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February 14, 2012
Sweden's first swine flu death confirmed
Published: 31 Aug 09 20:35 CET | Double click on a word to get a translation
Online: http://www.thelocal.se/21800/20090831/
Medical officials at Uppsala University Hospital in eastern Sweden confirmed on Monday evening that a man in the town died after contracting the swine flu virus.
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The man had flu symptoms and died at his home near Uppsala, 80 kilometres north of Stockholm. He had not been travelling abroad.
Several people with the A(H1N1) virus are currently seriously ill in Sweden, where more than 900 people have been infected with the virus.
The other Nordic countries -- Denmark, Finland and Norway -- have so far not reported any deaths from the disease.
Sweden has already signed an agreement with a laboratory for a delivery of 18 million doses of vaccine for its 9.3 million population: the treatment requires two doses.
The first batches are expected early next month and will be on a voluntary basis, even if Sweden wants as many people as possible to take up the offer.
More than 2,180 people around the world have died from the virus since it emerged in April, according to the latest WHO figures, with an estimated 210,000 people infected in 177 countries.
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Hoever, since seven of ten Swedes reportededly want the vaccine, I doubt that the negative comments on this forum are coming from native-born Swedes.
However, when the forum is polluted with comments from non-residents from the United States, negativity, bombast, arrogance and opionions based on hot air are the norm.
Should it be taken seriously? Of course. So should every infectious disease. However this flu isn't exactly the most deadly illness out there.
And regarding your last comment, not much needs to be said. Your thoughts on others' posts completely describes your own. Negative - check. Arrogant -check. Based on hot-air, check. It's only one death, the seasonal flu kills thousands each year.
And are you really surprised that most comments come from non-native people? Unless you're drunk like a good Swede would be... you would realize this is a news site written in a non-native language. I'm going to go out on a limb here... but my guess is the target audience is not native-born Swedes.
I do think that sick people should take the vaccine, they can't risk getting a flu like this one or any flu for that matter, but since it can have some rather nasty side effects that are a whole lot more likely to get than the known temporary effects of flu.. well.. there's no way I'm taking the vaccine.
You can call me a conspiracy loony if you want but I think that many of those cases that have been reported as swine flu are actually normal flu, maybe most of them. You doubt that? Then tell me, what symptoms are normal with swine flu that normal flu doesn't have, can you easily tell them apart? If someone says they have the flu (actually they would probably say they have swine flu because they can't tell the difference and the media has spooked them into thinking that they will get sick, which obviously means that if you get sick, it's swine flu), will you "know" that it is swine flu? And how hard is it to believe that a doctor can give a wrong prognosis about something like this?
I suppose this is an open question to anyone who cares to enlighten me :D.
Btw, I'm native Swedish.
Oh nevermind... most readers are interested about the degree of 'panic' before vaccination is available. BTW, there are more deaths from road accidents everyday than this flu. Does the govt. want to do something about that?
http://www.i-sis.org.uk/fastTrackSwineFluVaccineUnderFire.php
Read a little about squalene and it's effects (banned in the US after the first gulf war). Ask yourself why the WHO dropped the 2 most important criteria used to define a pandemic (morbidity and mortality rates). Look at the incredible coverage (hype) surrounding this flu and lack of fatalities (compared to say SARS).
No way I'm taking it... give mine to Lingonberry!
The uneducated run at the mouth like city sewers, especially the city and the industrial sewers that have been polluting the United States Great Lakes for generations.
Trying to raise a response from me that would otherwise be irrelvant to the subject at hand is the same as trying to paint a tail on the wind.
Minds, like parachutes, only work when they are open. Using logic, or critical thinking, for which the morons in the United States have very little capacity, is as useles as addressing an open sewer.
That likewise refers to the majority of comments on all blogs and forums.
No, i don't know his real name, or where exactly he lived. I knew him through an online game but i do know enough about his personal life & family. I have tried checking a lot of the local papers but can't find the proper archives or much details to help & i can't read or understand Swedish.
I would really appreciate if anyone who has seen it in the local papers, what was the name of this victim and where exactly he was from or any other details?
Thank you very much.