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	<title>Comments on: Swine Flu Trending Again</title>
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		<title>By: Kalvis Jansons</title>
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		<dc:creator>Kalvis Jansons</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2009 14:22:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Google trends:

http://www.google.com/trends?q=swine+flu&amp;date=mtd&amp;geo=gbr.eng&amp;ctab=0&amp;sort=0&amp;sa=N

And something to make you feel better, if you get swine flu:

http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/please-go/</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Google trends:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.google.com/trends?q=swine+flu&amp;date=mtd&amp;geo=gbr.eng&amp;ctab=0&amp;sort=0&amp;sa=N" rel="nofollow">http://www.google.com/trends?q=swine+flu&amp;date=mtd&amp;geo=gbr.eng&amp;ctab=0&amp;sort=0&amp;sa=N</a></p>
<p>And something to make you feel better, if you get swine flu:</p>
<p><a href="http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/please-go/" rel="nofollow">http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/please-go/</a></p>
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		<title>By: Ashley</title>
		<link>http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/swine-flu-trending-again.html/comment-page-2#comment-631652</link>
		<dc:creator>Ashley</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 14:03:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>That is crazy. What is the death tole to date for this outbreak, does anyone know?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>That is crazy. What is the death tole to date for this outbreak, does anyone know?</p>
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		<title>By: Andre</title>
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		<dc:creator>Andre</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 11:30:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Just published from one of my more trusted public sources:

U.K. Calls for Calm While Planning for 65,000 Swine Flu Deaths 

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601102&amp;sid=aUkIDckHT6cE</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Just published from one of my more trusted public sources:</p>
<p>U.K. Calls for Calm While Planning for 65,000 Swine Flu Deaths </p>
<p><a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601102&amp;sid=aUkIDckHT6cE" rel="nofollow">http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601102&amp;sid=aUkIDckHT6cE</a></p>
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		<title>By: Andre</title>
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		<dc:creator>Andre</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 11:25:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hopefully not David.

That observation was based on a long chat with a Jihad supporter and from what I can understand is that advance technology will be used to further this cause. Another professor that is an expert on crusades told me that todays crusades are just like the Cristian crusades of previous centuries and the only difference is the technology available. 

Its mere extrapolation from my side and I must stress that there are no factual or scientific evidence or any mention of the H1N1 spread being coupled to terrorism other than the usual conspiracy theories that abound

Still, the WHO is on high alert for the next 2 years as they see this time period as the critical period for things to settle down.

In the end I think its going to be up to individuals becoming more clued up on the issues at hand and taking action. 

Science is back on the map again!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hopefully not David.</p>
<p>That observation was based on a long chat with a Jihad supporter and from what I can understand is that advance technology will be used to further this cause. Another professor that is an expert on crusades told me that todays crusades are just like the Cristian crusades of previous centuries and the only difference is the technology available. </p>
<p>Its mere extrapolation from my side and I must stress that there are no factual or scientific evidence or any mention of the H1N1 spread being coupled to terrorism other than the usual conspiracy theories that abound</p>
<p>Still, the WHO is on high alert for the next 2 years as they see this time period as the critical period for things to settle down.</p>
<p>In the end I think its going to be up to individuals becoming more clued up on the issues at hand and taking action. </p>
<p>Science is back on the map again!</p>
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		<title>By: David Bradley</title>
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		<dc:creator>David Bradley</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 10:58:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Andre, some good points. Although I suspect you&#039;re not quite on the mark with point #4. That said, certainly the authorities will not be revealing all information to us plebs, that goes without saying, but I doubt there is deliberate dissemination of the virus on any relevant scale.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Andre, some good points. Although I suspect you&#8217;re not quite on the mark with point #4. That said, certainly the authorities will not be revealing all information to us plebs, that goes without saying, but I doubt there is deliberate dissemination of the virus on any relevant scale.</p>
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		<title>By: Andre</title>
		<link>http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/swine-flu-trending-again.html/comment-page-2#comment-631565</link>
		<dc:creator>Andre</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 10:38:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Great article summarizing all the pertinent issues.

Some issues that everybody seems to have forgotten:

1. Africa is just staring their surge of H1N1 infections and could send the mortality rate into the millions due to millions of people with underlying other illnesses, particularly HIV/Aids. The 2010 Influenza season South could be devastating following the season in the North

2. Two world events, the World Cup Soccer and the Olympics next year could be problematic, especially for Africa if they go ahead.

