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Originally Posted by adam
It is well documented that the worst place to be during a pandemic is in a large crowd. Having one vaccination centre at Jackson Square goes against all the documented research about large crowds and pandemics. All research on pandemics specifically advises to stay away from malls, concert venues, any other large gatherings. Is Health Canada not aware of this? Or is it really not a pandemic afterall?
Here is a report on H1N1 in the southern hemisphere dated August 9, 2009.. well into their 2009 flu season.
http://www.flu.gov/professional/glob...emisphere.html
Read it for yourself and come to your own conclusion. Looks like it was a mild flu season for them this year. Also interesting to read is that H1N1 has been in circulation in populations for several years now. |
Why do you keep referencing the Southern hemisphere? What makes you think that they are ahead of us in terms of pandemic stages?
H1N1 started in Mexico then migrated to the U.S. then Canada. Do you not remember the travel adviseries placed on North America late last winter? There's a reason why European countries and Japan and China weren't issuing travel adviseries to Australia, South Africa and Brazil, the first breakouts were here in North America.
How you come to the conclusion that the Southern hemisphere is the leading edge of the pandemic completely baffles me. I strongly urge you to reconsider your line of thinking.
From the link you posted:
In addition, these countries did not have a 2009 H1N1 outbreak prior to enter in their normal influenza season, as in Mexico and the U.S. How and whether 2009 H1N1 virus will behave in the Southern Hemisphere, after their normal flu season ends, remains to be seen.