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Post by packerbap on May 2, 2009 16:26:26 GMT -5
Milwaukee county has 2 confirmed H1N1 cases with at least 27 probable cases. As of right now 14 Milwaukee Public Schools will be closed on Monday.
Tomorrow the Mayor will announce if anymore or if the district will be closed.
My school is still open but one of the teachers has children who attend a closed school. She was called away yesterday to pick up a sick child.
Anyone else dealing with closings or the flu?
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Post by amoeba15 on May 2, 2009 17:23:40 GMT -5
Interesting, ONLY 2 cases in Virginia, despite having Smithfield Foods, Inc., which is the world’s largest pork producer and processor headquartered in Smithfield, Virginia.
The company raises 14 million hogs a year and processes 27 million. The company produced 5.9 billion pounds of pork and 1.4 billion pounds of fresh beef in 2006. Its plant in La Gloria, Mexico is suspected to be the source of the 2009 swine flu outbreak.
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Post by TW on May 2, 2009 17:53:47 GMT -5
Apparently they have checked the pigs at that farm in Mexico, and they aren't the source.
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Post by packerbap on May 3, 2009 18:11:08 GMT -5
Milwaukee has 21 schools closed for the week. Mine is not one of them. Health department will look at opening them next week. The health department is also stating that students and staff should remain at home and not participate in public activities....right! I'll be going to the Brewers game with a friend who teaches at one of the closed schools. I would love to know the attendance numbers at local theaters and malls as well as golf courses.
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Post by thegreenmeanie on May 3, 2009 22:38:58 GMT -5
H1N1 has finally reached Florida. Some schools closing in Hillsborough.
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Post by TW on May 4, 2009 6:17:24 GMT -5
It even reached little Milton High School here in Wisconsin. They're shut down until further notice.
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Post by packerconvert on May 4, 2009 7:43:00 GMT -5
My pigs are healthy and show no signs of flu. Thank God! My cats on the other hand have been showing signs of feline flu, but not concerned because they have 8 additional lives to go.
My question. Do you guys really feel this is a true "pandemic?" I mean 35,000 dies annually from the regular flu, the last pandemic in 1918 claimed 50 million lives. Is the press just bored and needing to scare the begeezus out of people needing their fix since GW retired?
Last I heard, only 25 have died in Mexico from it's swing flu "outbreak" and is now on the downturn.
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Post by amoeba15 on May 4, 2009 12:08:22 GMT -5
Update as of today. Meanwhile here's the latest news throughout the world on the H1N1 virus. Key developments on swine flu outbreaks, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, World Health Organization, and government officials: -Deaths: 19 confirmed in Mexico and one confirmed in U.S., a 21-month-old boy from Mexico who died in Texas. -Confirmed sickened worldwide, 872: 506 in Mexico; 197 in U.S.; 85 in Canada; 40 in Spain; 16 in Britain; eight in Germany; four in New Zealand; two in Italy, France, Israel, and South Korea; one each in Colombia; Costa Rica, Ireland, Switzerland, Austria, Hong Kong, Denmark and the Netherlands. -U.S. confirmed cases: New York 50; Texas 28; California 24; Arizona 17; South Carolina 13; Delaware 10; Massachusetts eight; New Jersey seven; Maine six; Wisconsin three; Ohio three; Indiana three; Illinois three; Kansas two; Colorado two; Virginia two; Michigan two; Missouri two; Connecticut two; Florida two; New Hampshire one; Utah one; Rhode Island one; Iowa one; Kentucky one; Minnesota one; Nebraska one; Nevada one. -Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says about a third of confirmed U.S. cases are people who had been to Mexico and likely picked up the infection there. www.wxyz.com/news/local/story/Plymouth-Canton-Schools-Utica-High-School-Close/yWwYOJu_ZE6kHDhyffMKdQ.cspx?rss=785 |
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Post by amoeba15 on May 4, 2009 12:12:33 GMT -5
Sixteen Milwaukee schools are now closed because of H1N1: ALAS High School (in the Kosciuszko building) Allen-Field Elementary School Clement Avenue School Forest Home Avenue School Honey Creek Continuous Progress Charter School Kosciuszko Montessori School Lincoln Avenue School Milwaukee Learning Laboratory Mitchell School Riverside University High School Rogers Street Academy Wedgewood Park International School Christ-St. Peter Lutheran School -- opening May 6 Destiny High School St. Adalbert School St. Anthony's School -- both campuses The majority of the schools are on the city's south side. www.wisn.com/health/19328503/detail.html |
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Post by packerconvert on May 4, 2009 12:31:08 GMT -5
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Post by thegreenmeanie on May 4, 2009 13:38:26 GMT -5
My pigs are healthy and show no signs of flu. Thank God! My cats on the other hand have been showing signs of feline flu, but not concerned because they have 8 additional lives to go. My question. Do you guys really feel this is a true "pandemic?" I mean 35,000 dies annually from the regular flu, the last pandemic in 1918 claimed 50 million lives. Is the press just bored and needing to scare the begeezus out of people needing their fix since GW retired? Last I heard, only 25 have died in Mexico from it's swing flu "outbreak" and is now on the downturn. No I don't, but I have tried to remain sympathetic to the people who have died so have not gone into it much. However, by the WHO criteria it is, but their rankings aren't based on death totals just things such as it spreading to multiple countries and being able to be transferred to humans from other humans. AIDS is a pandemic. I wish that would get the pandemic media attention that this is getting, and the Bird Flu got, and SARS got. |
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Post by Deleted on May 4, 2009 13:55:40 GMT -5
A couple of schools closed in Minnesota. I've been in constant contact with the State Health Dept. in MN. They are telling us that it is not necessary to close unless we get several reports of people getting sick. So far it appears that the symptoms have been mild and there is no need to over react. I believe this is getting blown way out of proportion. With that said, I am monitoring the situation very closely! Only one "confirmed" case in MN as of this AM.
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Post by packerconvert on May 4, 2009 14:36:13 GMT -5
Worldwide:
H1N1 Deaths - 27
SARS Death - 630
Bird flu deaths - 100
ANNUAL death from regular flu deaths world wide - 25,000 to 50,000.
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Post by amoeba15 on May 4, 2009 14:44:40 GMT -5
Worldwide: H1N1 Deaths - 27 SARS Death - 630 Bird flu deaths - 100 ANNUAL death from regular flu deaths world wide - 25,000 to 50,000. You FORGOT one vital stat, deaths from cirrhosis of the liver in the US. BTW, cirrhosis is the twelfth leading cause of death by disease, accounting for 27,000 deaths each year.Soooooo, everybody still has a choice: drink or drink heavily.   |
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Post by croxeye on May 4, 2009 17:59:58 GMT -5
what? to kill yourself faster?  ummm lets not forget EASILY CURABLE (only costs 2 dollars!!!) malaria is STILL killing thousands of african children every day!!! |
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