Killer Flu heading for Japan!

by **Taro Toporific** » Mon Mar 17, 2003 7:40 pm

BBC is reporting that that this is going to be worse that the 1918 Flu that killed 15% of the population of major cities throughout the world.
Japan health authorities on alert over pneumonia
TOKYO, March 17 (Reuters) 17/ Mar 2003 / 08:07pm - Japan has put health authorities around the country on alert over a type of pneumonia that has killed at least nine people overseas, although no cases had been reported in Japan as of Monday.

by **donhyrum** » Mon Mar 17, 2003 10:30 pm

I was sick for a good 3 weeks. Very swolen tonsils. I specifically asked my doctor to check for the flu, but he said it was negative. I usually don't get sick, but this flattened me. I would not doubt if I had something similar to this flu... Anyone else been that sick?

by **Big Booger** » Mon Mar 17, 2003 10:57 pm

a bud of mine got mutant tonsilitis.. It was tragic.. said it had pus on his tonsils, swollen, felt raw.. he was sick for quite a while...

by **Torigaa Fenikkusu** » Tue Mar 18, 2003 2:58 am

its not there yet? i could swear i heard it was there alreay...hmm..must've not been payin attention..

by **Torigaa Fenikkusu** » Tue Mar 18, 2003 3:06 am

Taro Toporific wrote:BBC is reporting that that this is going to be worse that the 1918 Flu that killed 15% of the population of major cities throughout the world.

Was that flu bad because they couldnt treat (didnt have the technology to find cure) or because people couldnt afford the medical costs, etc etc

by **ramchop** » Tue Mar 18, 2003 8:04 am

Torigaa Fenikkusu wrote:Was that flu bad because they couldnt treat (didnt have the technology to find cure) or because people couldnt afford the medical costs, etc etc

There's never been a cure for the flu has there? Anyway, this might not even be the flu (which apparently is a good thing):

A British expert says that it is unlikely that the illness is flu - the most frightening scenario for experts.

Professor John Oxford, a world-leading figure in virology, based at Queen Mary's College in London said that the fact that a culprit had not yet been identified was good news.

He said: "If it was influenza, I expect we would have heard this by now. That's certainly rather reassuring.

"This has been smouldering around the Far East for some time - it's not as if it has just exploded, I wouldn't get too worried."

And it looks like the outbreak in VN is all the fault of another bloody American :wink:

The outbreak is thought to have begun in the Vietnamese capital of Hanoi last month, after an American businessman travelling from Shanghai infected hospital workers before himself dying of the disease.

by **Taro Toporific** » Tue Mar 18, 2003 9:23 am

ramchop wrote:There's never been a cure for the flu has there? Anyway, this might not even be the flu (which apparently is a good thing)

Yeah, the "SARS" bug is scaringmy college buddies over at the CDChave been emailing me from their labs ALL night---nobody went home last night and they're still there now...48hrs straight.

Mystery Pneumonia Stumps Global Health Experts
Mon March 17, 2003 04:55 PM ET
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A mysterious illness that quickly develops into an unusually severe and deadly pneumonia has stumped doctors so far although labs have been working around the clock to identify it, world health officials said on Monday.

CDC Issues Health Alert Noticefor Travelers to USA from Hong Kong, Guangdong Province and Hanoi (March 17, 2003)

by **Big Booger** » Tue Mar 18, 2003 10:24 am

Why in the hell do most of these recent killer diseases come from China? I mean there was that chicken disease, etc.. Are the Chinese disease infested beings? Do they not scrub up? Are they just funky creatures? It seems especially that Hong Kong is the epicentre of disease origins..

Am I just acting on a stereotype or is there some truth to Chinese disease spreaders?

by **ramchop** » Tue Mar 18, 2003 10:55 am

Big Booger wrote:Am I just acting on a stereotype or is there some truth to Chinese disease spreaders?

The Chinese may start it, but it looks like it's the gaijins of the world who are spreading it.

I think you are just acting on a stereotype. China has a bloody huge population, of course a lot of diseases are going to originate there.

Some of the world's most deadly diseases originate (and are thankfully generally contained in) the hospitals of the Western world. And this is largely due to not "scrubbing up". Why use bleach to remove the disease if you can use antibodies to kill it?

MRSA anyone? (I've got some) :twisted:

by **ramchop** » Wed Mar 19, 2003 12:10 pm

Killer disease likely to be new bug

Experts believe it is increasingly likely that the bug responsible for a deadly form of pneumonia which has spread around the world is a new microbe not previously known to medicine.

by **American Oyaji** » Wed Mar 19, 2003 1:15 pm

I thought pneumonia was a condition caused by another illness.

And I didn't think it was contagious. So is this thing attacking the body in a matter similar to pneumonia and they call it this?

by **Taro Toporific** » Wed Mar 19, 2003 4:42 pm

American Oyaji wrote:I thought pneumonia was a condition caused by another illness.
And I didn't think it was contagious. So is this thing attacking the body in a matter similar to pneumonia and they call it this?

Doctors in Hong Kong Identify Deadly Pneumonia Virus
Wed March 19, 2003 12:41 AM ET
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Doctors in Hong Kong have scored a major breakthrough in identifying a deadly pneumonia virus that has killed at least 11 people and left hundreds ill as it races around the world....
"From the shape of the virus, it belongs to the paramyxoviridae family," said virologist John Tam at the Chinese University in Hong Kong.Though the symptoms appear similar, influenza was not a member of the that family...

by **Taro Toporific** » Wed Mar 19, 2003 9:44 pm

ramchop wrote:.

