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Kyle
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Posted: January 15 2014 at 7:11am |
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Human infection with avian influenza A(H7N9) virus – update
Disease outbreak news 15 JANUARY 2014 - On 13 January 2014, the National Health and Family Planning Commission of China notified WHO of 6 additional laboratory-confirmed cases of human infection with avian influenza A(H7N9) virus, and the death of a previously reported case. Details of the cases are as follows: 34 year old man from Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province who became ill on 1 January and was admitted to hospital on 10 January. He is currently in a serious condition. The patient has a history of exposure to poultry. 78 year old man from Yiwu City, Zhejiang Province who became ill on 3 January and was admitted to hospital later that day and later transferred to another hospital on 9 January. He is currently in a critical condition. The patient has a history of exposure to poultry. 59 year old woman from Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province who became ill on 5 January and was admitted to hospital on 9 January 2014. She is currently in a serious condition. The patient has a history of exposure to poultry. 46 year old man from Foshan City, Guangdong Province who became ill on 6 January and was admitted to hospital on 9 January. He is currently in a critical condition. The patient has a history of exposure to poultry. 41 year old woman from Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province who became ill on 7 January 2014 and was admitted to hospital on 11 January. She is currently in a serious condition. The patient has a history of exposure to poultry. 28 year old woman from Foshan City, Guangdong Province who became ill on 8 January and was admitted to hospital on 12 January. She has a mild illness. The patient is employed in the poultry sales industry. Additionally, a 65 year-old man reported earlier by the Centre for Health Protection (CHP), Hong Kong SAR, China, died on 13 January (see disease outbreak news, 10 January 2014). The source of infection is still under investigation. So far, there is no evidence of sustained human-to-human transmission. The Chinese government continues to take the following measures: strengthen surveillance and situation analysis; reinforce case management and treatment; conduct risk communication with the public and release information; strengthen international collaboration and communication; and conduct scientific studies. WHO does not advise special screening at points of entry with regard to this event, nor does it currently recommend any travel or trade restrictions. Source |
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NEWFLASH!!! The source is poultry; the way you farm, slaughter and sell
it. Outdated, dangerous medieval methods
that must be stopped imo.
What does this mean exactly? I mean read it. Sounds like a load of business nonsense to make it sound like you are doing something. Nothing stated to actually try and curb a potential resort of any of the viruses we have seen.
I noticed today that it says ‘recommend’. I wonder if they would be listened to if they did recommend travel and trade restrictions. I am guessing not. |
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Kyle
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Human infection with avian influenza A(H7N9) virus – update
Disease outbreak news 16 JANUARY 2014 - On 14 January 2014, the National Health and Family Planning Commission of China notified WHO of 3 additional laboratory-confirmed cases of human infection with avian influenza A(H7N9) virus. Details of the cases are as follows: A 29 year old man from Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province, who became ill on 2 January and was admitted to hospital on 12 January. He is currently in a serious condition. A 58 year old man from Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province, who became ill on 6 January and was admitted to hospital on 12 January. He is currently in a critical condition. The patient has a history of exposure to poultry. A 50 year old man from Jinjiang City, Fujian Province, who became ill on 5 January and was admitted to hospital on 11 January. He is currently in a critical condition. The patient has a history of exposure to poultry. The source of infection is still under investigation. So far, there is no evidence of sustained human-to-human transmission. The Chinese government continues to take the following measures: strengthen surveillance and situation analysis; reinforce case management and treatment; conduct risk communication with the public and release information; strengthen international collaboration and communication; and conduct scientific studies. WHO does not advise special screening at points of entry with regard to this event, nor does it currently recommend any travel or trade restrictions. http://www.who.int/csr/don/2014_01_16/en/index.html |
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jacksdad
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Have you noticed how few of the recent cases are categorized as stable or mild? The vast majority are all initially reported as either being in serious or critical condition even though I'm sure serious flu symptoms are raising red flags earlier, and the affected are being treated sooner and more aggressively. Is it an indication that the virus is becoming much better adapted to humans than we've been led to believe? While it might not be H2H yet, maybe the path this virus is taking is to become much deadlier first, and then more efficiently transmitted once it's CFR has reached it's maximum. At that point it would hit the ground running with all the weapons it needed, able to kill huge numbers without a slow first wave to give us a heads up as to it's potential. Scary thought.
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"Any community that fails to prepare, with the expectation that the federal government will come to the rescue, will be tragically wrong." Michael Leavitt, HHS Secretary. |
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arirish
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It could be that a lot of these people are poor and wait to seek medical help until they are very sick. I don't think China is doing a very good job of educating people about H7N9.
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jacksdad
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True - a recent poll showed that most Chinese citizens are clueless about flu, it's origins, it's treatment, etc. Hope you're right and I'm way off base.
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"Buy it cheap. Stack it deep"
"Any community that fails to prepare, with the expectation that the federal government will come to the rescue, will be tragically wrong." Michael Leavitt, HHS Secretary. |
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arirish
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What's worrying me is the way the numbers of reports are increasing daily. It started out one or two a day to five or six, today there have been seven and Spring Festival hasn't even started yet. By the way, glad you recovered!
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About 3.62 bln trips to be made in 40-day Spring Festival travel rush Passenger are seen in rush at Hongqiao Railway Station in Shanghai, east China, Jan. 16, 2014. The 2014 Spring Festival travel rush of China started on the wee hours of Thursday. About 3.62 billion trips will be made during the 40-day Spring Festival travel rush, according to Lian Weiliang, deputy head of the National Development and Reform Commission at a press conference. http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/china/index.htm |
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