Nearly 4000 Americans Die from H1N1

[JR: Here we go with more fear tactics to scare the hell out of people for profit by throwing in all deaths from flu-related complications, such as pneumonia and other bacterial infections into the same H1N1 flu pot. WHAT? NO TRACKING OR REPORTING OF DEATHS FROM THOSE THAT RECEIVED THE H1N1 VACCINE?]

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"If serious problems were to crop up, federal law makes vaccine manufacturers and health officials immune from lawsuits. But it allows for a compensation fund for proven serious side effects, just as happens today with routine child vaccinations. Health and Human Services officials are developing such a program for swine flu vaccine, just in case it's needed, spokesman Bill Hall said."

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Nearly 4000 Americans Die from H1N1

By David Liu and editing by Rachel Stockton
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

has announced that the death toll from H1N1 may be four times higher than previously estimated.
The CDC earlier estimated 1,000 deaths associated with H1N1 flu. However, since then the agency has been scrupulously analyzing data from each individual state. Additionally, they have included deaths from flu-related complications, such as pneumonia and other bacterial infections. [JR: IN OTHERWORDS ALL DEATHS WERE COUNTED AS H1N1, EXCEPT FOR HEART ATTACKS AND CANCER??? THATS WHAT THEY CALL "MANIPULATING THE NUMBERS" TO SCARE PEOPLE INTO GETTING THE SHOTS AND MAKING BIG MONEY FOR THE THREE PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES THAT MAKE THE VACCINES.]
Their analysis has revealed that H1N1 has infected 22 million people in the United States; eight million of whom are children, since April. The virus and its complications have killed about 4,000 Americans, including 540 pediatric deaths.
The CDC's Dr. Anne Schuchat calls these numbers alarming: "I have already seen a larger number of deaths than we have had for several years - I do believe that pediatric death toll from this pandemic will be extensive and much greater than what we see with seasonal flu," she says.
Compared to other diseases, the risk of dying from H1N1 virus remains small. For children, the death risk is 540 out of 8,000,000. Early data indicate that the majority of children who have died from H1N1 suffered from other underlying health conditions; a small proportion of children who died were apparently healthy.
Federal Health officials say that even though the risk of dying from H1N1 is small, the number of deaths associated with flu-like illnesses and secondary infections are higher when compared to the data collected during the same period in past years. Also, unlike seasonal flu, H1N1 poses a higher risk of hospitalization in children, along with a higher mortality rate among the elderly.
COMMENTS:
john mcain on 15/11/2009 18:14:06

The CDC also says that 36000 die a year from the seasonal flu. So it sounds like this has been a pretty mild year for the flu. Relax.........

Alarm Ist on 15/11/2009 18:53:48

And how many will die of in a car accident daily? >100/day. Half of those are alcohol-related. Over 350,000 will die of smoking-related disease. How much money, fear, news, etc. do we see thrown at these threats? Little to none. Americans are trained to be alarmist, but the real threats remain ignored. Nature needs to clean house.

a non-moose on 15/11/2009 19:02:34

The vaccine is bad news bears. My brother works with a maker of the vaccine and he has read reports of permanent neurological problems with children who took the vaccine causing developmental problems.
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Poland and the H1N1 Flu: Calm and unvaccinated:
A/H1N1 in Poland

by Martyna Olik

Global Research, November 15, 2009

Wirtualna Polska - 2009-11-10


Despite vocal criticism and an outbreak in Ukraine, the Polish government doesn't plan to buy the A/H1N1 vaccine.

Despite a serious outbreak of swine flu in neighboring Ukraine, the Polish government played it cool last week. Polish Health Minister Ewa Kopacz announced that she was not planning to stock up on swine-flu vaccine until it had been properly tested.

"The A/H1N1 vaccine is being produced by three companies, none of which has been able to assess its long-term effects. Their testing lasted a relatively short amount of time. It is not known whether [the vaccine] is safe for children and pregnant women," the health minister explained at a press conference last week.

Critics of the minister's decision expressed surprise that the European Commission's clearance of three of the swine-flu vaccines for distribution in early October had not been enough to win her trust. Nor was the World Health Organization's October 30 recommendation of the vaccines, including for pregnant women. Vaccinations, meanwhile, have already begun in France, Italy, Germany and the Czech Republic.

At the same time, there seems to be little cause for panic. Many specialists have stressed that the swine flu virus is in fact more benign than seasonal flu. According to Poland's National Institute of Public Health, 193 cases of swine flu have been confirmed in Poland to date, with no deaths.

"There are currently eight cases of A/H1N1 in Warsaw," Wiesław Rozbicki, spokesperson for the Voivodship Sanitary and Epidemiological Station in Warsaw, told WBJ. Cases of swine flu are expected to become more common between January and March.

The situation across the border

In Ukraine, the swine flu outbreak caused nationwide panic – schools were closed, travel restricted and public meetings banned. Although conflicting assessments abounded, a late-week statement by Ukrainian authorities put the number of registered cases of flu at 478,000, with 81-87 deaths. The government had had problems determining how many of these were actually swine flu; there were 17 confirmed cases of A/H1N1, with four deaths.

Although the WHO has not recommended the closure of borders or travel restrictions to Ukraine, calling these ineffective measures, Slovakia closed two pedestrian crossings with Ukraine and introduced medical check-points at others.

Polish PM Donald Tusk called on the European Union to help Ukraine fight A/H1N1 last week. "The character of this threat demands that rapid action be undertaken at the EU level," Mr Tusk wrote in a letter to European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso and Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt.


Martyna Olik is a frequent contributor to Global Research. Global Research Articles by Martyna Olik