techsta_girlPosted: 1 Oct 2005, 1:18amrecovered
So I'm just curious to what everyone is thinking about the Bird Flu (Pandemic Influenza) headlines popping up everywhere. Do you think it is the media trying to dramatise everything or is it something we might all need to think about, and sooner than we realise?
If you're not familar with the headlines; http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/09/2...u.un/index.html
there is also a "management plan" on the Australian Government Health department website
http://www.health.gov.au/internet/wcms/pub...lan-2impact.htm
Other good news is that if you're young and healthy that, you are also more likely to be infected and die!
If you're not familar with the headlines; http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/09/2...u.un/index.html
there is also a "management plan" on the Australian Government Health department website
http://www.health.gov.au/internet/wcms/pub...lan-2impact.htm
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Estimates of morbidity and mortality in Australia
If a pandemic with an attack rate of 25% (ie 25% of the population affected) were to occur again in Australia and there was no pandemic vaccine or treatment available, over a 6-8 week period it could lead to:
* 13,000-44,000 deaths
* 57,900-148,000 hospitalisations
* 2,600,000-7,500,000 outpatient visits 15 .
The figures are estimates only and the likely outcomes associated with a pandemic will depend upon many factors such as the transmissibility and virulence of the virus, and the availability and success of health and social interventions.
If a pandemic with an attack rate of 25% (ie 25% of the population affected) were to occur again in Australia and there was no pandemic vaccine or treatment available, over a 6-8 week period it could lead to:
* 13,000-44,000 deaths
* 57,900-148,000 hospitalisations
* 2,600,000-7,500,000 outpatient visits 15 .
The figures are estimates only and the likely outcomes associated with a pandemic will depend upon many factors such as the transmissibility and virulence of the virus, and the availability and success of health and social interventions.
Other good news is that if you're young and healthy that, you are also more likely to be infected and die!

