Comments on: Swine Flu: The Latest Figures

By: Toodles

Toodles — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 04:01:56 +0000

Initially the data physicians collected from nose swab flu tests was required to be documented and sent to gov. agencies that were collecting this data.
For the last couple of months, physicians in USA have been told to “stop reporting which patients tested positive for Seasonal Flu and which had Swine Flu”.
AND they were told at that time to document ALL Flu as Swine Flu in their reports. Docs were given no explanations why, and were confused by the change. My sister is a physician and she thought the move to label even Seasonal Flu as Swine Flu was “strange”,.

By: gifts for her

gifts for her — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:38:53 +0000

I find it intolerable the the gov has repeatedly suggested and ingrained in simpler minds that hand-washing (of no effect against an airborne virus), masks (virtually useless when they become moist) and the 2 vaccines (both untried, untested and both of which contain Squalene)are the only means of staying safe during this flu season.Oxygen Therapy is a proven methood of protecting your body against the invasion of Swine Flu. This is not just my opinion. This was proven as fact two weeks ago when doctors in Omaha, Nebraska saved the life of a little girl who was infected with Swine Flu.

By: Louise

Louise — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 12:37:55 +0000

I’m a bit confused by the UK figures. I know of at least one confirmed death in my local hospital – confirmed to me personally by a doctor colleague who certified the death – and several other cases reported in the press of other victims who have died in the UK. Where are these figures from?

I do think the alarm is unjustified though. I definately will not be having the vaccine mysefl for example. Its a risk I don’t think is worth taking for the prevalence and seriousness of the infection.

By: Leah Devaras

Leah Devaras — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 09:49:37 +0000

Very informative statistics you got there… at least people will be alerted on those specific places and for them to take necessary precautions. We should also inform the readers about how to differentiate swine flu to seasonal flu and so I like to share Grydz.com. They have a side by side comparison on this matter. http://grydz.com/grid/show/srf-vs-sfg-vs-sgsfg-vs-sf-vs-more

By: Karlis

Karlis — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 01:13:19 +0000

Wow, the stats for Canada are psycho. Someone at the Guardian is smoking crack.

By: Bruce G.

Bruce G. — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 17:59:37 +0000

Errr, the tables above have been broken for some time now? Brazil shows mortality rates of over 2000% ? Any plans to fix it soon?

By: Jared Broad

Jared Broad — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 16:32:13 +0000

Compare it to cases of Malaria or TB deaths – and infection rates. Swine flu is a blip on an enormous radar. They have a disease that threatens the west and the west goes nuts.

Malaria kills millions, high infection rate and regularly fatal… TB worse so…

By: smiling gandalf

smiling gandalf — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 21:08:26 +0000

right so what are the figures for normal flu deaths this year?
they seem pretty amazingly low to me, more likely to be hit by a car than die of swineflu haha

By: david

david — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 12:16:01 +0000

It’s because the source spreadsheet (at The Guardian Datastore) is constantly being edited. But every time they edit it, they add new rows and move stuff around. That breaks this spreadsheet. That’s why there are strange numbers here.

By: George

George — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 06:59:56 +0000

How do some countries have over 1000% mortality rates?