The end is nigh?

[Vajra]

H1N1 Flu Tally 3440 Cases in 29 Countries; 2400+ cases in U.S.A

Rose 700ish cases overnight o.0 (in U.S.), also 1 person died in Costa Rica (so deaths now in Canada, Costa Rica, Mexico, and US)...We must watch the Southern Hemisphere starting in June to see what this virus might do to us in the fall, cause I got a bad feeling they might get hit hard next month (their fall/winter).

[OzzofAsura]

Here's an interesting table made on Wiki: http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a5/...fPandemics.jpg

It compares all the Major Flu Pandemics since 1918. I underlined the 4 ones being discussed/compared in the media. Notice that Swine Flu already has a higher death ratio than the normal seasonal flu (not including today's first US resident Texas death; only including recent Mexican deaths/Mexico Visitor-US death).

Also, holy shit at the Avian Flu... 60% death ratio wtf, the Spanish Flu of 1918 wasn't such a big death ratio, but it still killed a lot though I guess...But imagine if the Swine Flu some how becomes as virulent as the Bird Flu...lets hope not...

First Swine Flu Death in Canada

48 Death's Total now, also cases in the U.S. Doubled overnight according to all the news today (2500+ Cases worldwide now)

Quakes in California this week: 3 California Quakes this week (about three this week, but small 4.0ish mangintudes), Calofornia Fires in Santa Barbara ...

Oh and this: H1N1 Vaccine Breakthrough

H1N1 Flu Tally 3440 Cases in 29 Countries; 2400+ cases in U.S.A

Rose 700ish cases overnight o.0 (in U.S.), also 1 person died in Costa Rica (so deaths now in Canada, Costa Rica, Mexico, and US)...We must watch the Southern Hemisphere starting in June to see what this virus might do to us in the fall, cause I got a bad feeling they might get hit hard next month (their fall/winter).

You're like our own personal fear/panic/propaganda machine. lol

[Cyn]

You're like our own personal fear/panic/propaganda machine. lol

For real lol. So far 0 people have turned into zombies: not a major threat.

[Dimmauk]

Study: New flu inefficient in attacking people
AP

By RANDOLPH E. SCHMID, AP Science Writer – 1 hr 8 mins ago

WASHINGTON – With swine flu continuing to spread around the world, researchers say they have found the reason it is — so far — more a series of local blazes than a wide-raging wildfire. The new virus, H1N1, has a protein on its surface that is not very efficient at binding with receptors in people's respiratory tracts, researchers at the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology report in Friday's edition of the journal Science.

"While the virus is able to bind human receptors, it clearly appears to be restricted," Ram Sasisekharan, lead author of the report, said in a statement.

But flu viruses are known to mutate rapidly, the research team noted, so this one must be watched closely in case it changes to become easier to spread.

Even if it doesn't mutate, it's causing plenty of illness here and abroad already — and vaccine makers are working "at full speed" to develop shots for use in the fall if the government deems it enough of a threat, Dr. Anthony Fauci, infectious disease director of the National Institutes of Health, said Thursday.

Within a few weeks, Fauci expects to receive the first test batches for government-led studies in volunteers to see if the vaccine triggers signs of immune protection, at what dose and is safe.

The results of those tests will help the U.S. government decide whether to distribute swine flu vaccine in the fall, how much, and whether children or others should be first to get it.

The government wants public input before it makes any decisions, Dr. Anne Schuchat of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention told a meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science on Thursday.

Good news: The swine flu virus circulating today "is molecularly strikingly similar" to the spring's first cases, making it likely that any vaccine could be "a perfect match," Fauci added.

Worldwide, more than 300 people have died and more than 70,000 cases have been confirmed, according to the World Health Organization, which last month officially declared the virus a pandemic.

It's currently flu season in the Southern Hemisphere, and viral spread in Argentina has prompted schools there to give students an early vacation. But swine flu hasn't abated in the Northern Hemisphere, unusual since influenza usually retreats from summer's high heat and humidity. Confirmed U.S. cases have reached nearly 34,000 — a fraction of the infected are tested — and deaths rose 34 percent in the past week to hit 170, the CDC said Thursday. England's health minister said Thursday that his country faces a projected 100,000 new swine flu cases a day by the end of August.

