CDC Estimates that H1N1 Will be a Catagory 2 Pandemic

[JessicaR]

Which numbers-flu deaths in NYC or gov requests for pandemic money?

Sorry, I should have elaborated.
These numbers.

The other thing that occurred last week, congress authorized spending over $7 billion on pandemic issues. At the end of May they authorized $1 billion, then the Pres. requested another $3 billion 2 1/2 weeks ago, then last week another $7 billion

The total is $7.65 billion. This is how its appropriated. I could be wrong but I was unable to find funds allotted in the amounts you indicated. If they do exist please provide me a link.

Most of the pandemic money is for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), but the bill includes $350 million to increase state and local capacity for responding to H1N1. The bill provides $1.5 billion in fiscal year 2009 money and $5.8 billion in "contingent emergency appropriations" for HHS and the CDC.

The funds are to be used for expanding surveillance, increasing federal stockpiles of drugs and medical supplies, and developing, buying, and administering vaccines.

The $350 million in state and local money, according to the House summary, is intended to help public health departments hire and train staff members, buy equipment to improve diagnostic capabilities, distribute antivirals and personal protective equipment from federal and state stockpiles, improve communication and maintain disease-reporting hotlines, and address other challenges, such as hospital surge capacity.

http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=14086

As far as the NYC death toll.
They say that of those 7 people most deaths involved people who were hospitalized in late May. The total, 32 deaths from inception. Please also consider that of those 32deaths it has not been determined how many had established underlying conditions, but I know of quite a few.

In the grand scheme of things the total death count is minuscule. Not insignificant.

 

[JessicaR]

The CDC fears that this virus might do what the killer flu did in 1918. It came through the country in March and everyone thought it was over. Then it returned with a vengeance. It lasted from March 1918 to June 1920 and ended up killing 50 to 100 million people worldwide. There is something about this flu that has them worried if they're making this sort of pronouncement.

They do? Did they actually make a statement saying that? I'm not talking about its emergence in the fall. I'm talking about the CDC stating they have a belief that it will be like the 1918 flu. Personally I think the CDC is jumping the gun. It wouldnt be the first time.

 

[JessicaR]

My apologies I didn't realize you were the poster I originally quoted. I assumed that you would get the rhetoricalness (is that even a word?)of my question so I didn't see the need for a snarky response. Obviously you did (see, I like those little smileys too)

No apology necessary. I was being funny wasn't trying to be snarky unless they are one in the same. So sorry.

 

[rie'smom]

They do? Did they actually make a statement saying that? I'm not talking about its emergence in the fall. I'm talking about the CDC stating they have a belief that it will be like the 1918 flu. Personally I think the CDC is jumping the gun. It wouldnt be the first time.

Read it again, take a breath. Note I posted they worry it might re emerge as the 1918 flu did. I did not say the CDC said it would be a duplicate of the 1918 flu.
Here's are a few links to the president requesting 3.1 billion for the flu. It doesn't look like he'll get it. The snip is from the cdc article and was his first request.
http://www.cdc.gov/washington/h1n1/2009/sw20090429.htm

http://www.news-medical.net/news/20...ney-in-case-of-a-H1N1-pandemic-emergency.aspx

 

[JessicaR]

Read it again, take a breath. Note I posted they worry it might re emerge as the 1918 flu did. I did not say the CDC said it would be a duplicate of the 1918 flu.
Here's are a few links to the president requesting 3.1 billion for the flu. It doesn't look like he'll get it. The snip is from the cdc article and was his first request.
http://www.cdc.gov/washington/h1n1/2009/sw20090429.htm

http://www.news-medical.net/news/20...ney-in-case-of-a-H1N1-pandemic-emergency.aspx

Take a breath. Are you serious? You're entire post talked about the 1918 flu, death statistics and all.

Anyway, 7.65 billion dollars was approved June 22, 09

 

[luvwinnie]

I am recovering from H1N1 right now. I spent 3 days in the hospital last week due to severe respiratory problems ( I could hardly breathe!) My DH & DD are both immune compromised and are considered high risk. They had to be treated with Tamiflu for 10 days to prevent them from getting it. They are both doing fine and I am slowly getting better. I live in Wisconsin and we have the most cases in the US.

Do you mind if I ask if YOU have asthma or any other "underlying conditions"? I have asthma, so I worry about this flu. Glad you are feeling better.

 

[luvwinnie]

Bloomberg news reported yesterday:

"So far it doesn't look like transmission is declining at all," Lyn Finelli, a flu researcher at the CDC, said today in a presentation.

 

[tinkamom]

My family has been affected by this flu for almost an entire month. I would not call it mild!

DD15 had it first, she came home from school not feeling well. She had a severe headache and was having difficulty breathing.

The doctor had to give her a breathing treatment and sent her home with an inhaler. She does not have asthma! It was very scary! The headache was so severe she was holding her head in her sleep. It took a week for her to recover and even after then she was not herself for at least another week,

I got it next. At one point my fever went up to 103.4. Walking was difficult, I felt like a zombie! My doctor seemed scared of this flu and had both of us wear a mask while he examined and tested me. It was a week and a half before I felt "normal" again.

Poor DD6 got it last. She really suffered. Eight days with a fever, severe headache and sore throat. She was crying and clutching her head just like DD15. Thank god her fever finally broke because if it didn't the doctor was going to hospitalize her!

I did not consider this illness mild at all! And I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy!

DD15 got sick a couple of days after a school trip to Hersey Park. The health department thinks she probably picked it up there.

 

[luvdzny]

Do you mind if I ask if YOU have asthma or any other "underlying conditions"? I have asthma, so I worry about this flu. Glad you are feeling better.

