23 January 2014 (08:08 UTC-07 Tango)/21 Rabi ‘al-Awwal 1435/03 Bahman 1392/23 Gui-Chou (12th month) 4711
Ontario, Canada: Researchers at McMaster University have discovered that widespread use of off the shelf/over the counter non-prescription cold medication is actually spreading influenza: “When they have flu, people often take medication that reduces their fever. No one likes to feel miserable, but it turns out that our comfort might be at the cost of infecting others. Because fever can actually help lower the amount of virus in a sick person’s body and reduce the chance of transmitting disease to others, taking drugs that reduce fever can increase transmission.”-David Earn
Seoul, Korea: A former California native died from H1N1. The 32 years old English teacher died just 24 hours after phoning friends and family in the Golden State, to tell them she was sick. The Sacramento family needs financial help to bring her body home for burial.
Stockholm, Sweden: Researchers at the Karolinska Institute say the vaccine specifically for H1N1 causes narcolepsy.
Alabama, U.S.A.: Doctors at University of Alabama are resorting to an extreme treatment to fight H1N1. It’s known as ECMO (extracorporeal membrane oxygenation). It involves a machine that bypasses your heart and lungs in order to provide oxygen to your body. It’s considered a last resort treatment. H1N1 kills by depriving your body of oxygen, if you’re sick and you have trouble breathing and feel tired (caused by lack of oxygen) get to a hospital fast.
Arkansas, U.S.A.: Department of Health reports a total of 24 flu deaths.
Arizona, U.S.A.: State health officials report a 50% increase in flu cases in the past week. If you have signs of H1N1, shortness of breath and tired from lack of oxygen, there’s a reason you need to get to the hospital fast: “If someone seeks medical attention and gets on an anti-viral medication within the first 48 hours, we can usually truncate the illness and mitigate the symptoms. After 48 hours, the medicine doesn’t usually work.”-Kurt Solem, Scottsdale Healthcare
California, U.S.A.: Sacramento County reports a total of 14 flu deaths. Madera County reports their first H1N1 death. Santa Barbara County reports a 20 years old woman died of flu, but they’re not sure yet which version of flu. Officials have confirmed three people sick with H1N1. Fresno County reports four new deaths. Contra Costa County reports three new deaths. San Francisco County reports one death. San Mateo County reports one new death. Sonoma County reports one death. In San Diego, Scripps announced that at all their five hospitals visitors will be screened for flu before they can visit loved ones. Visitors who test positive for flu will be turned away. Many hospitals across California are restricting visitation. Doctors are advising that people start wearing masks. Flu season now considered worst in past five years.
Connecticut, U.S.A.: Westport Weston Health District out of vaccines. This contradicts the main streamer news media constantly harping that not not enough people are getting the flu shot.
Florida, U.S.A.: A flu death at Memorial Regional Hospital in Hollywood, and a flu death at University Hospital in Tamarac.
Idaho, U.S.A.: Kootenai Health, in Coeur d’Alene, had to turn people away due to overcrowding: “At one point we were short of critical care beds and running short of ventilators for life support.”-Walt Fairfax, Chief Medical Officer
Kansas, U.S.A.: Sedgwick County health officials report continued increase in influenza cases, despite the fact that about 40% of the residents have been vaccinated. Officials now say the vaccine is only 60% effective.
Kentucky, U.S.A.: Veterinarians from the University of Kentucky are warning that the use of NSAIDs pain killers will interfere with influenza vaccines! The warning concerns horses being given flu shots, and pain killers. The NSAID could prevent the horse from developing anti-bodies to the flu vaccine. If this could be a problem for horses, what about humans?
Nevada, U.S.A.: State health officials report nine flu deaths so far, more than the number of flu deaths at the same time last year.
North Carolina, U.S.A.: Alamance County reports their first flu death, a child. So far 28 people have died from influenza in the Old North State.
North Dakota, U.S.A.: Sanford Hospital in Bismark is asking children to stay away: “Since we’re in the peak season we need to protect our patients. It seems to be a little more aggressive in the middle-aged patients than in the past so it’s our responsibility to protect those that we can and those are the patients housed in our institution here.”-Anthony Tello
Ohio, U.S.A.: A 29 years old man became the 5th person to die from H1N1 in Lucas County. The father of the man said they took him to an urgent care center, where doctors told him his son did not need to be hospitalized because “he is young, he’ll bounce back”. He was sent home, only to get worse. He went to hospital when he could hardly breath. He died of double pneumonia. It was only a matter of a few days from the time he got sick to when he died. H1N1 kills by depriving your body of oxygen, if you’re sick and you have trouble breathing and feel tired (caused by lack of oxygen) get to a hospital fast.
Oregon, U.S.A.: A woman in her 50s is in a medically induced coma at OHSU. Her boyfriend said it hit her hard, going into pneumonia shortly after going to the hospital. Her breathing was reduced to 10%! Doctors said her only chance for recovery was to be put into a coma. H1N1 kills by depriving your body of oxygen, if you’re sick and you have trouble breathing and feel tired (caused by lack of oxygen) get to a hospital fast.
Tennessee, U.S.A.: Vanderbilt University Medical Center reports 17 influenza deaths. Metro Health Department out of vaccines (this shows you that a lot of people are getting the flu shot).
Texas, U.S.A.: Local news reports say many health clinics have run out of vaccine. Pharmacies are reporting they have plenty of shots, however several people interviewed by local TV news reported that they tried to get a shot at a retail pharmacy a couple of weeks ago and were told they were out of stock.
Washington, U.S.A.: Four Spokane hospitals had to turn people away due to overcrowding.
Hanoi, Vietnam: 41 students from Tri Duc High School were hospitalized with H1N1. Health officials say most have recovered but a few are still sick with fever.