Doctors warn against resurgence of H1N1

[DearAbby]

DENVER - If you think flu season is over, think again. While the regular flu season is coming to an end, the H1N1 flu season could be seeing a major comeback.

Doctors say the H1N1 flu virus actually thrives in warmer weather and that is why new cases are popping up.

Denver resident Jimmy Aspinwall was recently diagnosed with H1N1 flu.

He says he did not heed the vaccine warnings and now regrets it.

"I usually get my flu shot, but I didn't want to go back twice. I was a little too lazy. I went through three days of hell. It would have been the best 30 bucks I'd ever spent," Aspinwall said.

Authorities say now is still a good time to get the vaccine because of the resurgence of cases of H1N1 flu.

"We're seeing now ... a new wave of H1N1 flu this spring and it's something we're watching very closely," Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services Kathy Sebelius said. "This is a serious illness. We've had about 60 million Americans sick with ... about 260,000 hospitalized and about 12,000 deaths."

more:
http://www.9news.com/news/local/article.aspx?storyid=135872&catid=346

[daleanime]

1. And the tons of left over vaccine .....

have nothing to do with this recommendation.:shrug:

[Cal Carpenter]

2. My first thought too

:shrug:

[Mojorabbit]

5. India has had something like

400 deaths since the first of the year and I think Georgia http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/30/health/30brfs-GEORGIAFLUCA_BRF.html?hp&ex=&ei=&partner=
in the US has had a large amt of cases this past month. They are keeping an eye out for another wave. My husband is seeing a pretty big uptick in flu cases among his patients here in central florida.
Time will tell. Hopefully the thing is over and done with.
Some recent headlines
H1N1 child death rate 5X higher than seasonal flu
http://www.examiner.com/x-29511-Colorado-Springs-Christian-Spirituality-Examiner~y2010m3d31-H1N1-child-death-rate-5X-higher-than-seasonal-flu
Flu spike in Southeast prompts renewed push for shots<
3/30/2010 2:39:19 PM

By Stacey Singer
Associated Press

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- If you thought we'd heard the last of the H1N1 swine flu pandemic, don't bet on it.
Several Southeastern states are seeing an unusual springtime uptick in the number of flu hospitalizations, prompting the CDC on Monday to call a news conference and remind laggards to get vaccinated.

and we are still having one or two deaths a week in a lot of states. It just isn't getting the press.

and in an interesting development Prez Obama
Obama administration scraps quarantine regulations
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2010-04-01-quarantine_N.htm?

Hong Kong has also had a big uptick in flu cases recently and has extended vacations because of it.

A small uptick in Bird flu H5N1 is happening overseas which I am still keeping an eye on.

[gateley]

3. If at first you don't succeed... nt

[arikara]

4. Oh good grief

don't tell me they're back fearmongering on that again.

[Mojorabbit]

6. It has not gone away

the press just has left it alone for a while and moved on. People are still becoming ill and some are dying. They are keeping an eye out for another wave. shrug

[notesdev]

7. Someone's under pressure to move product

Despite their best efforts, they never did manage to create enough hysteria to drive us all to take these untested vaccines.

Maybe they can pass a law with the Congressmen they own? Hire some new cops to frog-march us down to the clinics for our forced medication? It's for your own good, you know - trust us!

[ThomWV]

8. Interesting - I just heard a casual report on the radio saying there was excess vaccine

About a week ago I had the radio on and they said something about there being lots of excess vaccine on the shelves around the state. I think they said something like 20,000 doses(?) had gone unused from some recent stockpiling.