CDC Quiet On Swine Flu Stats

[Bushknew]

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Swine Flu Cases Overestimated?

(CBS) If you've been diagnosed "probable" or "presumed" 2009 H1N1 or "swine flu" in recent months, you may be surprised to know this: odds are you didn’t have H1N1 flu.

In fact, you probably didn’t have flu at all. That's according to state-by-state test results obtained in a three-month-long CBS News investigation.

When CDC did not provide us with the material, we filed a Freedom of Information request with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). More than two months later, the request has not been fulfilled. We also asked CDC for state-by-state test results prior to halting of testing and tracking, but CDC was again, initially, unresponsive.

While we waited for CDC to provide the data, which it eventually did, we asked all 50 states for their statistics on state lab-confirmed H1N1 prior to the halt of individual testing and counting in July. The results reveal a pattern that surprised a number of health care professionals we consulted. The vast majority of cases were negative for H1N1.




http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/10/21/cbsnews_investigates/main5404829.shtml

[Delphinus]

1. So, if they were overwhelmingly

negative for the flu, of any kind, what was the illness?

[Bushknew]

5. "The vast majority of cases were * negative* for H1N1 as well as seasonal flu" ...

The fact is many Viruses & Bacteria can cause flu like symptoms.

Your question should be.

Why has the CDC stop testing for H1N1 flu when the data collected pre July showed the vast majority of cases were negative for H1N1 as well as seasonal flu?

[Mojorabbit]

2. That is weird

I read somewhere that one of the common tests used had a high false neg rate but these numbers are off the chart neg.

[stray cat]

3. CDC uses PCR which is an accurate test - rapid tests used in ERs miss 50%

in other words they inaccurately say you don't have H1N1 when you do.

[stray cat]

4. The rapid test misses about 50% of cases - data is only accurate if its the PCR test

they don't seem to even know there are different tests in the article.

[rollingrock]

6. Ridiculously overhyped

and if you do get 'swine' flu, the symptoms tend to be no more severe then ordinary flu or even the common cold. it's rarely fatal, at least no more fatal than ordinary flu. it makes one wonder then, who could be running the CDC these days? people who have connections to big pharma, who profit from the vaccine sales? it wouldn't be surprising in the least. there's virtually no government institution left that corporate america has not firmly wrapped its tentacles around.

[goforit]

8. Yes. This Gov't is a total malignant failure! They are out to kill their citizens.

[rollingrock]

9. No, that's what the corporations are for

but don't worry, they'll keep you alive long enough to milk your last penny...then they kill you.

/sarcasm

[Bushknew]

7. US OKs Emergency Use Of Experimental Antiviral For H1N1 Flu .....WSJ....

WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)--The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is allowing the use of an experimental antiviral drug to treat severe cases of H1N1 or swine flu.

The drug, peramivir, is currently being developed by BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (BCRX) and is undergoing testing required for regular FDA approval.

The FDA issued a so-called emergency use authorization late Friday that allows doctors to use peramivir, which is delivered intravenously, in certain hospitalized adult and pediatric patients with confirmed or suspected H1N1 influenza.

A handful of doctors have already treated patients with severe cases of H1N1 using peramivir obtained through the agency's expanded access rules that allow individual patients to obtain experimental drugs if certain conditions are met. The emergency-use authorization allows use of the drug without prior FDA approval.

The FDA said there's only limited clinical data about whether peramivir is safe and effective, but "based upon the totality of scientific evidence available, it is reasonable to believe that peramivir IV may be effective in certain patients."

http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20091025-702890.html