Also Thursday, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said the U.S. will provide 420,000 treatment courses of the anti-viral medicine Tamiflu to the Pan-American Health Organization to help fight the flu in Latin America and the Caribbean. "All of us have a responsibility to help support one another in the face of this challenge," Sebelius said at a meeting of health ministers in Mexico.

Sasisekharan's paper, meanwhile, warned that the H1N1 strain might just need a single change or mutation to make it resistant to Tamiflu.

The researchers also noted that the new virus is more active in the gastrointestinal tract than seasonal flu, leading to intestinal distress and vomiting in about 40 percent of those infected.

The research was funded by the Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology and the National Institutes of General Medical Sciences.

[Rhinox]

Study: New flu inefficient in attacking people
AP

By RANDOLPH E. SCHMID, AP Science Writer – 1 hr 8 mins ago

WASHINGTON – With swine flu continuing to spread around the world, researchers say they have found the reason it is — so far — more a series of local blazes than a wide-raging wildfire. The new virus, H1N1, has a protein on its surface that is not very efficient at binding with receptors in people's respiratory tracts, researchers at the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology report in Friday's edition of the journal Science.

"While the virus is able to bind human receptors, it clearly appears to be restricted," Ram Sasisekharan, lead author of the report, said in a statement.

But flu viruses are known to mutate rapidly, the research team noted, so this one must be watched closely in case it changes to become easier to spread.

Even if it doesn't mutate, it's causing plenty of illness here and abroad already — and vaccine makers are working "at full speed" to develop shots for use in the fall if the government deems it enough of a threat, Dr. Anthony Fauci, infectious disease director of the National Institutes of Health, said Thursday.

Within a few weeks, Fauci expects to receive the first test batches for government-led studies in volunteers to see if the vaccine triggers signs of immune protection, at what dose and is safe.

The results of those tests will help the U.S. government decide whether to distribute swine flu vaccine in the fall, how much, and whether children or others should be first to get it.

The government wants public input before it makes any decisions, Dr. Anne Schuchat of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention told a meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science on Thursday.

Good news: The swine flu virus circulating today "is molecularly strikingly similar" to the spring's first cases, making it likely that any vaccine could be "a perfect match," Fauci added.

Worldwide, more than 300 people have died and more than 70,000 cases have been confirmed, according to the World Health Organization, which last month officially declared the virus a pandemic.

It's currently flu season in the Southern Hemisphere, and viral spread in Argentina has prompted schools there to give students an early vacation. But swine flu hasn't abated in the Northern Hemisphere, unusual since influenza usually retreats from summer's high heat and humidity. Confirmed U.S. cases have reached nearly 34,000 — a fraction of the infected are tested — and deaths rose 34 percent in the past week to hit 170, the CDC said Thursday. England's health minister said Thursday that his country faces a projected 100,000 new swine flu cases a day by the end of August.

Also Thursday, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said the U.S. will provide 420,000 treatment courses of the anti-viral medicine Tamiflu to the Pan-American Health Organization to help fight the flu in Latin America and the Caribbean. "All of us have a responsibility to help support one another in the face of this challenge," Sebelius said at a meeting of health ministers in Mexico.

Sasisekharan's paper, meanwhile, warned that the H1N1 strain might just need a single change or mutation to make it resistant to Tamiflu.

The researchers also noted that the new virus is more active in the gastrointestinal tract than seasonal flu, leading to intestinal distress and vomiting in about 40 percent of those infected.

The research was funded by the Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology and the National Institutes of General Medical Sciences.

But..but... Varja said the swine flu would bring in the zombiepocalypse. It lied to me!

[zoobernut]

But Dimmy your post needs way more bolded text and different colors too! I can't understand it unless every sentence is highlighted as being mega important.

[Vajra]

It's currently flu season in the Southern Hemisphere, and viral spread in Argentina has prompted schools there to give students an early vacation.

Source: Buenos Aires mayor declares emergency to fight flu - Rest of World - World - The Times of India

Buenos Aires mayor declares emergency to fight flu
Reuters July 1, 2009, 6:29 am

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BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - The mayor of Argentina's capital, Buenos Aires, declared a health emergency on Tuesday to help control an outbreak of the deadly H1N1 flu strain that has killed 26 people in the country.

