A version of last years H1N1 flu strain is circulating in a South Carolina prison. As a precaution the prison has shut the doors to all visitors for the moment. The outbreak has so far hit about 140 of the inmates. The facility currently holds just under 750 inmates.
The outbreak began on January 17th and moved rather swiftly through the prison population.
For 2011 most of the US seems to have bypassed the Swine flu for the year. The United Kingdom on the other hand, has seen a lot of H1N1 this year including 112 deaths to date. Hospitals are also rapidly filling up with flu vaccine in short supply. A few of the other countries in northern Europe have been hard hit with swine flu as well. So far few cases have been seen in the US but that could change. Air travel makes it easy for a virus to move from country to country.
According to a report quoted in The Independent, at least 8 of the deaths of pregnant woman in the United Kingdom had avoidable medical errors as a contributing factor. This is actually pretty common in the practice of modern medicine now.
The Independent says that some of those contributing factors included, delays in getting admitted to the hospital, delays in drug treatments, and delays in even testing for the flu.
The Independant also point out that more than 50 people have died since the recent Swine Flu outbreak began in the UK.
Remember to wash your hands often, and be sure that you do it correctly! Also be sure that you are getting enough vitamin D, it is a challenge to get into the sun for your body to make Vitamin D on it’s own so find a good supplement!
I felt it was only appropriate to put something up in response to all the coverage of the recent Swine Flu outbreak. Pigs are getting a bad rap on this one. The government is supposedly renaming the virus to H1-N1, but it doesn’t seem to be catching on. SONG LYRICS Miss Piggy, Arnold Ziffle, neither has a little sniffle Porky Pig and Pooh’s Piglet No fever yet Putnam, Gordy, Toot and Puddle Not contagious safe to snuggle Ask Petunia Babe, Noelle All of them feel well Wilbur, Hamm Hogzilla too None of them caused the flu Wash your hands, wear a mask How’d this happen, people ask How it started I don’t know Stay away from Mexico Now it’s in the USA No one’s safe this day and age Pigs didn’t start the swine flu Blame the laboratory For this awful Story Pigs didn’t start the swine flu No we’ve been betrayed The strain appears man-made Viral codes of human flu Bird influenza’s in there too The only thing i seem to find People blame the swine Read the papers, post your blog Blame it on the lowly hog Down some aspirin, take a swig You’re infected by the pig Everyone thinks I’m contagious Read it on my twitter pages You can hug me you won’t die Come and hang out in my sty Eat your dinner throw it up No one blames it on the pup Run a temp and get the chlls Everyone run for the hills Pigs didn’t start the swine flu Blame the laboratory For this awful Story Pigs didn’t start the swine flu No we’ve been betrayed The strain appears man-made Name diseases after pigs Everyone throws …
