Influenza outbreak - already killed at least 73 people in Australia this year

OddTrader · Sep 7, 2017

http://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/he...k/news-story/04f663dbe5dde7a7755f85bf8839d41d

Annual Australian laboratory confirmed flu numbers. Picture: Department of HealthSource:Supplied

September 7 2017

Australia's killer flu: Calls for more immunisations as virus mutates

Melissa Cunningham

http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/a...sations-as-virus-mutates-20170907-gyd2fm.html

A fast-mutating strain of the flu is defying medical experts' efforts to stop it and has already killed at least 73 people in Australia this year.

mlawson71 · Sep 20, 2017

I am seriously considering getting a vaccine shot this year. I had the flu back in April and it was a terrible experience. Scary too.

Tsing Tao · Sep 20, 2017

mlawson71 said:
I am seriously considering getting a vaccine shot this year. I had the flu back in April and it was a terrible experience. Scary too.

I'm with you. I started getting it last year. Few years before that were just plain miserable. Last year was very mild.

peilthetraveler · Sep 20, 2017

Not me. 73 people died out of 24 million people? You're going to have to do better than that to scare me. 300 people drown in the bathtub every year, but I'm not about to stop getting in the bath.

smallStops · Sep 20, 2017

Oh man. This market really spins my head.
I thought I read "Affluenza outbreak - ... kills 73 people ..."
I need holidays 10 days back from holidaying !!!!

mlawson71 · Sep 20, 2017

Tsing Tao said:
I'm with you. I started getting it last year. Few years before that were just plain miserable. Last year was very mild.

I wasn't just miserable, to be honest. I was downright scared. I developed a bronchitis and there was a real possibility for that to turn into a pneumonia, despite the antibiotics I was prescribed. Which,in turn, messed with my digestion for months on end after. The whole process was awful and I'd much rather prevent it from happening again if I can.

vanzandt · Sep 20, 2017

peilthetraveler said:
Not me. 73 people died out of 24 million people? You're going to have to do better than that to scare me. 300 people drown in the bathtub every year, but I'm not about to stop getting in the bath.

It may not kill ya.... but man you'll feel like death.
Hey.... when we're in regular market hours and VZ doesn't want to sit in front of screens and trade.... trust me.... its fucking bad. Seriously.
If you're a recluse... no problem; you won't get sick. But if you're around people... you ain't Superman bro. Trust me on this one too.

mlawson71 · Sep 21, 2017

Even if you are a recluse you can still get infected from a family member. I got it from a family member, then the entire household got it. We were all miserable for weeks.

OddTrader · Sep 21, 2017

OddTrader said:
http://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/he...k/news-story/04f663dbe5dde7a7755f85bf8839d41d

Annual Australian laboratory confirmed flu numbers. Picture: Department of HealthSource:Supplied

I’ve always wondered: why is the flu virus so much worse than the common cold virus?
September 21, 2017

https://theconversation.com/ive-alw...o-much-worse-than-the-common-cold-virus-83495

I’ve always wondered why the influenza virus is more potent and dangerous than the common cold virus. They’re both viruses, but what makes the influenza worse that it causes more deaths? - Junting Yeung

Thanks for the question Junting, and we have certainly seen a pretty bad year for flu in Australia. More than 160,000 people have been confirmed to have the flu this year, ranging from mild to severe, and some even causing death. So why is it the flu can cause death but we don’t generally hear of colds doing the same?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pandemic ???

’Double whammy’ of influenza and hay fever strikes thousands
ROSE BRENNAN, HEALTH REPORTER, The Daily Telegraph
September 22, 2017

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/ne...s/news-story/a4cf58db62a685b3e350be27b8b3807a

And influenza continues to spread, with more than 9600 people diagnosed in NSW in the past week alone. Asthma Australia chief executive Michele Goldman said that people were being hit by a “double whammy” of influenza and hay fever. About 80 per cent of asthma sufferers also have hay fever.

Tsing Tao · Sep 21, 2017

mlawson71 said:
I wasn't just miserable, to be honest. I was downright scared. I developed a bronchitis and there was a real possibility for that to turn into a pneumonia, despite the antibiotics I was prescribed. Which,in turn, messed with my digestion for months on end after. The whole process was awful and I'd much rather prevent it from happening again if I can.

I remember lying on the sofa, one foot up the other on the floor, sprawled out in misery, telling my wife to go get the gun from the safe and put me down.