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Swine Flu News Updates
April 24, 2009 by national
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Swine flu news updates will be posted here continually throughout the day. Our original post on the swine flu outbreak in Mexico and the US can be read here. Swine Flu - Outbreak in Mexico, U.S. Tied To New Unique Strain
UPDATE: April 24, 9:00pm PST Additional News Story Links
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Possible Swine Flu Outbreak At NYC Prep School…
Most fatal flu victims aged between 25-45…
Swine flu could infect trade and travel…
Schwarzenegger has ‘rigorous’ plan..
WHO ready with antivirals…
The mysterious respiratory illness…
CDC says too late to contain…
60 DEAD: Mexico City launches huge vaccination campaign…
CLOSE TO 1,000 SUSPECTED CASES…
Heighten Risk of Pandemic…
Concerns in California, Texas…
Mutated from pigs, transmitted to humans…
Mexico has not suffered serious flu epidemic before…
UPDATE: April 24, 5:42 pm PST New York City health officials say that about 75 students at a Queens high school have fallen ill with flu-like symptoms and testing is under way to rule out the strain of swine flu that has killed dozens in Mexico. Read More
UPDATE: April 24, 3:02 PST California has activated the Joint Emergency Operations Center (JEOC) of the Department of Public Health, in coordination with the California Emergency Management Agency.
UPDATE: April 24, 2:38 PST 1004 cases of swine flu in Mexico, 68 people have died. Source
US medical authorities expressed strong concern Friday about an unprecedented multi-strain swine flu outbreak that has killed at least 60 people in Mexico and infected seven people in the United States.
“It’s very obvious that we are very concerned. We’ve stood up emergency operation centers,” Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) spokesman Dave Daigle told AFP.
One major source of concern was that the virus included strains from different types of flu.
“This is the first time that we’ve seen an avian strain, two swine strains and a human strain,” said Daigle, adding that the virus had influenza strains from European and Asian swine, but not from North American swine.
In 11 of 12 reported human cases of swine influenza (H1N1) virus infection in the United States from December 2005 to February 2009, the CDC has documented direct or indirect contact with swine.
But the seven known cases of the previously undetected strain in the United States — five from California and two from Texas — did not have contact with pigs. The seven people infected have all recovered from the flu.
“We have determined that this virus is contagious and is spreading from human to human,” the CDC said on its website. “However, at this time, we have not determined how easily the virus spreads between people.”
Local and state health officials were interviewing not just the people who were infected but the people with whom they had contact, Daigle noted.
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CDC says too late to contain U.S. flu outbreak
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Friday it was too late to contain the swine flu outbreak in the United States.
CDC acting director Dr. Richard Besser told reporters in a telephone briefing it was likely too late to try to contain the outbreak, by vaccinating, treating or isolating people.
“There are things that we see that suggest that containment is not very likely,” he said.
He said the U.S. cases and Mexican cases are likely the same virus. “So far the genetic elements that we have looked at are the same.” But Besser said it was unclear why the virus was causing so many deaths in deaths in Mexico and such mild disease in the United States.
3rd Possible Swine Flu Outbreak In Mexico
Mexico has reported a third possible outbreak of swine flu in Mexicali, near the U.S. border, with four suspect cases and no deaths to date, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Friday.
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WHO calls emergency meeting on swine flu
The World Health Organization said on Friday that it was convening an emergency committee to advise whether outbreaks of swine flu in the United States and Mexico constituted an international public health threat.
“WHO will convene, sometime in the very near future, an emergency committee under the International Health Regulations, which will consider whether or not this event constitutes a public health event of international concern,” WHO spokesman Gregory Hartl told Reuters in Geneva.
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PANDEMIC SURVIVAL GROCERY LIST
We take the grocery store for granted. In the event of a run on the stores, just think how very few frightened shoppers that it would take for your neighborhood grocery to run out of a product like rice or canned tomatoes. A few determined families could take most of it! The stores could be stripped bare in minutes.
We made our list based on shelf life, availability, and price. We then researched recipes to find the products most commonly used. Cross-off what you or your kids dislike. Be cautious of big sizes of perishables, since waste will quickly nullify any savings. Some items have a long shelf life, but must be used quickly after opening.
This list is comprised of storage foods, those that can be stored for many months or even for years. Check expiration dates, you'll find items on the same shelf can vary as to dates. And please..don't buy only "dry milk and tuna", as some government officials have suggested. Both of these items are common allergens, and allergies can develop when some foods are eaten to excess. Besides, your family would hate you!
