AZMEX SPECIAL 29-12-18

AZMEX SPECIAL 29 DEC 2018

Note: update of AZMEX UPDATE 28-12-18

Also: should you worry?
https://www.archives.gov/exhibits/influenza-epidemic/



Influenza AH1N1 works its first victim in BC
Photo: José María Cárdenas
By: Nicolle De León | 12/29/2018 6:42

https://www.lacronica.com/Noticias/2018/12/29/1397918-Cobra-influenza-AH1N1-su-primera-victima-en-BC.html

MEXICALI, Baja California (GH)

A 32-year-old woman was the first fatal victim of the Influenza AH1N1 virus in Baja California, confirmed the authorities of the Ministry of Health.

The also known as swine flu has been increasing throughout the country.


In Ensenada is that the first death of the State occurred, have confirmed 46 cases, said the head of the Department of Epidemiology, Óscar Efrén Zazueta Fierro.

The female did not have the influenza vaccine, and was also a carrier of several co-morbidities such as diabetes, obesity and smoking, being a combination of circumstances that led to her death.

She presented the symptoms from December 4, but did not go until December 8 to a private clinic, on December 15 she died after treating at the General Hospital, he said.

"She came with a clinical picture of interstitial pneumonia and an acute respiratory infection, secondary with severe hypoxia, unfortunately had to be intubated," the doctor said.


"339 cases have been studied, of these 227 correspond to influenza-like diseases, 112 correspond to severe acute respiratory infection (ARI), and 124 cases were discarded, 46 cases were confirmed for influenza AH1N1," said Zazueta.

The majority of cases occurred in Mexicali with 23 cases, Tijuana presented 21 cases, Vicente Guerrero had a case and there was one more in Ensenada, said epidemiologist Zazueta.


The age range goes from zero years to 92 years, the average is 32 years and most are in productive ages, from 20 to 49 years, followed by the pediatric group that represents a quarter of the cases.

The director of Isesalud, Néstor Saúl Hernández Milán, commented that 81 people have died, 86.4% is due to influenza AH1N1, 7.4% type A not subtyped and 6.4% influenza type B.

At the cut of week 50 of 2018, there is a circulation of influence in 1 thousand 236 positive cases in the whole country, 81% AH1N1, 12% type B, 5% type A not subtyped and 1% of AH3N2, said the director.


VULNERABLE GROUPS
Hernandez recalled that children under five years of age, people over 65, pregnant women and those who are immunocompromised are the population most vulnerable to influenza.

The objective in the application of the influenza vaccine was to reach 70% before the end of 2018, however, three days after the end of December they reached 53%.

He exhorted to practice repeated hand washing, the sneeze of label with which he covers his mouth with his arm in a sneeze or cough, in addition to apply the vaccine against influenza that is free and safe.

IN NUMBERS

46 Cases of influenza AH1N1 have been presented in BC

23 Cases have been presented in Mexicali

21 Cases were presented in Tijuana

1 Case was presented in Ensenada

1 Case was presented in Vicente Guerrero

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Also:

Fox News Regular Dies Suddenly
• 12/28/2018
• The Hollywood Conservative

http://thehollywoodconservative.us/articles/fox-news-regular-dies-suddenly

A conservative writer and frequent FOX guest passed away suddenly, Friday, of swine flu. Bre Payton wrote for The Federalist, and often appeared on the network on a broad range of topics.

Fox News has more:

Payton, who was based in Washington, was in California this week guest-hosting a show on the One America News Network.
On Wednesday, Payton told her Twitter followers to tune in that night to see her on television.

But the next morning, according to the CaringBridge post, a friend found her "unresponsive and barely breathing."

"She immediately called 911 and Bre was taken to the hospital where she was admitted to the ICU, sedated & intubated, and doctors began working up a diagnosis,"
the post said. "After a CT scan and hours of testing, they have determined she has the H1N1 flu and possibly meningitis."

The Federalist, in a post on the site Friday, remembered Payton as someone who "brightened the lives of everyone around her."

Rest in peace Bre, you will be missed.

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