H1N1 myth

[JustAMomOf4]

<p>Do you think you don’t have to worry because you are healthy with no underlying health conditions?
[Half</a> of sickest H1N1 patients had been healthy - Swine flu- msnbc.com](<a href=“http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33294842/ns/health-swine_flu/]Half”>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33294842/ns/health-swine_flu/)</p>

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The largest U.S. analysis of hospitalized adult swine flu patients has found almost half were healthy people who did not have asthma or any other chronic illnesses before they got sick.
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<p>Futhermore :
[1</a> in 4 hospitalized swine flu patients put in ICU - Swine flu- msnbc.com](<a href=“http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33231427/ns/health-swine_flu/]1”>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33231427/ns/health-swine_flu/)

One quarter of Americans sick enough to be hospitalized with swine flu last spring wound up needing intensive care and 7 percent of them died, the first such study of the early months of the global epidemic suggests.

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[Kelowna]

<p>The above mentioned article also states </p>

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Other experts caution against making too much of specific numbers from these early results. </p>

<p>“We don’t know how good these numbers are. They’ve done a good job; it’s the best that we’ve got,” Osterholm said. “But there are deaths out there that are not being recognized as influenza — only an autopsy would pick them up. And there are likely hospitalizations for flu that were missed as flu.”

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<p>There is also a link there to another one, more optimistic
[NYT:</a> Areas hit by swine flu in spring see little now - Swine flu- msnbc.com](<a href=“http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33222741/ns/health-swine_flu/?ns=health-swine_flu]NYT:”>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33222741/ns/health-swine_flu/?ns=health-swine_flu)</p>

[slipjig]

<p>My brother and I got the nasal vaccine last night.</p>

[NJres]

<p>Now I am even more confused. Why am I hearing swine flu symptoms described as “mild” ?</p>

[BCEagle91]

<p>They seem to be mild for a lot of people. For a relatively small number of people, it can be very dangerous or fatal.</p>

[JustAMomOf4]

<p>NJ - I just read an article the other day that says that either you get mildly sick or very sick. There doesn’t seem to be much in between.
it is hard to tell who will get very sick and who won’t. The prudent thing would be to get immunized.</p>

[missypie]

<p>A friend was just put in ICU with pneumonia due to H1N1. A week ago he was a very healthy, fit 53 year old. Very frightening.</p>