This list probably contains some items that you usually try to avoid. A lady checking me out in the grocery store noticed that I was buying a lot of sugar and flour (on sale for a good price). She haughtily informed me her children do not eat sugar, or much flour. I asked her what her kids would eat if the food supply were interrupted, like in hurricane Katrina. She said they would eat fresh vegetables. I wonder where she thought the fresh vegetables would come from?
Try to "rotate" a decent supply of food and still always have plenty on hand in case of an emergency. Many of these items have a very long shelf life, and can be used strictly as emergency storage. This list is designed for some variety, so that the kids and teens in our "pod" don't meltdown from boredom. No one can tell you how much to buy, but try to work your way toward a three month supply.
Of course, you probably won't go out and buy all of this. Realistically, if you had to, you could purchase only bulk size bags of rice, dried beans, shortening, possibly corn, along with some source of Vitamin C, and you could last a very long time for very little money. Be sure you have your water purifier and basic food first, but better food (and some games) will be a real help in an extended "lock-down".
Note: The poultry in U.S. stores right now is perfectly safe.
Emergency Pantry: The List
Baking mixes (Pie crust mix plus canned pie filling =cobbler)
Baking powder
Baking soda
Barley
Bay leaves (delicious in beans, and insects avoid foods like flour with a bay leaf stored inside the bag)
Beans-dry
Bottled drinks and juices (not refrigerated type)
Brown Sugar
Bullion, concentrated broth or dry
Butter flavoring, like Molly McButter. Freeze for storage if you can.
Candy
Canned beans
Canned broth
Canned chicken breast
Canned meats
Canned chili
Canned diced tomatoes, other tomato products, and sauces
Canned French fried onions for green bean casserole
Canned fruit
Canned milk, evaporated milk
Canned pie filling (don't overlook, great item)
Canned pumpkin
Canned Salmon
Canned soups
Canned stew
Canned sweet potatoes
Canned Tuna
Canned veggies
Cans of lemonade mix, other canned dry drink mixes
Cheese dips in jars
Cheese soups, like cheddar, broccoli cheese, and jack cheese
Chinese food ingredients
Chocolate bars
Chocolate chips
Chocolate syrup, strawberry syrup squeeze bottles (about that dry milk, again)
Coffee filters (also for straining silt out of water)
Corn Masa de Harina or corn tortilla mix
Corn meal
Corn starch for thickening
Cream of Wheat
Cream soups (good for flavoring rice & pasta, too)
Crisco or generic (longer shelf life than oils)
Dried eggs
Dried fruit
Dried minced onion (big containers at warehouse stores)
Dried soups
Dry cocoa
Dry coffee creamer (big sealed cans, many uses including making dry milk taste better)
Dry milk powder
Dry Mustard
Flour, self rising flour. Flour tortilla mix for flour tortillas, wraps, and flatbread
Garlic powder
Granola bars (not great shelf life)
Hard candy
Honey (also reputed to reduce viral load in throat and esophagus)
Hot chocolate mix
Instant coffee if you drink it, or coffee and a manual drip cone or similar
Instant mashed potatoes
Jarred or canned spaghetti sauce
Jarred peppers
Jellies and Jams
Jerky
Ketchup
Kool Aid
Lard, Manteca (good in beans, substitute for bacon or salt pork, tortilla making, many other uses)
Large packages dry pasta, thinner type saves fuel
Marshmallow cream
Marshmallows
Mayo packets from warehouse store, if you must, not really a good value.
Mexican food ingredients
Mustard
Nestle Table Cream (Fantastic substitute for sour cream, cream, or half-and-half, in ethnic, hispanic sections of stores)
Nestle "Nido" canned dry regular fat milk. Also in ethnic sections
Nuts (freeze if you have room, only a moderate shelf life)
Oatmeal
Oil (Shelf life not great, freeze if you have room. Solid lasts much longer)
Olive oil
Olives, green and black
Onion powder
Packaged bread crumbs
Pancake mix, one step, and other mixes that already have the eggs in them
Parmesan
Peanut butter, nut butters
Pepper
Pet food
Pickles, relish (not refrigerator case type)
Powdered sugar
Power bars
Raisins
Ramen
Ravioli or any canned pasta you can stand
Real butter or favorite margarine-keep frozen until disaster if you can. Butter keeps a long time in cool temps)
Rice (cheap and filling)
Salsa (not refrigerated type) and hot sauces (Franks Hot Sauce!)
