Preventing Spread: Facemask and Respirators
Facemask and Respirators are being used to control the spread of viruses and bacteria among people. It is one of the ways to control infection which should be accompanied by frequent hand wash and maintaining certain distance from the people.
Respirators and Facemask should not be shared, since it would be contaminated [...]
BASIC INFORMATION ON SWINE FLU
Swine flu is a type A influenza. The name swine flu was given to the flu, because it is believed to be originated from pigs. The CDC has credited this information. There are various symptoms which can be associated with the flu, but the most common ones include, fever, diarrhea, sore [...]
Experts Debate Swine flu Worldwide
ID
Country
Deaths, confirmed swine flu
Deaths per million population
Confirmed cases
Infection rate per million people
1
Afghanistan
1
0.04
50
1.78
2
Albania
0
13
4.1
3
Algeria
0
0
50
1.43
4
Andorra
0
1
11.63
5
Angola
0
0
13
0.7
6
Antigua Barbuda
0
0
3
34.09
7
Australia
186
8.74
37039
1739.49
8
Austria *
0
361
43.16
9
Argentina
585
14.52
9196
228.32
10
Azerbaijan
0
2
0.22
11
Bahamas
4
11.7
23
67.25
12
Bahrain
6
7.59
566
715.55
13
Bangladesh
6
0.04
706
4.35
14
Barbados
3
11.72
147
574.22
15
Belgium*
5
0.47
126
11.83
16
Belize
0
0
36
117.26
17
Bermuda
0
0
4
61.54
18
Bhutan
0
0
6
8.61
19
Bolivia
56
5.68
2309
234.11
20
Bosnia Herzegovinia
0
0
10
2.65
21
Botswana
0
0
23
11.79
22
Brazil
1368
7.06
17219
88.88
23
British Virgin Islands
0
0
5
217.39
24
Brunei Darussalam
1
2.5
786
1965
25
Bulgaria *
2
0.27
70
9.28
26
Cambodia
3
0.2
21
1.42
27
Cameroon
0
4
0.2
28
Canada *
89
2.68
10156
305.36
29
Cape Verde
0
0
62
122.53
30
Cayman Islands
1
17.86
60
1071.43
31
Chile
136
8.01
12257
722.27
32
China
64
0.05
35664
26.5
33
Colombia
131
2.87
2543
55.69
Congo
5
1.33
34
Cook Islands
1
50
106
5300
35
Costa Rica
38
8.3
1552
338.94
36
Cote d’Ivoire
0
0
3
0.14
37
Croatia
0
0
61
13.81
38
Cuba
7
0.62
677
60.42
39
Cyprus *
0
0
297
340.99
40
Czech Rep *
1
0.1
293
28.26
41
Democratic Republic of Congo
0
13
0.19
42
Denmark *
0
651
119.01
43
Djibouti
0
9
44
Dominica
0
0
10
149.25
45
Dominican Rep
22
2.18
424
42.02
46
Ecuador
75
5.5
2174
159.56
47
Egypt
3
0.04
1070
12.89
48
El Salvador
22
3.57
772
125.26
49
Estonia *
0
68
50.75
50
Ethiopia
0
0
6
0.07
51
Fiji
0
0
233
274.44
52
Finland *
1
0.19
305
57.27
53
France
44
0.71
1125
18.05
54
- French Guiana
1
4.33
29
125.54
55
- French Polynesia
7
26.02
175
650.56
56
-Guadeloupe
1
2.15
27
58.06
57
- Martinique
1
2.47
44
108.64
58
- New Caledonia
7
28
500
2000
59
-Reunion-Mayotte
8
9.67
26
31.44
60
- Saint Bartholomew
2
61
- Saint Martin
0
30
833.33
62
- Wallis and Futuna
0
55
63
Gabon
0
0
1
0.67
64
Georgia
0
12
2.84
65
Germany *
3
0.04
19893
242.1
66
Ghana
1
0.04
15
0.63
67
Greece*
3
0.27
2149
192.55
68
Grenada
0
0
3
28.85
69
Guatemala
18
1.28
811
57.82
70
Guyana
0
0
17
22.31
71
Haiti
0
0
43
4.29
72
Honduras
16
2.14
543
72.73
73
Hungary*
4
0.4
206
20.61
74
Iceland *
1
3.1
200
619.2
75
India
451
2.28
13030
65.81
76
Indonesia
10
0.04
1097
4.77
77
Iran
22
0.3
1194
16.09
78
Iraq
4
0.13
636
20.68
79
Ireland*
10
2.21
1173
259.8
80
Israel
35
4.88
1719
239.75
81
Italy*
4
0.07
2470
41.26
82
Jamaica
5
1.84
104
38.25
83
Japan
27
0.21
5022
39.49
84
Jordan
3
0.47
1283
203.13
85
Kazakhstan
0
15
0.96
86
Kenya
0
0
417
10.48
87
Kiribati
0
4
88
Korea, Republic of
33
0.68
2032
42.04
89
Kosovo
0
0
1
0.55
90
Kuwait
13
4.36
3765
1261.31
91
Laos
1
0.16
156
24.68
92
Latvia *
0
30
13.34
93
Lebanon
3
0.69
761
176.08
94
Lesotho
0
54
25.91
95
Libya
0
0
21
3.27
96
Liechtenstein [...]
Vaccine Clinics
Wait times to receive the H1N1 vaccine are very long. Peel Public Health urges people who are healthy to attend clinics starting Nov. 2 out of consideration for people with chronic medical conditions.
Early clinics are for people who live or work in Peel under 65 years of age with chronic medical conditions (asthma, diabetes, [...]
There has been a continuing growth in people believing that swine flu is man made, and was Developed to control the worlds population. Some believe that the vaccine does more bad than good.
A wave of panic has settled over people in the past weeks following rumors that H1N1 vaccines destroy the immune system and reduce [...]