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Oh, my! H1N1 from humans to cats.
Just saw this in a different ng:
http://www.idph.state.ia.us/IdphNews...5-1B9B477A3805 This is worrisome - not just that our cats can get it, but that it's continuing to mutate to be able to infect new species. And now I have to worry about my 13 year old cat getting sick if I do. Where's my vitamin C? jmc |
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Oh, my! H1N1 from humans to cats.
On Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:46:32 -0500, jmc
wrote: Just saw this in a different ng: http://www.idph.state.ia.us/IdphNews...5-1B9B477A3805 This is worrisome - not just that our cats can get it, but that it's continuing to mutate to be able to infect new species. And now I have to worry about my 13 year old cat getting sick if I do. Where's my vitamin C? jmc Great minds think alike. ( I posted this here 40+ minutes ago. ) What you should do is get vaccinated against swine flu and the regular seasonal flu too if it decreases the chance your family and cats could catch it. I got my vaccines last week before the word was out about cats. Glad I did. |
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Oh, my! H1N1 from humans to cats.
On Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:46:32 -0500, jmc wrote:
Just saw this in a different ng: http://www.idph.state.ia.us/IdphNews...5-1B9B477A3805 This is worrisome - not just that our cats can get it, but that it's continuing to mutate to be able to infect new species. And now I have to worry about my 13 year old cat getting sick if I do. As if there wasn't enough hysteria. one cat with h1n1 in the entire country. household got over it just like everybody else does 99.99% of the time. Your chance of catching it and giving it to your cat are about the same as a piano falling on your yead. Actually, a lot less. Watch out! |
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Oh, my! H1N1 from humans to cats.
Suddenly, without warning, John Ross Mc Master exclaimed (11/4/2009
10:01 PM): On Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:46:32 -0500, jmc wrote: Just saw this in a different ng: http://www.idph.state.ia.us/IdphNews...5-1B9B477A3805 This is worrisome - not just that our cats can get it, but that it's continuing to mutate to be able to infect new species. And now I have to worry about my 13 year old cat getting sick if I do. Where's my vitamin C? jmc Great minds think alike. ( I posted this here 40+ minutes ago. ) What you should do is get vaccinated against swine flu and the regular seasonal flu too if it decreases the chance your family and cats could catch it. I got my vaccines last week before the word was out about cats. Glad I did. Can't get vaccinated - I'm not in a high-risk group and the shortages around here are pretty severe. I'd rather give "my" shot to someone who needs it more. I've never gotten the seasonal flu shot, and have only had seasonal flu once or twice in my life. Bit worried about the swine flu shot - the friend of a coworker had unexpected neurological issues from the swine flu shot - she's currently having problems walking and talking... that's only one shot in millions but still makes me nervous. We don't know if it was the shot or nasal. jmc |
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Oh, my! H1N1 from humans to cats.
Suddenly, without warning, AZ Nomad exclaimed (11/4/2009 10:08 PM):
On Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:46:32 -0500, jmc wrote: Just saw this in a different ng: http://www.idph.state.ia.us/IdphNews...5-1B9B477A3805 This is worrisome - not just that our cats can get it, but that it's continuing to mutate to be able to infect new species. And now I have to worry about my 13 year old cat getting sick if I do. As if there wasn't enough hysteria. one cat with h1n1 in the entire country. household got over it just like everybody else does 99.99% of the time. Your chance of catching it and giving it to your cat are about the same as a piano falling on your yead. Actually, a lot less. Watch out! ::looks up:: No piano... yet. Will keep an eye out though. That's one *documented* case. Doesn't mean there aren't others out there. We don't really know yet if H1N1 is harder on cats than people - it's harder on kids than adults, so yes I worry a bit, but with the flus running rampant through my workplace, I'm already taking precautions. jmc |
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Oh, my! H1N1 from humans to cats.
On Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:41:14 -0500, jmc
wrote: Suddenly, without warning, John Ross Mc Master exclaimed (11/4/2009 10:01 PM): On Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:46:32 -0500, jmc wrote: Just saw this in a different ng: http://www.idph.state.ia.us/IdphNews...5-1B9B477A3805 This is worrisome - not just that our cats can get it, but that it's continuing to mutate to be able to infect new species. And now I have to worry about my 13 year old cat getting sick if I do. Where's my vitamin C? jmc Great minds think alike. ( I posted this here 40+ minutes ago. ) What you should do is get vaccinated against swine flu and the regular seasonal flu too if it decreases the chance your family and cats could catch it. I got my vaccines last week before the word was out about cats. Glad I did. Can't get vaccinated - I'm not in a high-risk group and the shortages around here are pretty severe. I'd rather give "my" shot to someone who needs it more. I've never gotten the seasonal flu shot, and have only had seasonal flu once or twice in my life. Bit worried about the swine flu shot - the friend of a coworker had unexpected neurological issues from the swine flu shot - she's currently having problems walking and talking... that's only one shot in millions but still makes me nervous. We don't know if it was the shot or nasal. jmc Smallpox is extinct because of vaccination. Millions of people are not dying from it every year. Dangers of vaccines are exaggerated by nut jobs in the media. |
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Oh, my! H1N1 from humans to cats.
