Friday, January 29, 2010

Third H1N1 Wave Starting?

From Memphis -
The hospital had announced a spike in severe cases. 17 patients had been admitted this month, and 7 went to the ICU. Two of those patients have died. The ratio of hospitalized to ICU to deaths is markedly different this month than last fall, when thousands of children were seen and about 340 were admitted. 30-40 went to the ICU and 3 died. Thus, the death of 2 of the 17 admitted or of the 7 in the ICU is at a much higher rate and raises concerns that the H1N1 circulating this year will be more virulent due to increases in D225G/N, which is being reported in multiple locations worldwide, including a Tamiflu resistant fatal cluster at Duke Medical Center.

The Real Effect
I was among one of the first to report on the D225G/N mutation back on Dec 2 and the second European wave that has hit the Ukraine particularly hard. While the second wave never materialized in the United States, with the bath that the vaccine manufacturers are taking on the excess H1N1 vaccine and the WHO debacle, look for the envelope to be pushed on this mutation if they can get it. The next few weeks will determine if WHO wants to redeem themselves and cover their rears by staging a third wave flu false flag.

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