Salt
Spam or Treet
Spices and herbs your family likes
Stovetop Dressing mix
Sugar
Summer sausage, keeps at room temp
Sweetened condensed milk
Syrups
Tea
Trail mix
Ultra pasteurized milk (expensive)
Vanilla (improves dry milk, too)
Velveeta (watch carton date, freeze for storage if possible)
Vienna sausage
Yeast, if you think you would use it. May be frozen.
Baby food
Pet food
How do I use the Mask/Respirators, and how long do they last?
First, the most important thing: These masks are not an excuse to mix with others in public during a pandemic. If you see them as total protection, or if you believe the untruths you are reading online from unscrupulous sellers, you could end up sick, or dead. We can't stress this enough. A good quality mask is excellent protection, but please do your best to combine with "social distancing" and common sense. Having said this, they've been proven in health care settings to be VERY effective. We simply don't know how long the pandemic will last, or what kind of scenario will come that requires us to travel, or to seek supplies. As they say: Don't leave home without them.
These masks are disposable, but many many experts agree that if it is not exposed to infectious matter, each mask can be worn for several wearings by the same person. Try to keep wearings to 2-3 hours or less, this will help extend the life. Store in a warm, dry place in a paper bag and allow it to dry completely (2-4 days) between wearings. You can "cycle" masks like this. Placing the bagged mask in sunlight for a few hours is advantageous. The mask lasts longer if not allowed to get too wet from your breath.
Don't try to save them for too long. Discard if it gets dirty, if breathing becomes labored, if the mask gets wet, or if structural integrity is compromised. Discard if there is ANY chance you've been exposed, before you enter your safe area.
If you could have been exposed, remove mask with gloves, or with hands coated with alcohol gel. Then double-bag the mask in plastic bags, and put it in a closed container. Then, use alcohol gel on exposed skin. Remove clothing. Leave the clothes in a plastic trash bag for one week before washing. Keeping away from family members, go to the shower if water is available. THIS IS NOT IDEAL, but we don't have disinfection chambers! We will all just do the best we can.
You need plan on approximately one mask per approximately 12 hours of wear.
Make every attempt to stay 20 feet or more from people in public, and remember that the virus lives on hard surfaces (like a can in the grocery store) for 48 hours. They can live much longer in the cold. They can live for months or even longer when frozen!
A mask is a protective device that works very well to keep you from inhaling germs, but you must exercise caution.
Never put a mask on a sick person, you could kill them, and it won't work. The mask protects the wearer from others: It's an EXHALE valve.
It's very important to use an alcohol hand cleaner when handling an exposed mask, or if you touch anything in public. Brands include Purell Hand gel, Purell generic types, GermX, Members Mark from Sams Club. Ask the pharmacist where the alcohol hand gels are located in the store. Most germ transmission is from your hands touching nose and mouth.
If you are planning to be at home during the Pandemic, you need a lesser number of masks per person, but be sure you have enough since there are many unknowns about this pandemic, and we just don't know under what circumstances we might have to leave our secure location. No need to wear a mask in your home unless you are caring for a sick person.
Check before putting on each time and replace if facepiece or head straps show any signs of damage or deterioration. Replace if facepiece is visibly dirty, splashed on, or becomes difficult to breathe through.
If you might end up caring for someone with influenza, plan on at least 1-2 per day.
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What would You add to this list???
AVIAN INFLUENZA EMERGENCY SUPPLIES
Here is a list of supplies you might need in an emergency situation, in addition to your water purifier, emergency radio, flashlights, and protective masks.
You might not need some of these things if you are indoors. But what if you have to leave? The idea that your family could be quarantined in an area where there is looting and civil unrest is especially troubling. Mend any holes in your home security.
This list has many suggestions, but of course every family has different needs and wants, not to mention different age groups. Just be sure that you have separate 'to-go' bags which contain absolute necessities, and of course, water and your water purifier. Many of these items are already in your house, it's just a matter of organization. You will need safety masks for any trips outside during a pandemic. They would also be needed after an earthquake and some other emergencies.
The List:
*You need cash in small bills hidden in the house, if you possibly can. If the electricity is down, the ATM's will be down, and ATM's are manually filled with money by workers. As contagion spreads, banks will be closed along with other businesses. Also, banks will be harbors for infection due to the degree of money handling.
