Someone told me the other day that many Medical insurance companies are trying to protect themselves from a pandemic of claims by putting restrictions on coverage for people who fly into countries during an H1N1 outbreak. In other words, they are sending out addendums to policies telling people not to fly to these countries and if you do, you won't be covered, even when you return, so buying Travel health insurance wouldn'… Continue

Swine flu may hit 70 per cent of NSW

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Combined with an earlier-than-usual outbreak of the seasonal flu, it has led to a 1500 per cent rise in the number of people attending hospital emergency department's with flu-like symptoms so far this winter.

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There are now more than 420 confirmed human swine flu cases in NSW and officials fear the proportion of all flu cases may rise to 60 to 70 per cent… Continue

Gare aux rassemblements - Carefull with Mass Gathering

Excerpt, with my rough translation:

Le ministre de la Santé du Québec, Yves Bolduc, s'inquiète d'une propagation de la grippe A (H1N1) et prévient les personnes vulnérables d'éviter les rassemblements publics estivaux.

The Minister of Health of Quebec, Yves Bolduc, is concerned about the propagation of the… Continue

Good afternoon,

I have look in the last few weeks for some correlations between morbidity and mortality in infections of the H1N1 novel virus.

It turns out that I found a credible Trail and here are some of my conclusions presented in some of my different worldwide and multilingual blogs.

This research was triggered via a request from Bangladesh.

Does arsenic set us up for H1N1?
http://www.dynamicbangladesh.com/blogs/index.php?option=com_myblog&show=Does-arsenic-set-us-up-for-H1N1-.html&… Continue

Pandemic Reality Check
What Can Be Done -- and What Can't -- To Protect Against H1N1
By John M. Barry
Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Here is John M. Barry observations on the unfolding pandemic with some comments of mine.

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How many people this virus will sicken and kill depends, ultimately, on three things
the virus itself;
the impact of what are known as "non-pharmaceutical interventions,… Continue