US: LA hospital "severely, dangerously" overcrowded
Via the Los Angeles Times: Overcrowding at County-USC Hospital heightens swine flu fears. Excerpt:

Los Angeles County-USC Hospital has become too overcrowded to handle the expected surge of H1N1 flu patients in coming months, county leaders said this week as they forced hospital officials to reduce wait times by transferring patients more quickly.

The crowd waiting for emergency room beds at County-USC often swells to 100, with some people waiting up to 24 hours, Supervisor Gloria Molina said.

Recent county reports show that 30% to 40% of the time the hospital is operating at “severely” and “dangerously” overcrowded levels.

Molina visited the hospital Monday night and met with about 40 families, most of whom had children. She said she talked to at least three patients who had been waiting for 23 hours.

“If H1N1 becomes the kind of pandemic that they think it may be, what you will have at L.A. County-USC is people in gurneys in the hallways; that’s the only capability they have,” Molina said. “They are at a point where they are going to be overtaxed.”

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Second wave of swine flu hits Ontario
By THE CANADIAN PRESS

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Canadians urged to ignore H1N1 vaccine myths


TORONTO — Ontario’s chief medical officer of health Dr. Arlene King is confirming that the second wave of H1N1 has arrived in Ontario.

“Influenza activity in the province is continuing to increase,” she said.

“We are seeing that more people are visiting their health-care providers with influenza-like illness and more people are being hospitalized with complications from the flu in Ontario.”

King said 28 people in the province who contracted swine flu have died since April, up one from the 27 reported earlier this week.

There are 439 people who have been hospitalized with confirmed cases of swine flu, and all but 31 of those people had been discharged as of Wednesday.

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Of course its over estimated and hyped! They want to creat a stamped to the moble vaccinee centers!

Lebanon: Beirut's International College to close for 6 days over H1N1 cases

Via the Daily Star: Beirut's International College to close for 6 days over H1N1 cases. Excerpt:

Caretaker Health Minister Mohammad Jawad Khalifeh on Sunday warned expectant mothers to be wary of the A(H1N1) virus after ordering an investigation to determine whether the death of a young pregnant woman was caused by the infection.

The woman, whose name has not been disclosed, was hospitalized Friday at a hospital in Bekaa’s Riyak area, with advanced symptoms of pneumonia, the National News Agency reported. Although she appeared to respond to initial medication, the woman developed a high temperature on Sunday.

After the hospital chief Mohammad Abdullah contacted Khalifeh Sunday morning to report the suspected swine-flu case, the woman was transferred to a hospital in Beirut but died shortly after arrival.

If Abdullah’s suspicions are confirmed, the woman will be the first woman in Lebanon to have died of the virus. There have already been two other swine-flu-related deaths.

Speaking to the National Broadcasting Network (NBN), Khalifeh said pregnant women should “worry” about the virus as they and their unborn babies are especially vulnerable to catching swine flu.

The death comes as private school International College (IC) announced it would be shutting its middle school in Beirut for six days starting Tuesday because of the high number of students suffering from the virus.

In a letter posted on the school’s website Saturday, IC President John Johnson said 50 students were absent from classes on Friday alone.

“To date we have had 31 cases of this influenza in the Ras Beirut Middle School, 12 of whom have already recovered and returned to school,” he said.

Johnson said IC was following regulations issued by the Center for Disease Control, which required siblings of swine flu patients to also stay at home for a five-day incubation period.

All students are requested to stay at home and avoid contact with classmates until the school reopens on November 2

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US: H1N1 advisory for heart/lung transplants

Thanks to the reader who sent the link to this report from UPI.com: H1N1 advisory for heart/lung transplants. Excerpt:

There are additional challenges for cardiopulmonary transplant recipients and donors if they catch H1N1 flu, U.S. researchers say.

Physicians representing the International Society for Heart & Lung Transplantation Infectious Disease Council issued an advisory for all programs in cardiothoracic transplantation that aggressive diagnosis and early treatment need be paired with active preventative measures to stem the impact of infection in the transplant population.

Since transplant recipients are treated with anti-rejection drugs, the advisory provides clear directions for specific dosing of anti-viral drugs and management of the background immunosuppression.

Specific guidelines for evaluation and management of post-surgical transplant patients are also given, as well as recommendations for how and when to administer vaccines.

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Hong Kong: Flu season comes early

Via The Standard: Concern as flu season comes early. Excerpt:

The fight against human swine flu (H1N1) in Beijing is getting "serious" after about 200 new cases were confirmed in each of the past two days, a mainland health official said.

As of Monday, there were 5,800 confirmed cases of swine flu in the capital. There have been 33,000 confirmed cases in the mainland with two deaths.

Fang Laiying, head of the Beijing Municipal Health Bureau, told China Daily that this year's winter flu wave has come early and warned that the combination of pandemic and seasonal flu may result in a record number of cases this year.

Flu season usually stretches from December to January.

The number of flu cases this month is almost three times the total recorded in Beijing in October last year.

In Hong Kong, meanwhile, the number of swine flu cases has dropped for a third week running, but officials are not letting their guard down as they brace for the winter flu peak.

As of October 21, a total of 31,211 people have been confirmed to have swine flu, their age ranging from 10 days to 95 years, with a median age of 14. Thirty-seven had died as of Monday.

