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Let us learn more about the pandemic swine flu. If we are better informed, we will be able to manage it more effectively. I am sharing information gathered from the internet and medical websites. Please feel free to leave your comments.
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Let us learn more about the pandemic swine flu. If we are better informed, we will be able to manage it more effectively. I am sharing information gathered from the internet and medical websites. Please feel free to leave your comments.
From India, Nagpur
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Thank you for the information. I did receive an email and would like to share this with you.
Subject: OF ALL THE SWINE FLU MAILS --- I THINK THIS ONE IS WORTH FORWARDING ... Dr. Deepak Purohit wrote to Presidents about Swine Flu
PLEASE GO THROUGH THIS
My dear Presidents,
I agree with you that swine flu awareness is needed, but there is no need to be panicky and join the publicity propaganda carried out by media and others, which acts as a vehicle to spread misconception rather than to spread scientific information.
These are a few facts about swine flu when discussed with leading epidemiologists.
1) Swine flu, that is H1N1 flu, is not new, first detected in 1987.
2) The infective stage of flu is 5 days, 1 day before and 4 days after the onset of symptoms.
3) The best way to prevent its spreading is to ask patients having symptoms of flu like fever, cough, and running nose to take rest at home for 4 days so they do not transmit it.
4) Masks are of limited value, if any, in this disease. It can spread through droplets on your skin, through contact, etc. I have seen that the masks in Pune are worn as a fashion statement. While walking on the road this morning, I saw people wearing masks coming out for a morning walk with their dogs! Many were wearing masks around their necks, and so on. In fact, these masks shall act as the vehicles to carry the virus. Instead, avoiding crowded places or cinema halls or malls where air conditioners are on, is advisable because you get recirculated air, where the virus density multiplies.
5) Death after H1N1 flu is not common. In fact, infections like measles are taking a toll of thousands more every year, and we are oblivious to the facts. Swine flu is being blown out of proportion by the media trying to create hysteria among laypeople.
6) Fever accompanied by respiratory distress should be immediately notified, which is likely to be a complication of H1N1 flu.
7) The mortality is less than 0.01 percent of those affected, which means maybe one in 10,000 affected is likely to suffer the loss of life.
8) If you remember, 2 years ago SARS was blown out of proportion. What happened? Humans develop immunity to the virus; the same is going to happen. We develop immunity in due course of time. The virus is in the air; you cannot stop it. Our bodies are already developing immunity, so there is nothing to panic.
We need to take care of children and the elderly who have less immunity and do not let them go to crowded places, that is all.
WE MUST START THIS CAMPAIGN OF NOT TO BE AFRAID OF THIS FLU AND LET YOUR DAILY WORK CONTINUE AS NORMAL. NO MASKS FOR ORDINARY CITIZENS, HEALTHCARE WORKERS, OR THOSE SPECIFICALLY EXPOSED TO LOTS OF CROWDED ENVIRONMENTS MAY BE BENEFITED, BUT NOT PROVEN.
I am amazed to hear that people are selling masks for Rs. 20 each, which are available for less than Rupee 1 in the market.
See who is getting benefitted?
Please spread the scientific info. Do not join the bandwagon and stick to science; that should be the order of the day.
Deepak Purohit
District Governor
3131
--
Rtn Dr. Deepak Purohit
DG 09/10
Dist. 3131
Purohit Clinic, Plot 78, MCCHS
Panvel, Maharashtra
India
PIN 410206
From India, Mumbai
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Subject: OF ALL THE SWINE FLU MAILS --- I THINK THIS ONE IS WORTH FORWARDING ... Dr. Deepak Purohit wrote to Presidents about Swine Flu
PLEASE GO THROUGH THIS
My dear Presidents,
I agree with you that swine flu awareness is needed, but there is no need to be panicky and join the publicity propaganda carried out by media and others, which acts as a vehicle to spread misconception rather than to spread scientific information.
These are a few facts about swine flu when discussed with leading epidemiologists.
1) Swine flu, that is H1N1 flu, is not new, first detected in 1987.
2) The infective stage of flu is 5 days, 1 day before and 4 days after the onset of symptoms.
3) The best way to prevent its spreading is to ask patients having symptoms of flu like fever, cough, and running nose to take rest at home for 4 days so they do not transmit it.
4) Masks are of limited value, if any, in this disease. It can spread through droplets on your skin, through contact, etc. I have seen that the masks in Pune are worn as a fashion statement. While walking on the road this morning, I saw people wearing masks coming out for a morning walk with their dogs! Many were wearing masks around their necks, and so on. In fact, these masks shall act as the vehicles to carry the virus. Instead, avoiding crowded places or cinema halls or malls where air conditioners are on, is advisable because you get recirculated air, where the virus density multiplies.
5) Death after H1N1 flu is not common. In fact, infections like measles are taking a toll of thousands more every year, and we are oblivious to the facts. Swine flu is being blown out of proportion by the media trying to create hysteria among laypeople.
6) Fever accompanied by respiratory distress should be immediately notified, which is likely to be a complication of H1N1 flu.
7) The mortality is less than 0.01 percent of those affected, which means maybe one in 10,000 affected is likely to suffer the loss of life.
8) If you remember, 2 years ago SARS was blown out of proportion. What happened? Humans develop immunity to the virus; the same is going to happen. We develop immunity in due course of time. The virus is in the air; you cannot stop it. Our bodies are already developing immunity, so there is nothing to panic.
We need to take care of children and the elderly who have less immunity and do not let them go to crowded places, that is all.
WE MUST START THIS CAMPAIGN OF NOT TO BE AFRAID OF THIS FLU AND LET YOUR DAILY WORK CONTINUE AS NORMAL. NO MASKS FOR ORDINARY CITIZENS, HEALTHCARE WORKERS, OR THOSE SPECIFICALLY EXPOSED TO LOTS OF CROWDED ENVIRONMENTS MAY BE BENEFITED, BUT NOT PROVEN.
I am amazed to hear that people are selling masks for Rs. 20 each, which are available for less than Rupee 1 in the market.
See who is getting benefitted?
Please spread the scientific info. Do not join the bandwagon and stick to science; that should be the order of the day.
Deepak Purohit
District Governor
3131
--
Rtn Dr. Deepak Purohit
DG 09/10
Dist. 3131
Purohit Clinic, Plot 78, MCCHS
Panvel, Maharashtra
India
PIN 410206
From India, Mumbai
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