Swine Flu (H1N1) panic not based on facts! (Part ONE of THREE)
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Swine
Flu
Panic
in
Perspective
By Frank S.
Rosenbloom, M.D.
October 29th, 2009
American Thinker
AMERICANTHINKER.COM
__Part ONE of THREE
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I usually see about twenty
patients in my office,
and at least a few patients
in the hospital,
daily.
Over the past several months,
my patient load has increased
by one third.
Almost all of the
increase is due to
fears about
H1N1 influenza.
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Patients are coming to the
office fearful of “Swine Flu,”
with symptoms ranging from
a slight sniffle to overt
pneumonia.
After seeing hundreds of
cases of “flu” over the past
several months and testing all
of those who fit the clinical
picture of influenza,
I have confirmed only three
genuine cases of H1N1.
Two of these cases were in
physicians and one was
in a nurse.
All of the other cases
turned out to be allergies,
typical viral or bacterial
infections,
or the seasonal flu.
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Additionally,
all three had mild illness and
recovered with symptomatic
treatment.
The graph below shows the
percentage of visits for
influenza-like illness reported
by the U.S. Outpatient
Influenza-like Illness Surveillance
Network for the week
ending October 17, 2009.
Note the much higher
percentage of visits for
flu-like illnesses this year.
(Fig 1)
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This graph reflects the
anxiety that has been caused,
not an increased rate of disease,
but the title of the original
article is still appropriate.
It is necessary to keep this
“pandemic” in perspective.
We have an administration
that will try to divert attention
away from other issues and a
public health system that is
more than willing to help them.
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H1NI SWINE FLU links below
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