, but CDC was again, initially, unresponsive.


This is only part of the story, copy and paste the link if you want to read it all........


Kleisto's photo
Sat 10/24/09 11:42 AM

it's just the pre-positioning of resources in case it turns out to be a big deal

better to do it and not need it than to need it and not do it


Nah I think it's just fear tactics to MAKE it a big deal so people will line up to get their vaccines they keep shoving down our throats.

Kleisto's photo
Sat 10/24/09 11:45 AM

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/10/21/cbsnews_investigates/main5404829.shtml




(CBS) If you've been diagnosed "probable" or "presumed" 2009 H1N1 or "swine flu" in recent months, you may be surprised to know this: odds are you didn’t have H1N1 flu.

In fact, you probably didn’t have flu at all. That's according to state-by-state test results obtained in a three-month-long CBS News investigation.

The ramifications of this finding are important. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Britain's National Health Service, once you have H1N1 flu, you're immune from future outbreaks of the same virus. Those who think they've had H1N1 flu -- but haven't -- might mistakenly presume they're immune. As a result, they might skip taking a vaccine that could help them, and expose themselves to others with H1N1 flu under the mistaken belief they won't catch it. Parents might not keep sick children home from school, mistakenly believing they've already had H1N1 flu.

Why the uncertainty about who has and who hasn't had H1N1 flu?

CBSNews.com report on H1N1

In late July, the CDC abruptly advised states to stop testing for H1N1 flu, and stopped counting individual cases. The rationale given for the CDC guidance to forego testing and tracking individual cases was: why waste resources testing for H1N1 flu when the government has already confirmed there's an epidemic?

Some public health officials privately disagreed with the decision to stop testing and counting, telling CBS News that continued tracking of this new and possibly changing virus was important because H1N1 has a different epidemiology, affects younger people more than seasonal flu and has been shown to have a higher case fatality rate than other flu virus strains.

CBS News learned that the decision to stop counting H1N1 flu cases was made so hastily that states weren't given the opportunity to provide input. Instead, on July 24, the Council for State and Territorial Epidemiologists, CSTE, issued the following notice to state public health officials on behalf of the CDC:

"Attached are the Q&As that will be posted on the CDC website tomorrow explaining why CDC is no longer reporting case counts for novel H1N1. CDC would have liked to have run these by you for input but unfortunately there was not enough time before these needed to be posted (emphasis added)."

When CDC did not provide us with the material, we filed a Freedom of Information request with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). More than two months later, the request has not been fulfilled. We also asked CDC for state-by-state test results prior to halting of testing and tracking, but CDC was again, initially, unresponsive.


This is only part of the story, copy and paste the link if you want to read it all........




I rest my case.

Chimes's photo
Sat 10/24/09 11:46 AM
http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%253A%252F%252Fwww.youtube.com%252Fwatch%253Fv%253Dh8riAeGh48U&h=5608d0a661872068e5a8265a578c39a6&ref=mf


Woman Disabled by THIS YEARS FLU SHOT (10 days AFTER vaccination )

http://www.fda.gov/downloads/BiologicsBloodVaccines/Vaccines/ApprovedProducts/UCM182404.pdf



Atlantis75's photo
Sat 10/24/09 11:48 AM

Its all a big snowjob.... Each year the flu kills or makes just as many if not more sick... Propaganda..... Period....


I smell diversion. Common tactic used by presidents. Think Clinton , Monika Lewinski and the Serbian war.

Chimes's photo
Sat 10/24/09 11:53 AM
Before considering getting the shot...do a little research.

I was trying to add links here so folks can see for themselves....

Anyway here is a list of some of the ingredients in the vaccines...for further info join the facebook group called Parents Against Vaccines...very informative. THere is a link to the webiste Sanofi-Pasteur--a vaccine manufacturer. You will find the package insert on that site. The package insert clearly states that there has been no studies to prove that the vaccine is safe for pregnant women...however "they" are advising pregnant to get the shot...hmmmm

Individual in Vaccines Analysis of Chemicals
(View By Brand Name)

