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Deaths in the U.S. since January 2009
Swine Flu: 0
Regular Flu: 13,000
There is nothing that cannot be overreacted to. Fear and hysteria allow politicians to control the population and the media to get higher ratings.
Update 1: Saturday, May 2, 2009 — A 23-month-old boy visiting from Mexico has died in the U.S. from the A/H1N1 flu (swine flu). So now the score in the U.S. is:
Swine Flu: 1
Regular Flu: 13,000
Update 2: This photo was used to accompany an article, Swine Flue And School Closings, by Max Kalehoff, on May 20, 2009.
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Regular Flu Has Killed Thouands Since January
By Doug Gross
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
There had been no confirmed deaths in the United States related to swine flu as of Tuesday afternoon. But another virus had killed thousands of people since January and is expected to keep killing hundreds of people every week for the rest of the year.
That one? The regular flu.
An outbreak of swine flu that is suspected in more than 150 deaths in Mexico and has sickened dozens of people in the United States and elsewhere has grabbed the attention of a nervous public and of medical officials worried the strain will continue to mutate and spread.
Experts are nervous that, as a new strain, the swine flu will be harder to stop because there aren't any vaccines to fight it.
But even if there are swine-flu deaths outside Mexico — and medical experts say there very well may be — the virus would have a long way to go to match the roughly 36,000 deaths that seasonal influenza causes in the United States each year.
"That happens on an annual basis," Dr. Brian Currie said Tuesday. Currie is vice president and medical director at Montefiore Medical Center in Bronx, New York.
Since January, more than 13,000 people have died of complications from seasonal flu, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's weekly report on the causes of death in the nation.
No fewer than 800 flu-related deaths were reported in any week between January 1 and April 18, the most recent week for which figures were available.
The report looks at deaths in the 122 largest cities in the United States.
Worldwide, the annual death toll from the flu is estimated to be between 250,000 and 500,000.
About 9 out of 10 of those deaths are among people older than 65, Currie said. Most times, they already have health problems that the flu makes worse, he said.
"Regular influenza can be taxing," he said. "It causes their underlying disease to decompensate and then they don't have the reserves to get through it.
"While it may not be the direct cause listed on the death certificate, it certainly contributed."
One of the reasons medical experts are nervous about the swine flu outbreak is that many of the people who have died in Mexico have been young and otherwise healthy. The strains found in the United States have so far been weaker.
But even the regular flu is sometimes fatal for younger victims.
"It's not unheard of. It happens, either directly from influenza or they get a bacterial superinfection" like staph, said Currie.
While researchers haven't developed a vaccine to fight the new swine flu, it can be treated with antiviral drugs Tamiflu and Relenza, the same drugs used on the regular flu.
Many times, seasonal flu itself is tough to prevent because it has mutated to a form different than it was when the vaccine was made.
Seeking to put the swine flu outbreak in perspective Tuesday, Los Angeles County public health officer Dr. Jonathan Fielding echoed other public officials calling it "cause for concern, but not for alarm."
"Given the size of L.A. County, given the traffic between here and Mexico, it would be very surprising if we didn't have any cases," Fielding said.
He said the county, where the CDC had confirmed 10 cases of swine flu by Tuesday, sees more than 1,000 flu-related deaths every year.
"So it would also not be surprising if there were deaths with swine flu — even if it had the pattern of seasonal flu," he said. "Thus far, the pattern we see in the United States is very similar to that of seasonal flu — relatively mild to moderate cases."
Gross, Doug. "Regular Flu Has Killed Thousands Since January." CNN. 28 Apr. 2009. <www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/04/28/regular.flu/index.html>
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Note: I did not take the photo here.
This sculpture is titled The Young Family. It was made by artist/sculptor Patricia Piccinini as part of her We Are Family exhibition in 2003 at The Australian Venice Biennale Pavilion.
There is a We Are Family website that features a lot of her work.
You can find an essay, We Are Family, in PDF format on the Internet.
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Explored! April 29, 2009 #448!
Tonight's idea came from what i've been reading on the news.
I'm not doing a new self portrait every night, i'll run out of ideas.
Just have my gear with me in my room for now.
Gonna try and take a new one once a week.
Thoughts.
1. Reading about the swine flu kinda scares me honestly.
2. Who's idea was it to fly Air Force One that low over Manhattan?
3. It cost $328,835 to fly the 747 & F-16 for the photo shoot.
4. Yet people are homeless and jobless.
5. 1 1/2 meals a day isn't cutting it.
