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« Reply #75 on: November 03, 2009, 03:15:36 PM » |
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How is everyone faring with H1N1? My area seems not to be very hard hit, but perhaps I'm just oblivious.
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« Reply #76 on: November 03, 2009, 04:16:05 PM » |
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Ironically babies and small children that need booster shots are at the end of the line with getting vaccines. This is a bit problematic.
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« Reply #77 on: November 03, 2009, 06:02:12 PM » |
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Ironically babies and small children that need booster shots are at the end of the line with getting vaccines. This is a bit problematic.
In my area the healthy elderly are being asked to wait until babies and pregnant women get the shot, especially if they had the Hong Kong flu in 1968. |
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« Reply #78 on: November 04, 2009, 08:23:27 AM » |
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Ironically babies and small children that need booster shots are at the end of the line with getting vaccines. This is a bit problematic.
In my area the healthy elderly are being asked to wait until babies and pregnant women get the shot, especially if they had the Hong Kong flu in 1968. The problem is that babies need two shots, not one, so doctors won't give out the initial shot until they know that the booster will be available. Since they disperse all of the vaccine immediately, there is never a set of boosters available. |
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« Reply #79 on: November 13, 2009, 05:14:49 PM » |
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Things have really gotten better here. Flu cases (h1n1 or not) have dropped dramatically in my classes. Thank goodness!!!
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« Reply #80 on: November 16, 2009, 09:34:49 AM » |
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A coworker reports today that her Brother in Law is in the hospital and not expected to live -- age 50, works out regularly, they think it's H1N1 but don't know for sure yet. I wasn't worried about it at all... until today. Yikes.
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« Reply #81 on: November 16, 2009, 10:21:51 AM » |
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This was just reported in today's Inside Higher Ed:
Flu Blamed in Death of U. of Ottawa Professor
Keith F*gnou, 38, a professor at the University of Ottawa who was considered a rising star in chemistry, died last week, apparently from H1N1 complications, The Globe and Mail reported. Colleagues were stunned by the death. Unlike many H1N1-related deaths, no underlying health conditions were noted in F*gnou's illness.
The flu season is really just beginning. I think we need to brace for increases to be reported through March. Take all the precautions possible.
On preview: the censors remove the first syllable of his name and I am not sure how to fix it but I restored the "F" and "g" in his name and there should be an a in the middle.
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« Reply #82 on: November 16, 2009, 12:59:55 PM » |
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My daughter, a freshman snowflake at a southeastern R-1 got H1N1 five days after arriving on campus. Then got pneumonia and bronchitis on top of that, exacerbated by her asthma and came close to being hospitalized. Gave this mama a fright, let me tell you, especially as I am on the other coast. Folks at the Student Health center treated her well and did good followup care.
Haven't seen much activity in our area. Still trying to find a H1N1 shot for 16yo son, who also has asthma, with no success.
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« Reply #83 on: November 16, 2009, 01:12:51 PM » |
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Labkid #2 is recuperating from H1N1 (I am pretty sure that's what it was), aided by Tamiflu (with yelling by the Labparents: get the Rx filled and start taking it NOW!).
Thanks G-d she's better.
Grad student got over it a month or so ago.
Vaccine finally being offered today: to pregnant women and health-care providers only.
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« Reply #84 on: November 16, 2009, 02:00:08 PM » |
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The vaccine's available out here in very limited supply. My health care provider is rationing their supply for pregnant women and children only. We got the Dormouse vaccinated a few weeks ago. Public agencies are also offering the vaccine for high-risk groups, and people have been waiting in line for up to ten hours to get it.
My university likes to send out scary H1N1 updates every week, full of helpful advice that I would summarize as "Get vaccinated! P.S. Vaccine not currently available."
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« Reply #85 on: November 16, 2009, 04:13:49 PM » |
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Ironically babies and small children that need booster shots are at the end of the line with getting vaccines. This is a bit problematic.
In my area the healthy elderly are being asked to wait until babies and pregnant women get the shot, especially if they had the Hong Kong flu in 1968. I hadn't heard that about the 1968 flu. Does that actually confer some immunity? |
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« Reply #86 on: November 16, 2009, 04:54:41 PM » |
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My SO and I moved to the East Coast from Sunny-McLand-of-Sun at the beginning to Sept for grad school. We both got the Swine Flu within weeks of moving. It was bad and I ended up with am *ahem* bladder infection to boot, but we survived. Though, now everyone around the school and work is getting the flu as well...
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« Reply #87 on: November 16, 2009, 09:20:13 PM » |
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I am down with something now. I think it's a cold and not the flu. I had the regular flu shot, so I'm hoping for the best. I've had several students out with H1N1 and my son got it, then it developed into walking pneumonia. I'm a bit concerned, but not too much as long as there's no fever. I have an underlying chronic condition, but am on the old side of the range for H1N1 deaths and probably don't need to worry. I hope.
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« Reply #88 on: November 16, 2009, 09:38:13 PM » |
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Jeez, I left the fora to read the local papers online and one of the big stories is a woman who was fine on Halloween, and is currently hooked up to a new version of the iron lung machine - after being flown from her hometown to my town's major hospital. Damn. That's the scary part. One day you're fine, another day you're in the hospital for 2 weeks trying to breathe. Look no further, my hypochondriac brothers and sisters, there's plenty here to worry about.
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What about all them other professors – ain’t they your kin? Good God, no. I loathe them and they loathe me. – Sunset Limited
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« Reply #89 on: November 16, 2009, 11:57:09 PM » |
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OK, now I've got the chills. I think that's a sign of the flu and not a cold, right? Good thing I was only going to start banging out a couple of papers this week. It's not like I actually needed the time or anything. : (
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