The Flu that Flew
Here is the current update about Influenza A H1N1 cases in the Philippines:
The Philippines has 445 cases of Influenza A-H1N1 as of June 22, 2009. A 49-year-old woman with a pre-existing chronic heart disease and who also had the A-H1N1 virus died on June 19, 2009. The Department of Health said the woman died of “congestive heart failure secondary to acute myocardial infarction aggravated by severe pneumonia either bacterial, viral or both.” “A(H1N1) is not the cause of death, but the virus could have exacerbated the situation,” Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said at a news conference. (Source: GMAnews.tv)
Influenza A H1N1 (earlier called as Swine Flu) is an infectious cocktail – combined with genetic strands from the viruses that cause swine flu, avian flu and human flu. There are different influenza viruses out there and each has its own telling tale of infection and mortality.
I dunno if somebody had prayed for H1n1 to infect the House of Representatives – the first reported death of H1N1 has been identified as an employee of House of Representatives. The employee also has pre-existing conditions such as problems with the heart, liver and kidney. Therefore, the employee himself had a weak immune system. But the question remained unaswered: Where the heck did she got that H1N1?
Another set of questions that DOH and WHO should answer: How virulent is this novel virus? Is it capable of staying in the air that long? Is personal hygiene the overall solution to this?
Isa pang nakakapagtaka sa case na ito: Have you noticed that most of the infected cases are those belonging to the middle class and/or upper class citizens? While those belonging to the plain Juan class e parang wala lang. So ibig sabihin may socioeconomic preferences na rin pala ang H1N1? 
I believe that DOH should encourage people to eat the right stuff in order to strengthen their immune defenses, instead of washing hands lang. Lagi ka ngang naghuhugas ng kamay but you dont eat vegetables and other healthy stuff. Ganun din. Pinatataas lang ata ang benta ng sabon at alcohol eh.
Madidisiplina ba ng DOH ang mga pasaway na mahilig dumura, mangulangot, suminga at bumahing in public? Let’s face it. That’s the reality here. Ilan sa atin e hindi ganun ka-conscious sa personal hygiene. Aminin mo na Totoy. You are the one who is making pahid of kulangot under your desk. Binibilog mo pa minsan sabay pitik dun sa katabi mo.
Is the panic over H1N1 overblown or some sort of OA? Well, it could be. Its okay to be vigilant but not panicky. Ako e magpapanic lang kung ilan sa mga worst case scenarios ang nangyari sa atin like for example:
1. There is an outbreak of the deadly ebola virus. As in community outbreaks.
2. May nagsaboy ng anthrax sa hangin natin.
3. May nuclear threat sa Pinas (I hope wag naman sana)
4. Naging mala-resident evil zombies na ang mga tao and start chasing other people for food.
5. May naglanding na Cloverfield alien dito sa atin and started wrecking havoc dito sa Pinas. (By that time, I would run like hell na talaga)
O di ba? Mas magpapanic talaga tayo kung ilan sa mga yan ang mangyari.
We need answers from WHO and DOH. Dapat masagot nila the five W’s and an H of the Influenza H1N1. Sa aking tingin e nagpapanic ang ilan because of the lack of information about this pesky virus. Report nga ng report ng tungkol sa infected cases ng H1N1 pero have they established the background of the virus? Why it suddenly came out of nowhere?
Makita ka nga lang naka-facemask at medyo paubo-ubo e lalayuan ka na ng mga tao. Tsk.
Daming tanong talaga na dapat sagutin.
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silver is the blogger behind Dare to Speak Out, a personal and commentary blog.She graduated with a degree in Industrial and Organizational Psychology. She posts blogs that ranges in different topics – from trivial to the political. She currently works as a freelance writer.
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Dare to speak out! Base.
Reading na ang next. hehehe.
Ngak! Hahahhaha
Ngek!
Ngik!
Ngok!
Nguk!
bwahaha!
Applicable din ito doon sa mga mamamayan sa slum areas, mamamayang naninirahan doon sa basurahan at higit sa lahat sa mga garbage scavengers.
Dapat pipiliin din nila ung mga kinakain nilang tira-tira na makita doon sa mga basura.
Pwedi din Darbs. Hahhaha…
di kaya na develop na ang immunity ng mga nakatira sa more populated areas at mga foragers of Smoky mountain. Which can be an advantage din diba?
May narinig ako na the more –anong clinical word doon, yung super linis– anyway, yung word na iyon ay lalong tinatablan ng mga virus dahil di sila naka develop ng immunities.