Suddenly, without warning, John Ross Mc Master exclaimed (11/5/2009
10:49 AM): On Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:41:14 -0500, jmc wrote: Suddenly, without warning, John Ross Mc Master exclaimed (11/4/2009 10:01 PM): On Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:46:32 -0500, jmc wrote: Just saw this in a different ng: http://www.idph.state.ia.us/IdphNews...5-1B9B477A3805 This is worrisome - not just that our cats can get it, but that it's continuing to mutate to be able to infect new species. And now I have to worry about my 13 year old cat getting sick if I do. Where's my vitamin C? jmc Great minds think alike. ( I posted this here 40+ minutes ago. ) What you should do is get vaccinated against swine flu and the regular seasonal flu too if it decreases the chance your family and cats could catch it. I got my vaccines last week before the word was out about cats. Glad I did. Can't get vaccinated - I'm not in a high-risk group and the shortages around here are pretty severe. I'd rather give "my" shot to someone who needs it more. I've never gotten the seasonal flu shot, and have only had seasonal flu once or twice in my life. Bit worried about the swine flu shot - the friend of a coworker had unexpected neurological issues from the swine flu shot - she's currently having problems walking and talking... that's only one shot in millions but still makes me nervous. We don't know if it was the shot or nasal. jmc Smallpox is extinct because of vaccination. Millions of people are not dying from it every year. Dangers of vaccines are exaggerated by nut jobs in the media. Well, except I haven't seen *any* media here saying anything at all about side effects to the new vaccine. This is a single case I've heard about directly from a victim's friend. How is that in any way shape or form from the media? Not that I disagree with you - just in this one case, where I am, media is not to blame. jmc |
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Oh, my! H1N1 from humans to cats.
On Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:43:27 -0500, jmc
wrote: Suddenly, without warning, AZ Nomad exclaimed (11/4/2009 10:08 PM): On Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:46:32 -0500, jmc wrote: Just saw this in a different ng: http://www.idph.state.ia.us/IdphNews...5-1B9B477A3805 This is worrisome - not just that our cats can get it, but that it's continuing to mutate to be able to infect new species. And now I have to worry about my 13 year old cat getting sick if I do. As if there wasn't enough hysteria. one cat with h1n1 in the entire country. household got over it just like everybody else does 99.99% of the time. Your chance of catching it and giving it to your cat are about the same as a piano falling on your yead. Actually, a lot less. Watch out! ::looks up:: No piano... yet. Will keep an eye out though. That's one *documented* case. Doesn't mean there aren't others out there. We don't really know yet if H1N1 is harder on cats than people - it's harder on kids than adults, so yes I worry a bit, but with the flus running rampant through my workplace, I'm already taking precautions. jmc It's a flu. I had a flu a few weeks back - sore throat, high fever, felt crappy for two weeks. Was it H1N1? Who knows? Mostly you get sick, you get better. The ones who die probably have some other underlying problem. |
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Oh, my! H1N1 from humans to cats.
Suddenly, without warning, dgk exclaimed (11/6/2009 9:32 AM):
On Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:43:27 -0500, jmc wrote: Suddenly, without warning, AZ Nomad exclaimed (11/4/2009 10:08 PM): On Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:46:32 -0500, jmc wrote: Just saw this in a different ng: http://www.idph.state.ia.us/IdphNews...5-1B9B477A3805 This is worrisome - not just that our cats can get it, but that it's continuing to mutate to be able to infect new species. And now I have to worry about my 13 year old cat getting sick if I do. As if there wasn't enough hysteria. one cat with h1n1 in the entire country. household got over it just like everybody else does 99.99% of the time. Your chance of catching it and giving it to your cat are about the same as a piano falling on your yead. Actually, a lot less. Watch out! ::looks up:: No piano... yet. Will keep an eye out though. That's one *documented* case. Doesn't mean there aren't others out there. We don't really know yet if H1N1 is harder on cats than people - it's harder on kids than adults, so yes I worry a bit, but with the flus running rampant through my workplace, I'm already taking precautions. jmc It's a flu. I had a flu a few weeks back - sore throat, high fever, felt crappy for two weeks. Was it H1N1? Who knows? Mostly you get sick, you get better. The ones who die probably have some other underlying problem. I don't worry about me - I'm healthy, and not in the high risk groups. I worry about me giving it to Meep, who's 13 and not in perfect health. jmc |
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Oh, my! H1N1 from humans to cats.
On Nov 6, 2:39*pm, jmc wrote:
Suddenly, without warning, dgk exclaimed (11/6/2009 9:32 AM): On Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:43:27 -0500, jmc wrote: Suddenly, without warning, AZ Nomad exclaimed (11/4/2009 10:08 PM): On Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:46:32 -0500, jmc wrote: Just saw this in a different ng: http://www.idph.state.ia.us/IdphNews...E90B3-4667-496... This is worrisome - not just that our cats can get it, but that it's continuing to mutate to be able to infect new species. And now I have to worry about my 13 year old cat getting sick if I do. As if there wasn't enough hysteria. one cat with h1n1 in the entire country. household got over it just like everybody else does 99.99% of the time. Your chance of catching it and giving it to your cat are about the same as a piano falling on your yead. *Actually, a lot less. Watch out! ::looks up:: *No piano... yet. *Will keep an eye out though. That's one *documented* case. *Doesn't mean there aren't others out there. *We don't really know yet if H1N1 is harder on cats than people - it's harder on kids than adults, so yes I worry a bit, but with the flus running rampant through my workplace, I'm already taking precautions. jmc It's a flu. I had a flu a few weeks back - sore throat, high fever, felt crappy for two weeks. Was it H1N1? Who knows? Mostly you get sick, you get better. The ones who die probably have some other underlying problem. I don't worry about me - I'm healthy, and not in the high risk groups. I worry about me giving it to Meep, who's 13 and not in perfect health. jmc H1N1 is killing quite a few humans in MileHigh, some of whom had no idea they had any "underrlying problems" and yes, here as well, so far the vaccine is being withheld except for certain categories of humans. There is no vaccine for cats for this flu, so I suggest you quit worrying and keep your old lady cat away from anyone visiting your house who even looks like they have a runny nose....or worse. As for the piano......your chances of it landing on you outweigh old lady cat's chances by far. If you are not a pregnant female nor a medical worker I think you should chill. |
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