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Anthrax
Avian flu
Botulism
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Cholera
Diptheria
DPT/DTaP
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Flu (influenza)
Haemophilus influenzae B (HiB)
Hepatitis A
Hepatitis B (HBV)
Human papillomavirus (HPV)
Japanese encephalitis
Lyme disease
Measles
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MMR
Mumps
Pertussis (whooping cough)
Plague
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Polio
Q fever
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Typhoid fever
Typhus
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2-(ethylmercurithio) benzoic acid
3-0 Desacyl-4 Monophosphoryl lipid A
Acetic acid
Acid hydrolysate (casein)
African green monkey kidney cells
alcohol
alpha-tocopheryl
Aluminum
Aluminum adjuvant
Aluminum hydroxide
Aluminum hydroxyphosphate sulfate
Aluminum oxide
Aluminum phosphate
Aluminum potassium sulfate
Amino acids
Aminoglycoside (antibiotic)
Ammonium sulfate
Amphotericin B
Anhydrous disodium phosphate
Arum triphyllum
AS04C containing 3-O-desacyl-4- monophosphoryl lipid A
Ascorbic acid
Aspartame
Bacillus anthracis
Belladonna
Benzethonium chloride
Beta-propiolactone
Boric acid
Bovine (cow) serum
Calcium carbonate
Calcium chloride
Casamino acids (casein)
Cephalin (antibiotic)
Chick embryo cells
Chinese hamster ovary cells
Chlortetracycline hydrochloride
Cholera virus
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Dextran
Dextrose
Dibutyl phthalate
Diethyl phthalate
Diethylether
Diphtheria CRM197 protein
Diphtheria formoltoxoid
Diphtheria toxoid
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Disodium edentate (EDTA)
Disodium phosphate dehydrate
Dog kidney cells
Dulbecco's Modified Eagle Medium
Egg protein
Erythromycin (antibiotic)
Ethylene glycol
Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA)
Fatty-acid ester-based antifoam
Ferrum phosphoricum
Fetuin
Filamentous hemagglutinin (FHA)
Formaldehyde
Formalin
Galactose
Gelatin
Gentamicin Sulfate
Glutamate
Glutaraldehyde
Glycerine
Glycine
Glycol p-isooctylphenyl ether
Haemophilus influenzae B
Hemagglutinin culture flu viruses of type A(H1N1), A(H3N2)
Hemin chloride
Hexadecyltrimethylammonium bromide
Histidine
HPV-16 L1 protein
HPV-18 L1 protein
Human albumin
Human cell Line: PER C6
Human diploid cells (WI-38)
Human Diploid cells: MRC5 proteins
Hydrochloric acid
Hydrocortisone
Hydrogen succinate
Hydroxypropyl methycellulose phthalate
Influenza A virus hemagglutinin
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Iron oxide yellow ci77492
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Medium 199
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MF59
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Minimum Essential Medium
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Mouse brain cells
Neisseria meningitides OMPC
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Neomycin sulphate
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Octoxynol-10
Ovalbumin (egg)
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Phenol
Phospholipids lecithin
Pneumococcal Polysaccharide(s)
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Polyethylene glycol
Polygeline
Polymyxin B
Polyoxidonium
Polyribosylribitol phosphate
Polysorbate 20
Polysorbate 80
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Potassium dehydrogenate phosphate
Potassium dihydrogen phosphate
Potassium diphosphate
Potassium glutamate
Potassium monophosphate
Potassium phosphate
Potassium phosphate- monobasic
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Protein hydrolysate
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Rabies: Human Immunoglobulin Antibodies
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Salmonella Typhi bacteria
Silicon
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Sodium tetraborate decahydrate
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Sorbitol
Soy peptone
Soy protein
Squalene
Stopper vial may contain dry latex rubber
Streptomycin
Succinic Acid
Sucrose
Superficial glycoproteins (gemagglutinin and neyroamynidasa)
Tetanus
Tetanus formoltoxoid
Tetanus protein
Tetanus toxin
Tetanus toxoid
Thimerosal
Titanium dioxide
Tri(n)butylphosphate
Triton N101
Triton X-100
Trometamol
Tryspin
Vibrio polysaccharide antigen
Virus: Coxiella burnetii organisms, killed
Virus: Hepatitis A
Virus: Hepatitis B
Virus: Human papillomavirus (denatured) (HPV)
Virus: Inactivated whole avian influenza
Virus: Influenza
Virus: Influenza virus antigens
Virus: Japanese encephalitis (JE)
Virus: Measles
Virus: Mumps
Virus: polio
Virus: Rabies
Virus: Respiratory Syncitial Virus (RSV)
Virus: Rotavirus (live, attenuated)
Virus: Rubella
Virus: SV40
Virus: Vaccinia (smallpox)
Virus: Varicella (chickenpox)
Virus: Yellow fever
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Yeast
Yeast extract





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norslyman's photo
Sun 10/25/09 03:16 PM
Emergency, emergency

the government is trying to help us!!

What situation ever improves when THAT happens? laugh

Help us into our graves is more like it.

TJN's photo
Sun 10/25/09 03:23 PM
Edited by TJN on Sun 10/25/09 03:42 PM
Don't take the vaccine or this could happen to you



Ok lets try this one

From the movie I am legend

no photo
Sun 10/25/09 03:26 PM

Don't take the vaccine or this could happen to you



From the movie I am legend

laugh laugh

I think I know what the pic is. Good movie!

Ladylid2012's photo
Sun 10/25/09 03:39 PM
I'm just not going to buy into this fearmongering...I'm not getting any shots, never have, ever will!

Atlantis75's photo
Sun 10/25/09 03:41 PM
The headline of the news on BBC, with this picture:



http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/default.stm

tohyup's photo
Sun 10/25/09 03:56 PM

I'm just not going to buy into this fearmongering...I'm not getting any shots, never have, ever will!

Reality is some people died from the flu and the swine flu as well .
If no vaccine how do you protect yourself from the possibility of falling terribly sick ?.flowerforyou .

tohyup's photo
Sun 10/25/09 03:56 PM
Edited by tohyup on Sun 10/25/09 03:57 PM
double past .

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