3. The H5N1 and H9N1 virus strains have been picked up in Asia, not just in animal hosts but also in humans. Re-assortment of H1N1 with either of these two will produce a more lethal virus. The H5N1 virus has been particularly active in Egypt for as yet unknown reasons and was the focus of the WHO before the breakout. H5N1 has a mortality rate at the moment of 60%

4. The vast amounts of money spent by the UK, USA, UN, WHO, Vaccine companies and others in difficult economic times suggests to me that there are more to this outbreak than we know. It would seem as if there is some vital information being withheld at this point in time as to what the situation could/already  has gravitated to and deliberate active spread of the virus and perhaps mutated forms cannot be ruled out. Carrying a lethal virus into a country is a lot easier than carry a bomb. From history I have learnt that public information often lags far behind reality and increased terrorist activities around the world will surely use this very easy method to their  advantage.

5. This strain seems to be an all season strain and when it settles down to the normal Influenza stage, the world will have a new type of Influenza, non seasonal. This ,in itself can cause a lot of future problems, especially economically.

As usual, us ordinary citizen&#039;s fate is in the hands of those that truly rule our destiny&#039;s. I hope this does turn out to be only a storm in a teacup.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Great article summarizing all the pertinent issues.</p>
<p>Some issues that everybody seems to have forgotten:</p>
<p>1. Africa is just staring their surge of H1N1 infections and could send the mortality rate into the millions due to millions of people with underlying other illnesses, particularly HIV/Aids. The 2010 Influenza season South could be devastating following the season in the North</p>
<p>2. Two world events, the World Cup Soccer and the Olympics next year could be problematic, especially for Africa if they go ahead.</p>
<p>3. The H5N1 and H9N1 virus strains have been picked up in Asia, not just in animal hosts but also in humans. Re-assortment of H1N1 with either of these two will produce a more lethal virus. The H5N1 virus has been particularly active in Egypt for as yet unknown reasons and was the focus of the WHO before the breakout. H5N1 has a mortality rate at the moment of 60%</p>
<p>4. The vast amounts of money spent by the UK, USA, UN, WHO, Vaccine companies and others in difficult economic times suggests to me that there are more to this outbreak than we know. It would seem as if there is some vital information being withheld at this point in time as to what the situation could/already  has gravitated to and deliberate active spread of the virus and perhaps mutated forms cannot be ruled out. Carrying a lethal virus into a country is a lot easier than carry a bomb. From history I have learnt that public information often lags far behind reality and increased terrorist activities around the world will surely use this very easy method to their  advantage.</p>
<p>5. This strain seems to be an all season strain and when it settles down to the normal Influenza stage, the world will have a new type of Influenza, non seasonal. This ,in itself can cause a lot of future problems, especially economically.</p>
<p>As usual, us ordinary citizen&#8217;s fate is in the hands of those that truly rule our destiny&#8217;s. I hope this does turn out to be only a storm in a teacup.</p>
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		<title>By: Walter van den Broek</title>
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		<dc:creator>Walter van den Broek</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 20:02:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;span class=&quot;topsy_trackback_comment&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;topsy_twitter_username&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;topsy_trackback_content&quot;&gt;Swine Flu Trending Again many media talk about “pandemic” as if it were synonymous with lethality http://bit.ly/gLJWp&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">Swine Flu Trending Again many media talk about “pandemic” as if it were synonymous with lethality <a href="http://bit.ly/gLJWp" rel="nofollow">http://bit.ly/gLJWp</a></span></span></span></p>
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		<title>By: David Bradley</title>
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		<dc:creator>David Bradley</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 15:44:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>News just in - UK reporting today that the number of swine flu deaths has gone up to 29 - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/8154419.stm</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>News just in &#8211; UK reporting today that the number of swine flu deaths has gone up to 29 &#8211; <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/8154419.stm" rel="nofollow">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/8154419.stm</a></p>
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		<title>By: David Cheok</title>
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		<dc:creator>David Cheok</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 12:37:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;span class=&quot;topsy_trackback_comment&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;topsy_twitter_username&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;topsy_trackback_content&quot;&gt;UK Babe Flu &#124;http://bit.ly/gIXmC &#124;Trending on BBC report&#124;  http://bit.ly/rNPX6  &#124;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">UK Babe Flu |http://bit.ly/gIXmC |Trending on BBC report|  <a href="http://bit.ly/rNPX6" rel="nofollow">http://bit.ly/rNPX6</a>  |</span></span></span></p>
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		<title>By: New ScienceNews</title>
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		<dc:creator>New ScienceNews</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 12:18:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;span class=&quot;topsy_trackback_comment&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;topsy_twitter_username&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;topsy_trackback_content&quot;&gt;Sciencebase: Swine Flu Trending Again http://tinyurl.com/o7gfv3 Full http://tinyurl.com/lxsfre&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">Sciencebase: Swine Flu Trending Again <a href="http://tinyurl.com/o7gfv3" rel="nofollow">http://tinyurl.com/o7gfv3</a> Full <a href="http://tinyurl.com/lxsfre" rel="nofollow">http://tinyurl.com/lxsfre</a></span></span></span></p>
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