6. I've lost 30ish pounds since January.
7. I really want a Sigma 10-20mm lens.
8. Gas masks are very uncomfortable.
9. I think i ripped a ear off taking the gas mask off.
10. I want some Spicy Chicken Alfredo from Zio's.
11. Have a hip-hop group to shoot this week.
12. Hopefully the weather works with me, don't think it will though.
Lighting Info
B1600 through beauty dish boomed above me
AB 40 degree grid on beauty dish
Fired by CyberSyncs
Yesterday the World Health Organization raised the alert level on the H1N1 influenza virus (or "swine flu"), meaning that it is now officially a "pandemic" -- the first global flu pandemic in over 40 years. For now, this virus doesn't seem to be much worse than other strains, but the worry is that it may mutate to become more deadly, as did so-called "Spanish flu" of 1918.
View larger on black. Textures by Skeletal Mess: check out his fantastic photostream.
This was a stone pig statue in a garden, and some clever person had put on the mask. Then it became an experiment in textures and layer modes (and the first time I've ever found a valid use for the "Dissolve" layer mode). Anyway, I don't expect this to be popular with the "sunset & flower crowd" (hey, that's me, too!), but here it is.
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Update, one flu season later: well, there was much hype, widespread immunizations and some deaths, but so far this strain doesn't seem any more deadly than other seasonal strains of influenza.
I think that 8 hours per day in front of the computer + 14 hours of screenprint work per week are going to kill me.
My back hurts a lot. awww
Second Lt. Victoria Salas administers a flu shot to Staff Sgt. Michael Kacer of Able Company, Warrior Transition Brigade.
My third Bio-Racer! He's a tad simple, but I like him :D
He was also my entry to The Periodic Bionicle Contest 2012 - Round 1: Dark Crusader Vs. Legofreak2444
Unfortunately, I lost :P
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Entrenamiento temprano y carrera
Goya comenzó sus estudios en Zaragoza con José Luzán y Martínez, un artista local formado en Nápoles, y más tarde fue alumno, en Madrid, del pintor de la corte Francisco Bayeu, cuya hermana se casó en 1773. Fue a Italia para continuar sus estudios. y estuvo en Roma en 1771. En el mismo año regresó a Zaragoza, donde obtuvo su primer encargo importante para frescos en la catedral, que ejecutó a intervalos durante los siguientes 10 años. Estas y otras pinturas religiosas tempranas hechas en Zaragoza son de estilo barroco-rococó, entonces actual en España y están influenciadas en particular por el gran pintor veneciano Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, quien pasó los últimos años de su vida en Madrid (1762–70), donde había sido invitado a pintar techos en el palacio real.
La carrera de Goya en la corte comenzó en 1775, cuando pintó la primera de una serie de más de 60 caricaturas (pinturas preparatorias; en su mayoría conservadas en el Prado, Madrid), en las que estuvo comprometido hasta 1792, para la Real Fábrica de Tapices de Santa Bárbara. . Estas pinturas de escenas de la vida contemporánea, de pasatiempos aristocráticos y populares, se iniciaron bajo la dirección del artista alemán Anton Raphael Mengs, un gran exponente del neoclasicismo que, después de la muerte de Tiepolo, se había convertido en un dictador de arte indiscutible en la corte española. En las primeras caricaturas de Goya, la influencia del estilo decorativo de Tiepolo se modifica por las enseñanzas de Mengs, particularmente su insistencia en la simplicidad. Las caricaturas posteriores reflejan su creciente independencia de las tradiciones extranjeras y el desarrollo de un estilo individual, que comenzó a surgir a través de su estudio de las pinturas del pintor de la corte del siglo XVII Diego Velázquez en la colección real, muchas de las cuales copió en grabados ( c. 1778). Más tarde en la vida se dice que reconoció a tres maestros: Velázquez, Rembrandt y, sobre todo, la naturaleza. Los grabados de Rembrandt fueron sin duda una fuente de inspiración para sus dibujos y grabados posteriores, mientras que las pinturas de Velázquez lo dirigieron al estudio de la naturaleza y le enseñaron el lenguaje del realismo.
En 1780 Goya fue elegido miembro de la Real Academia de San Fernando, Madrid, siendo su pieza de admisión un Cristo en la Cruz, una composición convencional a la manera de Mengs pero pintada en el estilo naturalista del Cristo en la Cruz de Velázquez, que él sin duda lo sabía. En 1785 fue nombrado subdirector de pintura en la Academia y al año siguiente pintor del rey, Carlos III. A esta década pertenecen sus primeros retratos conocidos de funcionarios judiciales y miembros de la aristocracia, a quienes representó en poses convencionales del siglo XVIII. La rígida elegancia de las figuras en retratos de cuerpo entero de damas de la sociedad, como La Marquesa de Pontejos, y la pintura fluida de sus elaborados trajes también los relaciona con los retratos de la corte de Velázquez, y su representación de Carlos III como Huntsman se basa directamente en Los cazadores reales de Velázquez.
