Swine Flu Surge Swamps NHS Direct

[jkdt0077]

http://news.aol.co.uk/swine-flu-surge-swamps-nhs-direct/article/20090625144624154275966

A fresh surge of swine flu cases has left NHS Direct swamped with calls and parts of the UK unable to contain the virus, it has been announced.

The advice from NHS Direct was to check swine flu symptoms online before calling.

A spokeswoman warned that people with non-urgent calls faced a longer wait before being dealt with.

"People who have flu-like symptoms and are concerned, are advised to stay at home and if possible check their symptoms on the cold and flu symptom checker on www.nhs.uk," she said.

Scotland has experienced its biggest jump in confirmed cases - 111 new sufferers.

On Monday and Tuesday this week NHS Direct received more than 6,500 calls from people worried they had the virus.

Callers are currently hearing a recorded message saying the service is only dealing with emergency cases.

The spokeswoman added: "We are currently experiencing an increase in flu-related calls and this is having an impact on call back times for non-urgent calls.

"We prioritise urgent calls so that people most in need are assessed as quickly as possible.If a call back is required, callers will be told how long they will have to wait."

Meanwhile, London and the West Midlands will now adopt a policy of outbreak management. This means new swine flu cases will be clinically diagnosed rather than being confirmed by laboratory results.

Great way to fiddle the numbers eh

[plainsight]

The biggest priority for now is to spread THIS: http://www.naturalnews.com/026503_pandemic_swine_flu_bioterrorism.html

[beldazar]

http://news.aol.co.uk/swine-flu-surge-swamps-nhs-direct/article/20090625144624154275966



Great way to fiddle the numbers eh

Yep! And since its almost identical to 'normal flu' and think how many have been vaccinated against that? (and will probably get the 'flu' from it :mad:)

[unusual_suspect]

Yep! And since its almost identical to 'normal flu' and think how many have been vaccinated against that? (and will probably get the 'flu' from it :mad:)

Also, how many people might get a cold and freak out and call NHS direct thinking it's more serious. You can't trust statistics, they can be twisted to mean anything.

[adzboarder]

Ahahaha as if this can affect me!!

I AM IMMUNE FROM SWINE FLU!!

How can an illusion become ill with an illusion??? :confused:

[wildhorse]

oh they are getting desperate...

if peeps wanna beLIEve it all, then fine, let em panic and line up to disease themselves...as Bill Hicks said "Good, we just lost a moron.."

[yozhik]

Meanwhile, London and the West Midlands will now adopt a policy of outbreak management. This means new swine flu cases will be clinically diagnosed rather than being confirmed by laboratory results.

In other words, normal flu symptoms will be treated as swine flu ... and we'll ramp up the numbers to create more fear and hysteria, without any laboratory confirmation of which flu you have. :mad:

terrorism –noun
1. the use of violence and threats to intimidate or coerce, esp. for political purposes.
2. the state of fear and submission produced by terrorism or terrorization.
3. a terroristic method of governing or of resisting a government.

(n) terrorism, act of terrorism, terrorist act (the calculated use of violence (or the threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature; this is done through intimidation or coercion or instilling fear)

[adzboarder]

oh they are getting desperate...

if peeps wanna beLIEve it all, then fine, let em panic and line up to disease themselves...as Bill Hicks said "Good, we just lost a moron.."

"Anyone DUMB enough to want to join the military should be allowed to."

- The Hicks

[beldazar]

Also, how many people might get a cold and freak out and call NHS direct thinking it's more serious. You can't trust statistics, they can be twisted to mean anything.

I totally agree. Im always amazed how people cry 'flu' as they are walking around :rolleyes:

[jkdt0077]

In other words, normal flu symptoms will be treated as swine flu ... and we'll ramp up the numbers to create more fear and hysteria, without any laboratory confirmation of which flu you have. :mad:

Exactly. It's also amusing how the quite subtly slip this to the end of the article. "Meanwhile.... " lol

[nosferatu_dj]

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US Swine Flu Cases May Have Hit 1 Million

By MIKE STOBBE, AP Medical Writer Mike Stobbe, Ap Medical Writer – posted on the 25th

ATLANTA – As many as 1 million Americans now have swine flu, U.S. health officials said Thursday, adding that 6 percent or more of some urban areas are infected. The estimate voiced by a government flu scientist Thursday was no surprise to the experts who have been closely watching the virus.