Hong Kong began a seasonal flu vaccination program on October 19, two weeks earlier than scheduled so as to have enough lead time for a mass vaccination program against the swine flu pandemic.

As of Monday, around 6,300 children and 21,000 seniors have received seasonal flu jabs under the expanded vaccination subsidy scheme.

The central government has said it plans to inoculate 5 percent of the population, or 65 million people, against swine flu by year's end. So far, 300,000 people have received the vaccination.

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Turkey: H1N1 keeps spreading

Swine flu epidemic on the rise across Turkey, new measures taken
Via Today's Zaman: Swine flu epidemic on the rise across Turkey, new measures taken. Excerpt:

Swine flu cases, which have nearly doubled in a week in Turkey, continue to increase across the country, with new cases being discovered in more provinces.

The number of people infected by H1N1 virus (swine flu) -- which has exceeded 1,100 since the first case was discovered in May -- continue to rise, prompting officials to intensify preventive efforts against the spread of the virus.

Twenty students have been found to be infected by the virus in three districts of the Aegean province of Muğla, the Muğla provincial education director announced yesterday. He said there is no evidence of swine flu in Muğla’s city center so far.

Twelve people were also diagnosed as having the H1N1 virus in the southeastern province of Şanlıurfa. Officials said five in the eastern province of Ağrı, three in the Central Anatolian province of Çorum and five in the eastern province of Van have also been found to be carrying the virus.

The Health Ministry announced in a statement that eight out of 1,108 swine flu cases have been treated in hospitals, adding that two patients are receiving treatment in an intensive care unit.

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US: NY Governor Paterson declares swine flu emergency

Via AuburnPub.com: Paterson declares swine flu emergency. Excerpt:

Gov. David Paterson declared a state of emergency, saying a recent rise in swine flu cases has created a "disaster" and that certain provisions of state law needed to be set aside to get people vaccinated as quickly as possible.

The executive order Thursday means that far more health care professionals -- including dentists, dental hygienists, podiatrists, pharmacists, midwives and physicians assistants -- will be permitted to administer swine flu and seasonal flu vaccines with only brief training.

The declaration will help avoid overwhelming hospitals, clinics and other health care facilities with swine flu cases, according to Paterson's order.

It also allows health centers in schools, which have been particularly hard hit, to vaccinate children and adults.

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US: California nurses will stay on the job
Via KCBS.com: California Nurses Won't Strike. Excerpt:

A California nurses' union says its members will not strike. Union officials say swine flu protections have been written into new contracts with the state's largest hospital system.

The California Nurses Association had threatened a one-day strike last week at 32 Catholic Healthcare West hospitals if state and federal swine flu protection recommendations weren't written into their contracts.

Tenets of the new contract include close monitoring of workplace safety conditions and broad availability of protective gear.

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USDA finds pandemic H1N1 in Indiana commercial swine
Mon Nov 2, 2009 6:18pm EST

Monday, 2 Nov 2009 03:18pm EST
USDA finds more show pigs with H1N1 flu virus
Thursday, 29 Oct 2009 07:27pm EDT

By Christopher Doering

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The pandemic H1N1 influenza virus has been found for the first time in a commercial swine herd, the U.S. Agriculture Department said on Monday.

The sick herd was found in Indiana, the USDA said, noting both the pigs and their caretakers have fully recovered from the virus, commonly called swine flu. USDA said the Indiana facility has continued its routine processing practices because it is safe for swine that recover from influenza viruses to be slaughtered.

A USDA spokesman said it could not release the city, name of the facility or the size of the herd where the pandemic H1N1 virus was found "in order to ensure continued high levels of participation in swine surveillance efforts, and because this is not a food safety or public health risk."

The human form of the new H1N1 virus, which emerged in March and was declared a pandemic in June, is circulating the globe. Researchers at The Centers for Disease Control estimated last week that as many as 5.7 million people in the United States have been infected so far, with at least 1,300 deaths.

Last week, USDA said six pigs shown at the Minnesota State Fair in September had been confirmed as having had the pandemic H1N1 flu virus. The USDA found the virus in the first U.S. hog on October 19 -- one of the six positives from the fair.

"It's expected that pigs will get this particular flu strain just like pigs every year get the flu," said Dave Warner of the National Pork Producers Council, who added he would not be surprised to see more cases of pandemic H1N1 in U.S. hogs.

"It's just not an issue. It's not unexpected," he said.

World health officials have stressed the flu cannot be contracted from eating pork.

But the virus has affected pork trade, most notably to China, which has banned U.S. pork since May because of the outbreak in humans. Chinese officials said last Thursday they plan to lift the ban.

The USDA's finding appeared to have little impact on hog markets on Monday as analysts had forecast for some time that humans could transmit the flu to hogs.

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VIDEO: Swine Flu Government Data Scam
Government using fraud to generate flu hysteria

Global Research, November 3, 2009
CBS - 2009-11-02

Employees are being told they have to receive the Swine Flu vaccine or lose their jobs.

Schools are giving children the vaccine against their parents wishes.

Now it has been revealed in this CBS report that the federal government is withholding data that shows a large percentage of people who have been reported as having the Swine Flu did not in fact have it. http://www.brasschecktv.com/