Tried out the Flu Card on the Pentax K3II not disappointed. Sat by the computer in the the other room and captured some pretty sweet pics using the galaxy Tablet as the viewfinder..At the same time I was working on this pic. multitasking at it's finest
This little Oriol had a brown patch on his head..
Ağakapısı / Süleymaniye / İstanbul / Turkiye
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Tüm Hakları Saklıdır. © Morkedi 2011
NO BANNERS AND AWARDS PLEASE!!!
Lindsey and I got our flu shots today. It takes about two weeks for it to take effect, so don’t put it off too long.
I also got the first of two shots for Shingles. Not gonna lie, this one stung a bit, but not too bad.
mein neuer Faulenzer für alle !°
my new idler for all!
just what: observer and eye-catcher!
nur was für : Beobachter und Hingucker !
Panoramen
www.flickr.com/photos/olycandimko/45154898624/in/album-72...
schaust Du nur an, oder stöberst Du schon in foto-webcam.eu ?
are you just looking at, or are you already browsing in foto-webcam.eu?
295/365 (3,613)
Today was flu jab day and a good job it wasn't raining, coz from joining the back of the queue, it took 25 minutes to get through the doors.
This is for the 365 treasure hunt, number 54 Queue.
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Poem by Tom Lee
I normally am singing hymns
When to my church I go
But no verses are sung today
A sermon then? But, no….
It’s for a different reason
That I’m venturing inside
Hands sanitised, mask ready
With arrows me to guide
I’m getting rather ancient, see?
I now have topped the list
Although I’m fine, I’m first in line
I think you get the gist
I’m queuing for my ‘flu jab
‘Priority’, that’s me
I don’t want Covid, nor the ‘flu
(The jab for me is free)
It’s a strict ‘one-way round’ system
In this door, out the next
It’s really quite efficient
(I was advised by text)
So now I am ‘protected’
But I still won’t take a risk
No raves for me, nor parties
It’s home for me and brisk!
In Canada there is a Freedom Convoy thing going on. It's sort of Mad Max meets ... Hillbilly Truckers. I dont really know how else to describe it. They drive in convoys with semis, big trucks, farm and construction equipment, create disturbances, lay on their horns, wave Canadian flags. Sometimes there's Nazi flags. Sometimes they have hot tubs and set up outdoor gyms by their trucks when they stop. They don't seem to like ethnic diversity and they are angry about Vaccination mandates...
On Twitter they are taunted with the name 'Flu Trux Klan'....
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Lady Mitchell Hall, University of Cambridge.
Winter. Cold. Brrrr! Cough, cough. Blue corner (see previous upload, right of this image). Flu corner...
The flu is caused by an influenza virus. Most people get the flu when they breathe in tiny droplets from coughs or sneezes of someone who has the flu. You can also catch the flu if you touch something with the virus on it, and then touch your mouth, nose, or eyes. Sometimes people confuse colds and flu. They are different. But, you might have some of the same symptoms. Most people get a cold several times each year. Usually, a person gets the flu once every few years. Sometimes, you can get a virus that makes you throw up or have diarrhea. Some people call this the "stomach flu." But, that is misleading. It is not a flu. The flu mostly affects your nose, throat, and lungs...
...taken at the Bond Street underground station...
London, United Kingdom...
Flu season is just around the corner. Beth doesn't want to miss any workouts so she's getting her flu shot :-)
Today I was at my job and I wrote a book..I like so much..some words were very true and I'ld like to share with you with this beauty..
'If someone only see dark and think pitch-dark in night always view and see dark in life. Real musiki always tuned and muttered in nights and find it’s tone in melancholic times.
Yes night is so very secret conservatory..There some nights that ıt’s mother of decisions and opinions..' Life is like that..
thanks so much
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Creator: Oakland (Calif.) Health Dept.
Publication Note: [Oakland, Calif.] : Oakland Health Dept.
Physical Description: 1 broadside : b&w ; 32 x 24 cm.
Call Number: Vault B-168
Digital object ID: Vault_B-168.jpg
Preferred Citation: Influenza! How to avoid it! How to care for those who have it! ... What to do until the doctor comes! / Oakland Health Dept., Vault B-168, courtesy, California Historical Society, Vault_B-168.jpg.
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