Good morning, Xi!
How to Deal with Swine Flu: Heeding the Mistakes of 1976 In February 1976, an outbreak of swine flu struck Fort Dix Army base in New Jersey, killing a 19-year-old private and infecting hundreds of soldiers. Concerned that the U.S. was on the verge of a devastating epidemic, President Gerald Ford ordered a nationwide vaccination program at a cost of $135 million (some $500 million in today's money). Within weeks, reports surfaced of people developing Guillain-Barré syndrome, a paralyzing nerve disease that can be caused by the vaccine. By April, more than 30 people had died of the condition. Facing protests, federal officials abruptly canceled the program on Dec. 16. The epidemic failed to materialize. http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1894129,00.html My comment, the military is notorious for OVER vaccinating recruits, and this is the population that was struck with the swine flu back in 1976. On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 10:42 AM, xi <[email protected]> wrote: > > Some weeks ago we all were scared by predictions on millions of deads. > > Few weeks later A/H1N1 influenza seems to be a local illness in USA > and Mexico with few patients in other parts of the world, mostly > travellers who came back from USA or Mexico, or people near them. Two > cases in China, very few in Asia or Africa. > > And many good news. On the one hand, as she told us fatality rate is > not much higher than common influenza. On the other hand, the country > that made the ringbells sound, Mexico, A/H1N1 influenza recedes just > through insulation of communities under risk and treatment. Neither > contagion nor fatality is as high as told. > > At the same time, waves of fear widespread. This is probably the worst > consequence of this illness, fear. > > Peace and best wishes. > > Xi > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "World-thread" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/world-thread?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
