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Beans, Rice and Gold has been following this story since it started. British scientists suspect that swine flu virus has mutated in Ukraine. Some doctors say that flu in the country has shown unprecedented symptoms, creating the effect of burnt lungs, the Daily Mail reports. [...] Three flu viruses may have mutated into one seriously nasty beastie with over 1 million infected, mostly in Ukraine. It appears to be spreading. Poland wants the EU to take action and the EU president agrees. Neighboring countries are now doing health checks on everyone attempting to cross from Ukraine. Flu.gov has news on prevention, what to do if you have H1N1, widgets, social networking links, videos. and more. Nice. Many of the problems and complications of swine flu are due to pneumonia. Sue and I recently got standard pneumonia vaccinations which protects against most of the common strains. It certainly can’t hurt. It also appears that we’ve both had swine flu – and are fine now. Ours was the mild variety, and even with [...] Swine flu panic in Egypt caused the government to order the killing of all pigs, in the mistaken belief they could carry the virus. 300,000 were slaughtered. Now trash is piling up everywhere because their countries freelance trash collectors, the zabaleen, used pigs to eat the garbage. Then they’d sort through what was left [...] Infrastructurist quotes from the government’s own reference guide, and indeed, flying is a swell way to spread viruses. “A sneeze produces approximately 2 million viable particles. These do not remain airborne very long, but are highly infective and can be inhaled by people near the infected source. Talking can produce as many as [...] Do a Twitter Search for swine flu and you’ll find more than a little hysteria and misinformation coupled with the inevitable wackos trying to sell you on their conspiracy theory. Sigh. Instead, wash your hands. Be healthy. Don’t worry. And as for the mocking joke I made yesterday about companies putting logos on face masks, [...] OMIGOD. Swine flu will surely attack the entire planet. Apocalyptic scenarios of mass doom abound. Be scared, be very scared. Truly, it is TEOTWAWKI. (Wait, wasn’t the world supposed to end during the last 5 Horrible Threats To Us All?) Don’t believe the hype. Yes it’s a nasty bug. The planet has survived far worse. A new swine flu with “pandemic potential” is spreading in Mexico, and has reportedly also been sickening those in the United States. It bears re-posting: There’s not much you can do about a influenza pandemic except “be prepared.” It is not too late for a pneumonia vaccination, which prevents the most common 23 serotypes of [...] |  | ||||
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