Mayor Mauricio Macri urged city residents to stay at home as much as possible, saying the health emergency would remain in place through Friday. He said the measure would help different public services coordinate to combat the virus.

The Argentine government has confirmed 1,587 cases of the new strain of virus, also known as swine flu, which is spreading during the southern hemisphere winter.

Argentine authorities also said on Tuesday they were suspending classes for millions of children as a precaution.

Classes will be cancelled in Buenos Aires and four other provinces from Monday as officials bring forward winter vacation periods originally scheduled to start later next month.

Many of the flu cases have been reported in the densely populated working-class suburbs and impoverished slums that ring Buenos Aires.

On Monday, Argentina's health minister resigned amid the outbreak, with some Argentine media reporting opposition within the national government to her measures to combat the outbreak.

(Reporting by Lucas Bergman; Writing by Kevin Gray, Editing by Sandra Maler)

But swine flu hasn't abated in the Northern Hemisphere, unusual since influenza usually retreats from summer's high heat and humidity. Confirmed U.S. cases have reached nearly 34,000 — a fraction of the infected are tested — and deaths rose 34 percent in the past week to hit 170, the CDC said Thursday.

Exactly, it's still around in the Northern Hemisphere, and hasn't fizzled out, I find it crazy how some people don't think anything is abnormal about that, it's basically taking on certain traits that the Avian Flu has, which is that it can strive in warm weather. In addition, it CAN strive in cold weather (note: winter season has arrived in the Southern Hemisphere, and it has already displaced the seasonal flu there).

Also Thursday, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said the U.S. will provide 420,000 treatment courses of the anti-viral medicine Tamiflu to the Pan-American Health Organization to help fight the flu in Latin America and the Caribbean. "All of us have a responsibility to help support one another in the face of this challenge," Sebelius said at a meeting of health ministers in Mexico.


Sasisekharan's paper, meanwhile, warned that the H1N1 strain might just need a single change or mutation to make it resistant to Tamiflu.

Guess what's happening now:

Source: Swine Flu: First Case Of Tamiflu-Resistant H1N1 In Denmark | NowPublic News Coverage

DENMARK-Roche Sees First Case of Tamiflu-Resistant Swine Flu (Update1)

By Christian Wienberg and Marthe Fourcade

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June 29 (Bloomberg) -- Roche Holding AG said a swine flu patient treated with its Tamiflu drug in Denmark showed resistance to the antiviral medicine for the first time.

The patient was given a low dose of Tamiflu preventively after coming in contact with someone infected with the H1N1 pandemic virus, said David Reddy, who heads Roche’s influenza task force. The person developed flu symptoms and was found to have a virus mutation that evaded the drug, Reddy said on a conference call today.

The patient has recovered and doctors have found no other people carrying the resistant strain, Denmark’s National Board of Health said today in a statement on its Web site. Tamiflu studies show that 0.4 percent of adults and 4 percent of children with seasonal influenza develop resistance, according to Reddy.

“We know from seasonal flu that a proportion of patients can develop resistance,” Reddy said. “We fully expect that this also can occur during treatment with a new flu strain.”

The new virus, which has killed more than 300 people worldwide, “remains sensitive to the drug,” Reddy said. “What this does underscore is the continued need for resistance monitoring.”

Gauging Resistance

The virus hasn’t acquired new characteristics that make it resistant to Tamiflu, according to Reddy. Instead, in this one patient, when faced with a low dose of the medicine it found a way to evade it, he said. That’s known as drug-induced resistance, he said.

Roche, based in Basel, Switzerland, is studying flu sufferers in several countries to gauge drug resistance.

Swine flu hasn’t previously shown resistance to Roche’s Tamiflu or GlaxoSmithKline Plc’s Relenza, antiviral medicines that reduce the severity of the disease when administered in the first few days. The World Health Organization reported today that there have been 70,893 cases of the virus globally, including 44 people in Denmark.