Sa Toddler book ay may tanong, bakit laging sinisipon ang mga bata kaysa sa matatanda? Dahil raw higit na 100++ ang sipon at ubo virus ang i dedevelop nila against it in their lifetime.
Sabi nung Family Doctor namin na bawat flu na nakukuha ng isang tao ay iba sa strain na nakuha na niya.
May bahid ng katotohanan yan Mahalia. Yung sobrang linis e mas prone pa daw. Better have a few germs in your body to build resistance ika nga.
tama ka dyan mahalia, the more ang arte ng mga tao at wala nang ginawa kundi maglinis ng sarili, lalong di ka nakakadevelop ng immunity to certain viruses. yung mga sobrang mahihirap na halos wala nang pambili ng sabon, eh sila pa itong magiging malakas ang resistensya laban sa swine flu.
kaya i dont give antibiotics sa anak ko, kung ang sipon nya eh wala namang halong lagnat. tiyak kasi, virus lang yan. he just needs rest, lots of vitamin C, fluids, chicken soup etc. kahit mag-reseta ng antibiotics ang doktor, i don’t give it to him. kung mag lagnat, ayun bacterial yan, so u need the antibiotics.
alam nyo…ang hula ko dyan, somebody develop swine flu at ikinalat…o di ba, magandang population control yan.
hehehe.
so ang pharma company, maglalabas ng flu vaccine. nyek!
Manay Glo,
Isa pang gamot sa flu: TLC. Tender Loving Care ni Inay.
Kaya pala nung lumipat ako rito ay mas marami ang pagkakasakit ko kaysa noong nakatira pa ako sa Quezon. Sabi ng aking butihing Nanay na iba raw ang kumakalap na sakit rito. Pero madedevelop rin ang immunity ko.
Ganon rin sa mga matatagal na rito, kapag nagpunta sila sa atin, nagkaka-runs (runs to the bathroom all day long), alipunga, ubo at trangkaso, dahil di sanay ang katawan sa environment.
Buti na lang dual na ang citizenship ko sa Virus!
Same here.
kaya lang mayron pa rin akong suspitsa sa conspiracy theory ng mga drug kumpanya to create viruses so that people would be dependent on vaccinations and the pill.
Nag-adjust ka din kasi sa environment mo Mahalia. Kaya ganun ang nangyare sa iyo.
@Mahalia, hahahaha! conspiracy theory ha?
I like conspiracy theory. It makes you think how evil people are.
Ang problema lang is how to prove it.
Dahil pag malapit ka na sa katutuhanan at affected ang milyones na profit at pagkamkam ng yaman dahil sa virus at vaccinations and pills na yan…
ang masabi ko, ewan ko na lang…
everyone’s going gaga over about A H1N1, sa building namin, confirmed na may isang AH1N1 case, andaming paranoid, ayaw sumakay ng elevator hahaha
@Malensky
Hahahha…
Sarap siguro tumabay dun sa lugar nyo na nakamask at paubo ubo. hahaha.
panic is the best killer of them all. those in power want the general population to panic. so they get scared, they buy unnecessary stuff. like face masks, flu vaccine etc. it’s a commercial world after all. and we consumers are vulnerable to it.
Panic is the best stupefier din manay Glo.
Nakakatanga ang panic. As in di mo na malaman kung anong gagawin mo sa sobrang panic.
i likey this comment. same sentiments here manay glo.
i got this from forwarded emails written by a certain Arnie that I would like to share to you all:
Bwehehehehhe…..ayun oh!
hahaha. that is funny. i mean, funny to the bone. Galing pinoy. hahaha! wow! kuhang kuha ang essence.
@silver!
The HOUSE OF PORK. Nagka-swine flu. HAhaha
Mukhang nagkatotoo ang dasal ng ilan. Hehehe.
pare koy bat naman nasama pa dyan yung nananahimik na binilot na kulangot na pinahid sa ilalim ng desk hahahahahaha
nananahimik na binilot na kulangot na pinahid sa ilalim ng desk
Nakita ang kulangot sa ilalim ng tulay
kulangot na pinahid ng pulis sa ilalim ng tulay
Pinahid, pinahid,pinahid pinahid, pinahid ng Pulis ang kulangot na binilot na nananahimik sa ilalim ng tulay. @lee, bow.
tinuka ng manok ang pinahid na kulangot sa ilalim ng tulay— 2x
tinuka, tinuka, tinuka, tinuka
tinuka ng manok ang pinahid na kulangot sa ilalim ng tutal— @darbs,bow