Two dead and 40 hospitalized amid H1N1 flu outbreak in Spain

[DonViejo]

Source: Agence France-Presse



By Agence France-Presse
Tuesday, January 14, 2014 19:01 EST

Two men have died of swine flu in northern Spain, where an outbreak of the H1N1 virus has left over 40 people in hospital, officials said Tuesday.

Laboratory tests confirmed that the virus killed a 62-year-old man, who died Saturday in a hospital in Cantabria, the regional government said.

A 76-year-old victim, who had been suffering from other unspecified diseases, died at a hospital in Zaragoza in the region of Aragon where he was being treated for the H1N1 virus, a government spokeswoman for the region said.


Another 43 people who have tested positive for the H1N1 flu virus are receiving treatment in hospitals in Aragon, including 18 who are in intensive care, she added.



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[uppityperson]

1. We've h1n1 locally, quite a few but no deaths yet. It may be a bleak couple months and so sad for

those who get it.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

8. Dumb question. Is there a vaccine for this strain?

[uppityperson]

9. From what I read, this yrs vaccine does cover this strain. Last yr they missed, this yr they called

it right.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

10. I've never had a flu shot but I may this year.

The boyfriend is required to get one because he works in healthcare. He bitches and moans about it because he swears he got sick once from a shot. I call him an anti-vaxer and I get a fuck you

We have a friend that almost died from it a couple years ago. We were looking up air fares for the funeral it was that bad. But he pulled through. He had some other health issues that made it worse.

[uppityperson]

11. Wash your hands before touching your nose or eyes as this is a primary way it is spread.

Influenza virus has a narrow temperature range it can live in, why it takes up residence in the respiratory tract.

[ronnie624]

14. It isn't that there's not a vaccine.

The virulence of the strains is simply making it ineffective. The health care professionals I see, which includes a number of lab techs and RNs who are dealing with it daily, are saying the mutation rate is phenomenal, and that the most effective way to reduce your risk of exposure, is regular hand-washing, keeping your hands away from your face, and maintaining a distance of at least three feet from those who exhibit symptoms. I got it, and while it is longer lived than it has been in the past, the symptoms do not seem as intense.

[Gormy Cuss]

2. 17 Dead in the San Francisco bay area

http://www.sfgate.com/health/article/Flu-deaths-in-Bay-Area-rise-to-15-5141467.php

[Aerows]

3. 13 dead in Houston

http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/health/Flu-Cases-Spike-in-Texas-13-Dead-in-Houston-Area-237532411.html

[herding cats]

13. 26 in the Dallas area.

http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/state&id=9389855

[Hestia]

15. 19 dead in Arkansas as of 10 p.m. last night

I haven't seen today's numbers.

[daleo]

4. One in Alberta, Canada

[laundry_queen]

12. I thought it was 8 confirmed? nt

[daleo]

17. One dead from bird flu

Several dead from swine flu -could be 8. So maybe I was thinking more about that one.

[laundry_queen]

18. Yeah, that's H5N1. First case in North America.

The 8 are from the H1N1.

The H5N1 is freaky because the Chinese gov't says there is no H5N1 activity where this person visited, and she never ventured into areas near any poultry or birds. So how did she get it, if she wasn't in close proximity to birds?

[daleo]

19. It is a mystery

And a bit of a concern.

[defacto7]

5. 150 in hospital on respirator and

2 deaths in Salt Lake County alone from December 20 through January 6th. I don't know the count now. Average age with serious conditions 35 to 68.

[Yo_Mama]

6. Flu kills people every year in every country

http://wonder.cdc.gov/mmwr/mmwr_reps.asp?mmwr_table=4A&mmwr_year=2014&mmwr_week=01&mmwr_location=Click+here+for+all+Locations

http://wonder.cdc.gov/mmwr/mmwr_reps.asp?mmwr_table=4A&mmwr_year=2013&mmwr_week=01&mmwr_location=Click+here+for+all+Locations

So far this year it's not that much worse than the prior year:
http://wonder.cdc.gov/mmwr/mmwr_reps.asp?mmwr_table=4A&mmwr_year=2013&mmwr_week=52&mmwr_location=Click+here+for+all+Locations

http://wonder.cdc.gov/mmwr/mmwr_reps.asp?mmwr_table=4A&mmwr_year=2012&mmwr_week=52&mmwr_location=Click+here+for+all+Locations

[Hestia]

16. True - 61 people died last year in Ark. from the flu but this strain is more virulent and is

hitting younger people hard. It was reported that this year's flu has come sooner in the year and more people are infected than normal and we are over 6 weeks out from the "season" being over. It also reported that older people had either had this strain or had been exposed to it and are not as hard hit.

Thank all the gods that this year they got the vaccine correct - there was a report out of Canada this past summer that if you are given a flu shot but it doesn't do anything for the particular strain that is currently going around, the vaccine actually makes the flu symptoms worse than if you hadn't had the vaccine. All of the previous guessing games did not do anyone any favors.

[octoberlib]

7. One of my coworkers is out with it. nt