No I am actually the healthy one in the family! This thing just hit me hard. Monday I started coughing and by Wednesday I was in the hospital on oxygen. I am still using 2 different inhalers and I am not supposed to go outside due to the heat. DD has asthma and a number of other health problems but she did not get sick.

 

[luvdzny]

My doctor seemed scared of this flu and had both of us wear a mask while he examined and tested me.

While I was in the hospital I was in a reverse pressure (I think that is what is was called) room. My door had to stay closed at all times. Only DD & DH were allowed to visit me. Everyone that came in the room had to wear a mask, gown & gloves. DD & DH were not allowed to touch me. When I first came home I was quarantined to my room, only allowed out to go to the bathroom. The bathroom is actually in my room, but had it been down the hall I was supposed to wear a mask while I was out.

My doctor was concerned about this bug mutating. In my town the number of cases is definitely on the rise. Six people were tested and found to be positive the same day as I was. I was the oldest one, the rest were children & teens. We were the first patients to be tested, but now the numbers are growing.

 

[Explodo]

That this bug is still a story this far into summer has got to make you pause a moment. When this thing re-emerges in fall, we'll really need to be prepared. If it re-emerges as the mild form, we can count our blessings and suffer through the couple weeks you;re going to be sick.

If it mutates...we're going to really be in a bind.

 

[C.Ann]

No I am actually the healthy one in the family! This thing just hit me hard. Monday I started coughing and by Wednesday I was in the hospital on oxygen. I am still using 2 different inhalers and I am not supposed to go outside due to the heat. DD has asthma and a number of other health problems but she did not get sick.

While I was in the hospital I was in a reverse pressure (I think that is what is was called) room. My door had to stay closed at all times. Only DD & DH were allowed to visit me. Everyone that came in the room had to wear a mask, gown & gloves. DD & DH were not allowed to touch me. When I first came home I was quarantined to my room, only allowed out to go to the bathroom. The bathroom is actually in my room, but had it been down the hall I was supposed to wear a mask while I was out.

My doctor was concerned about this bug mutating. In my town the number of cases is definitely on the rise. Six people were tested and found to be positive the same day as I was. I was the oldest one, the rest were children & teens. We were the first patients to be tested, but now the numbers are growing.

Okay - now that is frightening to me - having serious health issues myself..

I'm so glad that you are okay - and hope you remain that way.. Will you still require the vaccine - even though you have already had this flu?

 

[kilee]

My doctor seemed scared of this flu and had both of us wear a mask while he examined and tested me

This is standard procedure. The doctor is trying to limit the amount of exposure to himself and others to the virus. It's standard procedure pretty much everywhere that I'm aware of. If a patient is highly suspected of having the swine flu, they should be masked while in the office or emergecy room (or other treatment location).

 

[Explodo]

BTW, have any of you good folks put together an emergency store of stuff in case they have to limit activity here in the future.

MOst Floridians call this a huricane survival store...IN the Midwest they call it a disaster store...On the west Coast it's Earthquake survival..

So what about you?

 

[sbell111]

BTW, have any of you good folks put together an emergency store of stuff in case they have to limit activity here in the future.

MOst Floridians call this a huricane survival store...IN the Midwest they call it a disaster store...On the west Coast it's Earthquake survival..

So what about you?

Here, we call it Publix.

 

[Explodo]

Here, we call it Publix.

Yeah...and what do you do when Publix closes down or can't get food and essentials shipped in?

That's one of the big things that gets hit really hard...Shipping. Truckers are limited in their travels because they have the ability to spread the disease far and wide really really quickly. And once they get sick, shortages will get out of hand quickly.

 

[lsyorke]

Yeah...and what do you do when Publix closes down or can't get food and essentials shipped in?

That's one of the big things that gets hit really hard...Shipping. Truckers are limited in their travels because they have the ability to spread the disease far and wide really really quickly. And once they get sick, shortages will get out of hand quickly.

Wow, talk about fear mongering. The only reports about truckers is that they are limiting their trips to Mexico.

 

[Explodo]

Wow, talk about fear mongering. The only reports about truckers is that they are limiting their trips to Mexico.

That's not fear mongering...that's straight out of the pandemic reduction and limitation handbook that comes from the CDC.

Sheeze.

http://www.pandemicflu.gov/health/cargo_trucking.html

 

[Explodo]

http://www.pandemicflu.gov/plan/individual/checklist.html


I'm not a nut or anything, but once the WHO decided to up the level to 6, I started figuring out what that meant to My family and myself. I suggest you read a little bit, without getting freaked out.

 

[C.Ann]

BTW, have any of you good folks put together an emergency store of stuff in case they have to limit activity here in the future.

MOst Floridians call this a huricane survival store...IN the Midwest they call it a disaster store...On the west Coast it's Earthquake survival..

So what about you?

Yeah...and what do you do when Publix closes down or can't get food and essentials shipped in?

That's one of the big things that gets hit really hard...Shipping. Truckers are limited in their travels because they have the ability to spread the disease far and wide really really quickly. And once they get sick, shortages will get out of hand quickly.

Wow, talk about fear mongering. The only reports about truckers is that they are limiting their trips to Mexico.

I read it as a question - nothing else.. And should this flu hit hard and fast, I don't see how truckers would somehow be exempt from catching it and either having to take time off from work or spread it wherever they go..

I didn't see the question as being anything more than the same type of question people ask during hurricane season.. There may or may not be a hurricane, but if there "is" a severe hurricane, the people who did not "prepare" for it are the first ones to be raked over the coals by everyone from the media to the folks right here on the DIS..

Seems like an innocent enough question to me..