HIV positive people at high risk from swine flu: WHO

[Erna]

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People with HIV are at high risk from the new flu strain that the World Health Organisation (WHO) says is on the verge of a pandemic. WHO says HIV and the new flu strain could mix together in a dangerous way, as has occurred with HIV and tuberculosis. The virus widely known as ‘swine flu’ has been most severe in Mexico.

The WHO says countries with high rates of HIV, most of which are in Africa, should work to ensure that vulnerable people get the drugs they need to fight off the flu infection. The organisation also said today that 15 countries have reported 615 infections with the new flu virus A-H1N1.

Most of the increase from yesterday's 331 toll reflects the results of ongoing tests from Mexico, which had a backlog of samples in WHO labs, a United Nations agency said.

Today the WHO repeated its view that borders should stay open and travel should not be limited as a result of the virus, but said "it is considered prudent for people who are ill to delay international travel and for people developing symptoms following international travel to seek medical attention.”

Individuals are advised to wash hands thoroughly with soap and water on a regular basis and should seek medical attention if they develop any symptoms of influenza-like illness," the WHO said on its website. – additional reporting by Reuters

Are the gorilla wars and famine too ineffective and slow for them?

 

[Green_Manalishi]

Isn't it obvious that someone with HIV is at high risk from any kind of flu, why are they stating the obvious.
Also when it is said that, "vulnerable people get the drugs they need to fight off the flu infection", are they meaning something like the dreaded Tamiflu or anyother vaccine. If that's the case wouldn't it be dangerous to inject a person with HIV with a vaccine that contains the virus.
But then again how handy that would be, for the PTB, to add a few more deaths to the swine flu list, from some poor HIV sick person, to scare the public a bit more.

 

[Erna]

Problem with rural Africa, is that it would be a silent epidemic, like AIDS and tuberculosis. When I looked at the world map showing the supposed spread of the disease this week, and noticed that Africa had no dots, I realized that due to the nature of rural Africa, something like Swine Flu can easily reach epidemic proportions without making headlines, as with tuberculosis and AIDS in Lesotho at the moment.

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/66918.php

With Swine Flu, if they are as evil as we think they are, they will have to create a hype and scare people via the media to get them vaccinated, because 8 out of 10 South Africans make use of traditional healers.

If a non-mild Swine Flu spreads in any of the Southern African countries it will be a disaster. Botswana for example is experiencing one of the most severe HIV/AIDS epidemics in the world, with roughly a quarter of the nation infected.