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How do they know it's the swine flu? Some places are no longer testing - they are just ASSUMING it's swine flu.
Over 36,000 people die every year from regular flu.
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36000 where did you hear that crap from the MSM? ever really investigate the real number? its between 1 and 2 thousand a year in the USA according the the American Lung
Association Study and statistics...the remaining deaths are all elderly from pneumonia...its misdirection to cause you NOT to be ALARMED
dont by the 36k a year meme...its a fucking lie
Quoting: Avianuhhem, from the American Lung Association website: Influenza can be complicated by pneumonia, which is a serious infection or inflammation of the lungs. The air sacs fill with pus and other liquid, blocking oxygen from reaching the bloodstream. If there is too little oxygen in the blood, the body’s cells cannot work properly, which can lead to death.
Pneumonia can have over 30 different causes which include various chemicals, bacteria, viruses, mycoplasmasI and other infectious agents such as pneumocystis (fungi). Certain diseases, such as tuberculosis, also can cause pneumonia. Pneumonia also can be caused by the inhalation of food, liquid, gases or dust. The most common cause of community-acquired (compared to hospital-acquired) pneumonia is the pneumococcus bacterium; infection by this bacterium is known as pneumococcal disease.2 The pneumococcal bacterium also causes meningitis, bacteremia, otitis media and sinusitis.3
Want to learn more about the symptoms of pneumonia?
Please view the disease listing.
Symptoms of pneumonia include fever, wheezing, cough, chills, rapid breathing, chest pains, loss of appetite and malaise, or a general feeling of weakness or ill health.
Who gets influenza and pneumonia?
People most at risk from these infections and their complications are those whose defenses against disease are not operating well. They include the very young, the very old, those with chronic disease and those whose immune systems have been affected by birth defects, medications (including some drugs used to treat cancer) or AIDS.
About 5 percent to 20 percent of the population gets the flu each year.4 In the United States, influenza generally strikes between December and March, although it may appear a little earlier.
Along with other respiratory conditions, such as the common cold and acute bronchitis, these disorders are major causes of days lost from work and school.
What are the health impacts of influenza and pneumonia?
Influenza and pneumonia are major causes of illness and death. In 2005, these conditions ranked as the eighth leading cause of death in the United States and the sixth leading cause in people over 65 years of age.5
In 2004, 59,664 deaths from these diseases were recorded, for a combined death rate of 19.8 per 100,000. Of these, pneumonia caused the majority of deaths (58,564). Close to 90 percent of influenza and pneumonia deaths occurred in persons aged 65 and over.6 According to preliminary data, there were 62,804 deaths due to influenza and pneumonia in 2005, an age-adjusted rate of 20.3 per 100,000.7
Influenza deaths have increased substantially in the last two decades, in part because of the aging population.8 Influenza and its complications are responsible for an average of 226,000 hospitalizations and 36,000 deaths in the United States each year.9 The number of influenza deaths includes associated underlying respiratory and circulatory deaths in order to provide a more specific estimate of the total burden of influenza.10
Influenza and pneumonia are most likely to require hospitalization in those over 65 years of age. Data from 2005 show that persons aged 65 and older accounted for 60 percent of the total number of pneumonia hospital discharges (the diagnosis made upon leaving a hospital stay).11 The number (36,000) and rate (9.8 per 10,000 persons) of influenza discharges were both highest in those 65 years and older.12
Pneumonia can strike anyone at any time of the year. All-cause pneumonia hospital admission rates for children under two years in age in 2004 were 39 percent lower than during 1997 to 1999, a decrease in approximately 41,000 pneumonia admissions for that year. This decrease was due to the release and broad administration of a new pneumonia vaccine in 2000.13
From 2000 to 2004, the average annual influenza hospitalization rate was 0.9 per 1,000 children under five years of age. This age group also was responsible for 95 clinic and 27 emergency department visits per 1,000 children during the 2003-2004 flu season. Despite the usefulness of rapid influenza tests, only 28 percent of hospitalizations and 17 percent of outpatient visits had a discharge diagnosis of influenza among children with laboratory-confirmed influenza. Improving these rates will offer the opportunity for improved infection control, increased use of antiviral therapy, and education about vaccination.14 [ link to www.lungusa.org]
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