Mystery Illness May Be Similar to Mumps
Yahoo News / 8pm JST March 19
... Three cases were confirmed Wednesday in Japan, but none of the cases was serious and two of ... Many airlines were turning away passengers with flu-like symptoms.

by **Taro Toporific** » Tue Mar 25, 2003 2:37 pm

Fear of New Virus Grows as Hong Kong Official Falls Ill
New York Times - 1pm Tokyo Time
HONG KONG, March 24 --- Fears of a new respiratory illness deepened today as all public hospitals reduced nonessential services, workers and students were told to stay home if they felt sick and one of the two top officials handling the outbreak was himself hospitalized.
Restaurants here are becoming less busy, and many visitors are canceling trips as the illness, called SARS, for severe acute respiratory syndrome, continued to spread.

Two more cases of mysterious illness detected in Japan
Tuesday, March 25, 2003
TOKYO (AP) - Two more people have been detected with symptoms of the mysterious flu-like illness in Japan, while one previously reported case has turned out to be a false alarm, health officials said.

The announcement brings the total number of cases linked to the deadly illness to four in Japan.

All four have either recovered or are recovering quickly, according to a ministry statement, released late Monday night.

by **gomichild** » Tue Mar 25, 2003 8:34 pm

*decides not to leave her apartment*

oh wait a minute I rarely leave as it is now...

by **GomiGirl** » Tue Mar 25, 2003 10:26 pm

gomichild, haven't you already survived the killer flu? Perhaps you are now imune and have the antibodies like an Omega woman?

How about this for a blast from the past??? I thought it apt to converge two threads....

The Omega Man....

Plot: Dr. Robert Neville, thanks to an experimental vaccine, is the only survivor of an apocalyptic war waged with biological weapons...

Figures: USA. 1971. 98 minutes. English. Technicolor. Rated PG.

by **skyline1080** » Wed Mar 26, 2003 3:17 am

I Recently had a sickness where i couldnt talk at all and it came from no where, but i dont believe that its this bug thats over seas, i have a friend over there that said she was sick for quiet sometime before everyone started talking about the new bug, i was wondering if she had it :twisted:

by **ramchop** » Wed Mar 26, 2003 9:06 am

US researchers believethe illness may be caused by a new, more virulent version of the virus that causes the common cold.

That's a worry. :eek2:

by **Taro Toporific** » Wed Mar 26, 2003 9:33 am

ramchop wrote:
US researchers believethe illness may be caused by a new, more virulent version of the virus that causes the common cold.

If in doubt, BLAME THE CHINESE!

EDITORIAL
Mystery disease raises new fearsThe Japan Times: March 26, 2003
Most scientists believe that the disease first appeared in southern China late last year when there was an outbreak of "atypical pneumonia" in Guangdong. Health statistics are politically sensitive in China, however, and reporting on disease outbreaks is frequently suppressed.

There are reports that the Chinese government ordered newspapers to ignore news both of the initial outbreak last year and the more recent upsurge in Hong Kong. China only agreed to WHO involvement in investigating the outbreaks two weeks ago, and international health officials say cooperation has been begrudging at best. ...

China's increasing integration into the world economy imposes obligations on the Beijing government. Old habits of secrecy must be abandoned. When it is ready to shoulder that responsibility, it will have help from the rest of the world.

by **ramchop** » Mon Mar 31, 2003 10:18 am

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned of the seriousness of the outbreak.

"This virus is unlike any known human or animal member of the virus family," it said in a statement.

As concern spreads, the WHO announced that the doctor who identified the bug has himself died of the disease.

Interesting that the BBC Asia-Pacific news page is one of the few that doesn't lead with an Iraq War story.

Also gotta love the name of that Fillipino church leader "Cardinal Sin" :lol:

by **Taro Toporific** » Mon Mar 31, 2003 11:02 am

ramchop wrote:
As concern spreads, the WHO announced that the doctor who identified the bug has himself died of the disease.

I've got a UNCEF friend flying China Air from Kabul-Bejing-Narita today with a bad cold. She gonna get the ANAL PROBE at Narita for sure. :twisted:

CDC: Mystery illness spreads more easily than first
thought
ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) --The mystery illness that has
sickened 1,550 people worldwide appears to spread
more easily than was first thought, said Dr. Julie
Gerberding, director of the U.S. Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention.

--
FG server ...heal thyself

by **ramchop** » Mon Mar 31, 2003 11:13 am

SARS-infected travelers entered Fukuoka March 21

Monday, March 31, 2003 at 07:00 JST
FUKUOKA - Four passengers infected with a contagious pneumonia were aboard a Cathay Pacific Airways plane from Hong Kong to Fukuoka on March 21, quarantine officials said Sunday.

The four - all nationals of other countries - boarded Flight 510 from Hong Kong and got off in Taiwan where the plane stopped over before heading to Fukuoka, according to information conveyed by Cathay Pacific to the Fukuoka airport quarantine office of the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry.

With a kill rate of 3-5%, how many FG's are going to get squashed? Seems it kills the elderly more readily... any geriatric FGs in this forum? :twisted:

by **Taro Toporific** » Mon Mar 31, 2003 12:27 pm

ramchop wrote:With a kill rate of 3-5%, how many FG's are going to get squashed? Seems it kills the elderly more readily... any geriatric FGs in this forum?

I qualify for early retirement in 14 months

but Steven Bildermann seem to beaten me in that race, dang.

The nama gaijin fresh off the plane who ALWAYS come down dead sick in their first three months with Mono and stress-related flu are the FG to worry about (since Steve and I are little more robust than average).

by **Taro Toporific** » Tue Apr 01, 2003 12:29 am

Wall Street Journal Calls for Ban on China Flights
Monday, March 31, 2003; 9:46 AM / NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Wall Street Journal called in an editorial on Monday for flights from China to be suspended to try to halt the spread of a deadly pneumonia that has killed more than 60 people in 15 countries...

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