Breathing easier, may be an apt phrase for an almost audible collective sigh of relief. So far, the incipient swine flu pandemic is not extremely nasty. Is this perhaps premature? The world's premier scientific journal, Nature, and many flu scientists, suggest it is:
Complacency, not overreaction, is the greatest danger posed by the flu pandemic. That's a message scientists would do well to help get across.
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There is ample reason for concern: a new flu virus has emerged to which humans have no immunity, and it is spreading from person to person. That has happened only three times in the past century.
Read on...
Effect Measure is one of the premier flu knowledgeable sites on the Internet along with www.fluwikie.com. Peacenik continues to monitor these sites closely. Forget the media's reaction. Did the authorities at the CDC and WHO and public health over-react to the swine flu? Peacenik doesn't think so. Read the story. Only three times in the past century has a new flu virus emerged....that humans have no immunity to.
Peacenik continues to prep. Canadian Tire has an excellent flu section selling masks, hand sanitizer, and vinyl gloves. Peacenik prefers latex gloves but the vinyl will do in a pinch.
Tomorrow Peacenik goes on a field trip to scout out someplace to SIP (stay in place). Sort of a place to bug out to when it is time to bug out. Peacenik also has some plumbing work to do in a basement where Hanta Virus may be present. Peacenik will be wearing Peacenik's mask and vinyl gloves. Is it time to bug out? When Peacenik reads stories like this Peacenik gets nervous. But for now Peacenik is not declaring it bugging out time.
Complacency, not overreaction, is the greatest danger posed by the flu pandemic. That's a message scientists would do well to help get across.
[snip]
There is ample reason for concern: a new flu virus has emerged to which humans have no immunity, and it is spreading from person to person. That has happened only three times in the past century.
Read on...
Effect Measure is one of the premier flu knowledgeable sites on the Internet along with www.fluwikie.com. Peacenik continues to monitor these sites closely. Forget the media's reaction. Did the authorities at the CDC and WHO and public health over-react to the swine flu? Peacenik doesn't think so. Read the story. Only three times in the past century has a new flu virus emerged....that humans have no immunity to.
Peacenik continues to prep. Canadian Tire has an excellent flu section selling masks, hand sanitizer, and vinyl gloves. Peacenik prefers latex gloves but the vinyl will do in a pinch.
Tomorrow Peacenik goes on a field trip to scout out someplace to SIP (stay in place). Sort of a place to bug out to when it is time to bug out. Peacenik also has some plumbing work to do in a basement where Hanta Virus may be present. Peacenik will be wearing Peacenik's mask and vinyl gloves. Is it time to bug out? When Peacenik reads stories like this Peacenik gets nervous. But for now Peacenik is not declaring it bugging out time.