"We knew diagnosed cases were just the tip of the iceberg," said Dr. William Schaffner, a Vanderbilt University infectious diseases expert who was in Atlanta for the meeting of a vaccine advisory panel.

Lyn Finelli, a flu surveillance official with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, made the 1 million estimate in a presentation to the vaccine panel. The number is from mathematical modeling, based on surveys by health officials.

Regular seasonal flu sickens anywhere from 15 million to 60 million Americans each year.

The United States has roughly half the world's swine flu cases, with nearly 28,000 reported to the CDC so far. The U.S. count includes 3,065 hospitalizations and 127 deaths.

The percentage of cases hospitalized has been growing, but that may be due to closer scrutiny of very sick patients. It takes about three days from the time symptoms appear to hospitalization, Finelli said, and the average hospital stay has been three days.

Other health problems have been a factor in most cases: About one in three of the hospitalized cases had asthma, 16 percent diabetes, 12 percent have immune system problems and 11 percent chronic heart disease.

The numbers again highlight how the young seem to be particularly at risk of catching the new virus. But data also show that the flu has been more dangerous to adults who catch it.

The average age of swine flu patients is 12, the average age for hospitalized patients is 20, and for people who died, it was 37. It seems to be deadliest to people 65 and older, with deaths in more than 2 percent of elderly people infected, Finelli said.

Also at the meeting, CDC officials made projections about flu vaccines expected to be available to protect against both seasonal and swine flu this fall.

Roughly 10 million doses of seasonal flu vaccine should be available by early September, and production for the whole flu season should be around the 143 million doses produced for the 2008-09 season, said Dr. Anthony Fiore, a CDC flu specialist.

For the swine flu vaccine, health officials outlined possibilities for a campaign urging people to get the shot. The vaccinations might be given as two shots, spaced 21 days apart, but the vaccine has to be tested and licensed before it's made available to the public.

[unusual_suspect]

I totally agree. Im always amazed how people cry 'flu' as they are walking around :rolleyes:

Flu is being unable to get out of bed. And that's all varieties. People need to use common sense over this and remember that having the flu is completely different to having a cold or feeling unwell.

[nosferatu_dj]

[/QUOTE]They are ratcheting up these numbers there is no doubt about it--here are excerpts from different stories:

"The swine flu outbreak, which the World Health Organization officially declared a pandemic last week, has continued to spread around the world, although its fatality rate remains fairly low. Health officials estimate that at least 100,000 people in the United States have been infected, 1,600 people have been hospitalized, and 44 have died." http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/06/19/cdc-swine-flu-wont-be-taking-a-summer-vacation/

From Wiki info: United States 25,201[3]# 134[4]

"The virus is contagious, spreading easily from one person to another, and from one country to another. As of today, nearly 30,000 confirmed cases have been reported in 74 countries." http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/statements/2009/h1n1_pandemic_phase6_20090611/en/index.html

Cases Deaths
United States of America 21449 87[/QUOTE]

[angelx777]

Ahahaha as if this can affect me!!

I AM IMMUNE FROM SWINE FLU!!

How can an illusion become ill with an illusion??? :confused:

me too immune..

awhawhawhawha

[adzboarder]

me too immune..

awhawhawhawha

Wicked!!

Isn't it AWESOME!! :) :D

[adzboarder]

If you keep a positive mental attitude and express love in everything that you do, you can start to create and morph a reality of your own choosing. In mine, I can never get sick, neither can my wife or children, we are healthy and positive. Its kind of obvious I know, but put in what you expect out and good things start to happen.

I am the weaver of my own reality. You can be too!

[yozhik]

Flu happens ... no biggie.
Catch it ... don't let the doctors fuck with you; let your body fight it naturally ... job done.

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