“This one case of a resistant virus doesn’t change our recommendations to use Tamiflu and the treatment remains part of Denmark’s preparedness measures,” the National Board of Health said in the statement.

and,

Source: Japan finds first case of H1N1 resistant to Tamiflu | Reuters

Japan finds first case of H1N1 resistant to Tamiflu

Source: Reuters

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TOKYO, July 2 (Reuters) - Japan has confirmed its first case of a genetic mutation of the new H1N1 influenza that shows resistance to Tamiflu, the main antiviral flu drug, a health ministry official said on Thursday. The World Health Organisation has declared a global pandemic is under way from the virus, known as swine flu, which has so far been treatable with Tamiflu, made by Switzerland's Roche <ROG.VX>.

Takeshi Enami, an official at Japan's health ministry, said that the patient's sensitivity to Tamiflu had yet to be tested. The patient, who was confirmed in May with the H1N1 strain of the flu in the Osaka prefecture of western Japan, has since recovered and no other cases of the new flu have been confirmed around the patient, Enami said. He could not confirm the age or the sex of the patient. The first case of H1N1 that did not respond to Tamiflu was a patient in Denmark.

Earlier this week the WHO said that case, revealed by Roche and Danish officials on Monday, was an isolated one and did not amplify the severity of the virus. Resistance to Tamiflu has been previously documented in the deadly bird flu virus H5N1 and seasonal H1N1 flu. (Reporting by Yoko Kubota

and,

Source: The Hindu : National : Possible case of “tamiflu resistant” A (H1N1) virus

India Finds a Possible case of “tamiflu resistant” A (H1N1) virus

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Ramya Kannan

Positive tests, even after treatment, suggest a mutation

Blood sample to be sent to National Institute of Virology

CHENNAI: The Indian Council of Medical Research will investigate what seems to be a case of “resistant” A (H1N1) virus in Chennai, its Director-General V. M. Katoch said. This is the first such case reported in the country.

The State health authorities have been asked to send a blood sample of the infected person to the National Institute of Virology (NIV), Pune.

The patient, a man who had flown in from the U.S. in the third week of June, had tested positive along with his wife.

They were quarantined at the Communicable Diseases Hospital (CDH) here and started on a course of Tamiflu. “This was through the Directly Observed Treatment Short-course method, which means we know he took every tablet and did not miss out on even a single dose. Missing on doses can lead to resistance, but that is not the case with this patient,” Director of Public Health S. Elango said.

While his wife recovered and tested negative for A (H1N1) after about 10 days, the husband continued to test positive even after the treatment was completed.

Though he showed no symptoms, his tests kept coming back positive, Dr. Elango said.

“This is a case to be studied, definitely. The virus should not remain in his blood after the treatment. It is possible that it is a mutation of the virus. I have instructed the officials at the NIV to sequence the strain [from the samples] as soon as possible. Once we have that, we can have the alternative drugs to treat the patient,” Dr. Katoch explained.

He said the patient at the CDH could be treated on recommended doses of the drug ‘Relenza’ available in India.

When told that the patient was anxious to go home, Dr. Katoch categorically said that he could not be discharged as long as he continued to test positive, even if he was not symptomatic.

“He is certainly a carrier and can spread the virus to members of his family, and thereby take it into the community. That should not be allowed to happen. Indigenous transmission of the virus from this person will lead to a huge public health problem,” Dr. Katoch said.

The issue would be sorted out as soon as the sequence was drawn up. “That way we will also be ready for any future occurrences.”

and,

Source: Tamiflu resistant swine flu case found in Hong Kong: govt

Tamiflu resistant swine flu case found in Hong Kong: govt

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Hong Kong on Friday detected a strain of swine flu that was resistant to Tamiflu, the main anti-viral flu drug, the health department reported on its website.

The statement said the resistant strain of influenza A (H1N1) was detected during routine tests of its sensitivity to anti-virals.

"This is the first time Tamiflu resistance in HSI virus (has been) found in Hong Kong," a spokesman said.

The case came as the Japanese health ministry said doctors had detected the second case worldwide of a patient resistant to Tamiflu, widely used to treat the illness.

In the Hong Kong case the resistant virus was isolated from a specimen taken from a 16-year-old girl who arrived in the southern Chinese city from San Francisco last month.

She was admitted to hospital and opted not to take Tamiflu, the spokesman said, but was discharged after a week.

The strain is not resistant to the other anti-viral drug, Relenza, the health department said.

