Why do people die from the swine flu?
Read this in Daily Dose by Dr Douglas. Hope he is right. Those filthy swine… The swine flu “epidemic” is only a few days old, and Big Pharma is already plotting to make a fortune. European drug maker Roche announced it was scaling up production of Tamiflu, giving a boost to its stock price and sending millions into the Roche coffers. GlaxoSmithKline, which makes the anti-flu drug Relenza, is also seeing its stock price climb, as investors hope this swine flu is the biggest thing since the bubonic plague. There’s only one problem here – it’s not going to happen. You read the Daily Dose because I always give you the straight scoop, and because I’m not afraid to tell you when the mainstream has it wrong. And they have it wrong on swine flu. It won’t be an epidemic – it’ll barely even be a ripple. I’ve run medical clinics in Africa – I know what an epidemic looks like. And this isn’t it. The media is blowing swine flu out of proportion so it can feed its 24-hour news cycle – the same med
It is a serious illness that may cause complications such as pneumonia. People most at risk (as with any serious illness) are the young, the old, and people with a compromised immune system. People can die from other strains of flu, but swine flu is particularly virulent, and many people are innoculated against flu or have a natural immunity to it from previous contact. Because swine flu is a mutated strain we are not immune to it.
Swine flu like any severe flu can cause high fever, respiritory failure. IE, your lungs become so clogged with water(pneumonia) that you suffocate. There are many other problems, but right now protect yourself. Avoid close contact in large groups, wear a face mask. Most people who get this flu would not die from it, but some will, hence the building worries. Just take the precations you see on the news.