*Gas in cars, always. (Ask the people trying to escape hurricane Rita. Can you imagine being trapped on the road for days, in a huge traffic jam, no food and no water. Some had babies and the elderly with them.)
*Non-electric can opener (Not having this would be really bad)
*Clorox, plain kind
*Dishwashing detergent
*Small scrubbie
*Paper Towels
*Toilet paper, a very important item
*Tissues
*Matches
*Long-snout type lighters
*Candles
*Portable heater
*Emergency lighting
*Camp stove & fuel
*Games, playing cards, craft supplies, hobby supplies, free word games and other games off the net
*Containers, including at least one 5 gallon or similar bucket (emergency potty and many other uses)
*Plastic bags, different sizes, including large ones, many uses
*Duct tape and sheet plastic
*Scissors
*Disposable plates, forks, spoons, hot and cold cups
*Knives
*Hand beater, non-electric, like in the old days (many uses including mixing dry milk)
*Ziplock bags
*Aluminum foil
*Extra set of car keys
*Sleeping bags or plenty of blankets
*Sturdy shoes
*Glasses, sunglasses
*Clothes pins
*Clothes line rope and other rope (multiple uses)
*Surgical type gloves
*Work gloves
*A little shovel (what if the potty doesn't work.. and other uses)
*A small saw, tools or toolkit
*Non-electric clock or watch
*Batteries
*Mylar type emergency blankets, roll mylar insulation from a home center (good over windows, too)
*Sunscreen
*Purell or generic alcohol gel hand cleaner (very important). GermX @ many stores, Members Mark Brand @Sams
*Nail brush
*Wipes or baby wipes, refills are usually cheaper (get several kinds, brands smell differently)
*Bug repellent, skin type
*Insect killers, flying insect type also
*Shaving supplies
*Nail clippers
*Toothpaste, mouthwash, dental floss
*Tampons or other sanitary needs
*Shampoo
*Soap
*No-rinse face wash, like Cetaphil (generic OK)
*Mop bucket with wringer to use as a washing machine (Dollar Stores, Home Depot, home stores, discount store) and a cheap plunger to use as a clothes agitator. Works great!
*Maps, atlas
*Compass
*Metal garbage can to burn trash. If you can find an old one with holes in it, even better. Home Depot, Lowes, hardware stores. If you need it to draft better, you can knock a few holes around the sides.
*Paper and pen
*Magnifier
*A Sharpie type waterproof marker
*Note paper
*Photocopies of important documents such as birth certificates, drivers' licenses and so on for the entire family. Put in a waterproof bag.
*A cell phone charger, if you have a phone. Even when phone service was available, many Katrina survivors could not call out because their phones were dead and there was no power. When phone service is bad, small text messages can sometimes get through.
*A corded phone, they don't need electricity like a cordless phone
*Camping toilet, or perhaps your family has a bedside potty stored.
*Generator (nice to have, but remember, there may be limited or no gasoline)
*Solar panels and battery system (expensive)
*Oil lamps and pure lamp oil
*Firewood
*Charcoal
*Coleman lanterns with fuel & mantels
*Coleman fuel Also can be used as emergency gasoline. About $4.50 per gallon in a sealed container.
*Items for self protection
*Good locks on doors and windows
*Water containers
*Gasoline containers
*Hatchet or Axe
*Wound closure strips
*Gauze and tape
*Band aids
*Betadine or Hibiclens to wash injuries
*Anesthetic, like Lanacaine or Solarcaine
*Vitamins
*Imodium (generic is fine and cheaper)
*Tylenol or Ibuprofen
*Theraflu
*Vitamin C, Ester-C, or Emergen-C (food supplement when citrus is in short supply, good for immune system)
*Extra bottles or packages of all of your regular prescriptions, B.C. pills
*Contact lens solution
*Antibiotic ointment
*Thermometer
*Supplies for babies, toddlers, and older folks
*Pet food and supplies (Pet birds, kept indoors, are NO risk to you)
Camp stoves:
Cast Iron Double Burner Propane Stove
Cast Iron Triple Burner Propane Stove
Heavy Duty Single Burner Propane Stove
You may need to think about a back-up heating source. Most folks in cold areas have a plan for this already, since they can easily find themselves in a dangerous situation during winter storms.
Of course, you'll add to this list depending on your preferences.
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