A spokeswoman for Swiss pharmaceuticals giant Roche, which makes Tamiflu, said the company had been informed of the case and called it "normal."

"It is absolutely normal," she said, adding that "0.4 percent of adults develop resistance" to Tamiflu.

Last month, authorities ordered all primary schools in Hong Kong to be closed for two weeks after the first cluster of local swine flu cases was found.

When Hong Kong discovered its first case, in early May, health authorities quarantined around 300 guests and staff at a hotel where the carrier, a Mexican, had briefly stayed.

Hong Kong is particularly nervous about infectious diseases following the outbreak of the SARS virus in 2003, which killed 300 people here and a further 500 around the world.

The latest numbers from the World Health Organization, released on Wednesday, showed 77,201 reported swine flu cases, with 332 deaths.

In Japan, the health ministry said doctors in Osaka prefecture had identified a woman who was resistant to Tamiflu -- the second such case, after one found in Denmark.

The Japanese woman had since been treated with Relenza and was recovering, Kyodo news agency reported Thursday, citing the health ministry.

In China, furious relatives of a woman who died while being treated for suspected swine flu stoned an ambulance in a rampage at a hospital in the eastern city of Hangzhou, state news agency Xinhua reported.

Initial reports stoked fears she might be the first person in China to die from swine flu, but police said on Friday that an autopsy had shown she died of an electric shock.

Xinhua reported that the woman had shown no symptoms of swine flu at the time of death, barring an occasional cough.

(c) 2009 AFP

[Jodwahh]

But Dimmy your post needs way more bolded text and different colors too! I can't understand it unless every sentence is highlighted as being mega important.

It's a kind of magic.

[archibaldcrane]

it's basically taking on certain traits that the Avian Flu has

Until it takes on the important Avian Flu trait (it's high mortality rate) no one gives a shit.

[Shenrien]

But..but... Varja said the swine flu would bring in the zombiepocalypse. It lied to me!

one problem, Zombies aren't fucking real, hello Hollywood for making retards.

[Araelus]

Firefox's news RSS just provided this gem of a headline:

BBC NEWS | Americas | WHO warns swine flu 'unstoppable'

The UN's top health official has opened a forum in Mexico on combating swine flu by saying that the spread of the virus worldwide is now unstoppable.

What kind of way to start a meeting is that?

"Hi, guys there is nothing we can do. Discuss."

Or is the use of quotes around 'unstoppable' supposed to indicate it's not really completely unstoppable? Reminds me of The “Blog” of “Unnecessary” Quotation Marks

[wop]

Sooooooooooo, got an email from building management people (my workplace):-

Subject: Swine flu
Importance: High

Dear all,

We have just had our first case of swine flu reported within 89 Albert Embankment. I have taken the liberty and added a link to the governments web site on what precautions you may like take. If there are any questions you may like to ask please email me and I will try and answer them for you.

Swine flu - everything you need to know : Directgov - Swine flu

Regards


Yuri Kugler
MA EEIAE
MBIFM

[kuronosan]

Dear lord, can we make constant swine flu updates a bannable offense? Thanks.

[Jodwahh]

one problem, Zombies aren't fucking real, hello Hollywood for making retards.

Please God say I'm being mega-super-ultra-whooshed.

[Dimmauk]

Dear lord, can we make constant swine flu updates a bannable offense? Thanks.

Harry Potter actor tells of swine flu fear
by AFP   July 6, 2009


LONDON (AFP) – Actor Rupert Grint, who plays Ron Weasley in the Harry Potter films, spoke Monday of his fears after contracting swine flu, saying he initially thought he might die.

Grint described contracting the A(H1N1) virus, which has spread around the world, as "quite scary" but he recovered after spending a few days in bed.

"It was quite scary when I first found out I had swine flu," he said at a press conference with other Potter actors including Emma Watson in London.

"I thought 'Am I going to die?' But it was just like any other flu really."

"I had a sore throat and I went to bed for a few days."

Grint was speaking ahead of the world première in London on Tuesday of "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince", the sixth instalment of the phenomenally successful Harry Potter films.

The 20-year-old's publicist confirmed on Saturday that he had suffered from the virus, taking several days off filming the next movie in the blockbuster series, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows."

