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- Cover your nose and mouth with a tissue when you cough or sneeze. Throw the tissue in the trash immediately.
- Wash your hands frequently.
- Avoid touching your eyes, nose and mouth (which is how a flu virus that has gotten on your hands can enter your body).
- Avoid close contact with sick people.
- Stay home if you do get sick.
The symptoms of swine flu in people are similar to the symptoms of regular human flu and include fever, cough, sore throat, body aches, headache, chills and fatigue. Some people have reported diarrhea and vomiting associated with swine flu. In the past, severe illness (pneumonia and respiratory failure) and deaths have been reported with swine flu infection in people. Like seasonal flu, swine flu may cause a worsening of underlying chronic medical conditions.
And, for a possible environmental cause of this flu virus, see Karl Burkart, MNN’s technology blogger, post this morning on what Mexican locals are saying.
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Comments(24)
Posted By scary - Mon, Jan 18 2010 at 7:40 AM ESTswines flu
SWINES IN TOP HATS SWINDLE
Glaxo is just a marketing hand
so who sold that vacc to the whole world carrying seeds of the next pandemic?
What state, what monster?
When failed, getting away to try again?
Like Oklahoma
your comment must be approved by
OH YEAH?
guess where all the internet monitoring flows to and you guessed where that vaccine maker sits
According to a list compiled by Dr. Patricia Doyle at rense.com, a host of strange.... More
Posted By Anonymous - Sat, May 02 2009 at 3:17 AM ESTCALM DOWN PEOPLE!
It's not swine death, it's swine flu. Just like the regular flu, you won't die from it unless you;re really young/old or have something wrong with your immune system, JUST LIKE THE REGULAR FLU. And you get it from humans, not pigs. You are all acting like ignorant teenagers. Freak out!
Posted By Meda - Tue, Sep 22 2009 at 2:08 PM ESTGlad you are smart
your right but i am not an ignorant tenenager... ALthough i am an ignorant teenager..
Posted By Anonymous - Thu, May 21 2009 at 9:14 AM ESTto the calm down people
if people wont to freak out they can coz anyone can die from it you inconsideret pig shut up
Posted By kelly - Fri, May 01 2009 at 12:26 AM ESTcrazy people
Enter your comments herewhy dose any one care about how she told her kid about the flu why dose it matter
Posted By Gigi Gerow - Fri, May 01 2009 at 1:50 AM ESTBecause...
...it makes the article more interesting. It is called "relate to your readers".
It means she's real person with a real life....just like the rest of us!
Posted By deb - Thu, Apr 30 2009 at 2:49 AM ESTdont eat swine...old testMENTS
WHY ARE THEY GETTING SWINE FLU FROME PIGS i dont get it .... belive its false ///// cause the bible says .... roomers willl go .....
Posted By Gigi Gerow - Fri, May 01 2009 at 1:47 AM ESTCan't you people read?
She says very clearly and it has been reported in many places....you cannot get the swine flu from pig meat (aka pork!).
It is being passed from person to person just like many other flus and viruses.
Posted By Meda - Tue, Sep 22 2009 at 2:07 PM ESTGET iT GIRL
You right about that people need to read.
Posted By AnonymousJerry - Wed, May 20 2009 at 11:04 PM ESTSWINE FLU ALERTS
Pandemic level is at 5
The President is not doing nothing right now but depending on the scientists at mexico right now. U.S Scientists and Chems have gone to Mexico the past month researching and slaughtering pigs for testing of where the disease came from. So You guys are actually wrong. THEY ARE TESTING PIGS. THEN EXPLAIN WHY. ....
THXS IM COOL/doorky
Posted By Anonymous - Tue, Apr 28 2009 at 11:34 AM ESTmistaakes...
Avoid close contact with those you are sick.
- You mean "who' not "you"
start editing!
Posted By Robin Shreeves - Tue, Apr 28 2009 at 2:25 PM ESTedited
Thank you for your concern with my professionalism.
Posted By Yebor - Tue, Apr 28 2009 at 9:22 AM ESTU Don Good
Why worry your child about something they have no control over. They should be taught to wash their hands, cover there mouths when they sneeze or cough but other than that why upset them?
Posted By Anonymous - Tue, Apr 28 2009 at 12:44 AM ESTNot in NC
In North Carolina the state government tried to hide the fact that citizens had contracted the swine flu. Now they refuse to disclose the locations or even the part(s) of the state where the flu has been contracted, further endangering the citizens and children.
Posted By Bri - Mon, Apr 27 2009 at 2:17 PM ESTmade in mexico
It is probably the dummie in me but should we also be staying away from products that have been imported from Mexico in the last month or so? And also ]Robin.. As a fellow mother and not dumb *** man I think you did very well with your child considering you did not have time to ease his fears entirely before school.
Posted By Anonymous - Mon, Apr 27 2009 at 1:17 PM ESTkosher
I think we should all just eat kosher. I'm not Jewish myself, but I eat Kosher for the most part - reason being, I noticed in college that my Jewish friends didn't worry nearly as much about their food being safe to eat and about being susceptible to food born illnesses. It did make our spring break trips to Mexico difficult, though.
Posted By Anonymous - Mon, Apr 27 2009 at 12:16 PM ESTTo the original comment about apathy
To the person who responded about apathy. You are absolutely retarded. The poster stated facts, no where did she make it racial. Go vote for Obama again.
Posted By Anonymous - Mon, Apr 27 2009 at 10:45 AM ESTWhat
Way to teach your kid to be apathetic about what happens to other PEOPLE. You should calm him, but this was not the way.
Posted By Robin Shreeves - Mon, Apr 27 2009 at 11:36 AM ESTTiming
I can see how it reads that I was just blowing the subject off with my son. That's not the case, though. With kids you have to know when the right moment is to teach them something and the right moment is to prevent a melt down for the rest of the day. To explain any of this to my son five minutes before he had to rush off to school would have been very bad timing. It would have done nothing but keep him focused and worried about this all day long.
Understanding how and when to best.... More
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CRIMES AGAINST POSTERITY
SWINE FLU SWINDLE
SWINES FLEW IN TOP HATS
Glaxo is just a marketing hand
so who sold that vacc to the whole world carrying seeds of the next pandemic?
What state, what monster?
When failed, getting away to try again?
Like Oklahoma
your comment must be approved by
OH YEAH?
guess where all the internet monitoring flows to and you guessed where that vaccine maker sits
According to a list compiled by Dr..... More