PureCajunSunshine Posted May 23, 2009 Share Posted May 23, 2009 I appreciate how New Scientist magazine explains--in plain language--the 'mechanics' of the H1N1 strain. For those who still don't understand what the big commotion is about this flu strain, the following article may be particularly helpful...(I know of more than a few folks I'll be sharing it with!) 29 April 2009 Swine flu: The predictable pandemic? http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg2022...e-pandemic.html -------------------------------------------- New Scientist magazine takes a look at Swine Flu… 13 May 2009 Beware the return of swine flu Now would be the worst possible time to kid ourselves that Mexican H1N1 flu is nothing to worry about http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg2022...-swine-flu.html 13 May 2009 Swine flu vaccine won't be ready for next wave The vaccine industry is waiting for a WHO decision on whether to keep making regular flu vaccine, or whether to switch to vaccines for the current swine http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg2022...-next-wave.html 11 May 2009 First analysis of swine flu spread supports pandemic plan H1N1 swine flu is spreading fast enough to justify the preparations for a pandemic, say epidemiologists who've analysed its spread – though there is http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn1710...demic-plan.html 08 May 2009 Warm weather may not halt swine flu If the spread of H1N1 influenza continues elsewhere as it has in the Americas, the virus could infect more than a billion people by July http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn1710...-swine-flu.html 06 May 2009 Swine flu: Can science save us from the second wave? The flu outbreak may be winding down in Mexico and causing fewer deaths than feared, but health officials now fear that a more virulent version will return http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg2022...econd-wave.html 29 April 2009 Swine flu: The predictable pandemic? There were signs that swine flu posed a human pandemic threat over a decade ago, yet no one paid any attention http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg2022...e-pandemic.html 29 April 2009 Can the world cope if swine flu goes pandemic? If an influenza pandemic is declared, investigations by New Scientist suggest that global preparedness for a pandemic is extremely patchy http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg2022...s-pandemic.html 27 April 2009 (US 'taking action' to minimise swine flu impact) The US government says it is taking swift measures to contain the swine influenza outbreak that threatens to turn into a pandemic http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn1703...flu-impact.html 26 April 2009 Swine flu: what you need to know http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn1702...ed-to-know.html Hattip to Rawhide (in Cyprus) for this list. Link to comment
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