Four people have died in Britain of swine flu, and the country has Europe's highest number of reported cases with nearly 7,500.

The government has warned that figure could rise to over 100,000 new cases a day by the end of August.

[Rhinox]

one problem, Zombies aren't fucking real, hello Hollywood for making retards.

Holy fucking LOL

[Vajra]

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a5/...email4_top.jpg

As the President's advisor on Homeland Security, I am passing along the following message from Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Janet Napolitano, Secretary of Homeland Security, and Arne Duncan, Secretary of Education, who are leading the efforts to prepare our Nation for the coming flu season.

Fellow Americans,

This spring we were confronted with an outbreak of a troubling flu virus called 2009-H1N1. As the fall flu season approaches, it is critical that we reinvigorate our preparedness efforts across the country in order to mitigate the effects of this virus on our communities.

Today, we are holding an H1N1 Influenza Preparedness Summit in conjunction with the White House to discuss our Nation's preparedness. We are working together to monitor the spread of 2009-H1N1 and to prepare to initiate a voluntary fall vaccination program against the 2009-H1N1 flu virus, assuming we have a safe vaccine and do not see changes in the virus that would render the vaccine ineffective.

But the most critical steps to mitigating the effects of 2009-H1N1 won't take place in Washington — they will take place in your homes, schools and community businesses.

Taking precautions for this fall's flu season is a responsibility we all share. Visit Flu.gov to make sure you are ready and learn how you can help promote public awareness.

We are making every effort to have a safe and effective vaccine available for distribution as soon as possible, but our current estimate is that it won't be ready before mid-October. This makes individual prevention even more critical. Wash your hands regularly. Take the necessary precautions to stay healthy and if you do get sick, stay home from work or school.

We are doing everything possible to prepare for the fall flu season and encourage all Americans to do the same — this is a shared responsibility and now is the time to prepare. Please visit Flu.gov to learn what steps you can take to prepare and do your part to mitigate the effects of H1N1.

Take Care,
Kathleen, Janet and Arne




The White House • 1600 Pennsylvania Ave NW • Washington, DC 20500 • 202-456-1111

Still complacent now? Even the White House, the President (he was heard talking on CNN to the Health Commission of the U.S. this afternoon from the G8 summit about this) and his officials are now urging for vigilance.

I won't be getting the vaccine as soon as it comes out, because I doubt it'll be effective (and probably have bad side effects anyways). They'll probably be making PSA's on TV (Public Service Announcements) beginning in early August. With this thing also gaining resistance to Tamiflu in Japan, Denmark, India, China, and NOW Vietnam, I would be a fool to say that I'm not concerned. Also, no one knows how and when this thing will mutate, but we already know it WILL displace the seasonal flu because it has already done so in South America.

[Dimmauk]

Still complacent now? Even the White House, the President (he was heard talking on CNN to the Health Commission of the U.S. this afternoon from the G8 summit about this) and his officials are now urging for vigilance.

I won't be getting the vaccine as soon as it comes out, because I doubt it'll be effective (and probably have bad side effects anyways). They'll probably be making PSA's on TV (Public Service Announcements) beginning in early August. With this thing also gaining resistance to Tamiflu in Japan, Denmark, India, China, and NOW Vietnam, I would be a fool to say that I'm not concerned. Also, no one knows how and when this thing will mutate, but we already know it WILL displace the seasonal flu because it has already done so in South America.

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Problem solved!

[Vajra]

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Problem solved!

Dayquill doesn't work, I know people who have taken over counter medicine, and it doesn't do jack shit (they just throw it up later in the day). The only things that are helping right now are Tamiflu and Relenza, and even Tamiflu is gaining resistance now (even in people who have never taken Tamiflu ever).

The best you can do is drink lots of fluids, take your Tamiflu (and hope that it doesn't get 90%+ resistance before you get the virus or else you'll have to buy Relenza which is more expensive because it comes in an Inhaler), drink chicken soup broth, and rest.

Also, there are many many reports of people throwing up and diarrhea from this, because it binds to the gastrointestinal tract. Some people cough so much that they cant control themselves and vomit. In addition, it can cause serious lung damage, even if you recover from a mild case.

[Correction]

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Problem solved!