Science and Wonder - By Keith Seinfeld
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| Blog Name: | Science and Wonder - By Keith Seinfeld |
| Url: | http://kplu.wordpress.com/ |
| Language: | English |
| Topics: | science, technology, health |
| Description: | Topics include the evolution of life on earth, brain sequence and the mind, personal technology, vaccines and global health, microbes, earthquakes and volcanoes, animal behavior, and more. |
| Popularity: | 396 Followers |
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Keeping up with all the flu news
A lot of people are wondering, Just how dangerous is the swine flu virus? (More formally known as, 2009 H1N1.) The word from epidemiologists is: Not very dangerous, for most of us. However …. It’s quite dangerous to people falling in certain categories. Watch out if you are: a pregnant women, a baby, elderly, immune-compromised, morbidly obese. Or, if you have: any lung disease or disorder, an underlying chronic health problem. (More details on this at the federal flu website.)
A lot of people are wondering, Just how dangerous is the swine flu virus? (More formally known as, 2009 H1N1.) The word from epidemiologists is: Not very dangerous, for most of us. However …. It’s quite dangerous to people falling in certain categories. Watch out if you are: a pregnant women, a baby, elderly, immune-compromised, morbidly obese. Or, if you have: any lung disease or disorder, an underlying chronic health problem. (More details on this at the federal flu website.)
Schools ready for swine flu?
Soon after kids return to school, in the coming few weeks, we may see the H1N1 swine flu come back with sudden swiftness. That’s based on what’s happened during past pandemics, such as in 1957, and on the virus’ behavior in the southern hemisphere. Are the schools ready? It’s hard to tell. They basically are continuing where they left off when the first wave of sickness passed through last spring. My colleague, Jennifer Wing, reports on discussions between Public Health Seattle & King County and school districts. They don’t plan to close schools this time, and sick kids won’t have to stay home for as long (it was
Soon after kids return to school, in the coming few weeks, we may see the H1N1 swine flu come back with sudden swiftness. That’s based on what’s happened during past pandemics, such as in 1957, and on the virus’ behavior in the southern hemisphere. Are the schools ready? It’s hard to tell. They basically are continuing where they left off when the first wave of sickness passed through last spring. My colleague, Jennifer Wing, reports on discussions between Public Health Seattle & King County and school districts. They don’t plan to close schools this time, and sick kids won’t have to stay home for as long (it was
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