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I had the same thoughts, but don’t have a real answer. At this point, I think the largest worry is that this round will be less virulent, with a more deadly mutation coming back around in the late fall like the influenza of 1918. I’m almost wondering if a person wouldn’t be better off getting an earlier less virulent case of the flu now, and having more immunity in the fall, should it return with a vengeance. I really believe that the media are overdoing the panic, and people aren’t considering the annual deaths from “regular” flu.
Nice blog, I have done a bit more research and share a bit more in depth on my swine flu blog on my website: www.aerobroken.com, the link is just below the banner. Stop in and leave a comment or see what I have shared. I sure hope this will blow over and not touch all of us that are HIV positive, have AIDS or weakened immune systems but I highly doubt it. I explain why and I have written about this subject for years as well as researched it for years. With being a 25 years long term survivor of AIDS being diagnosed with Full blown AIDS on May 11th, 1984, I try and protect myself and educate myself on stronger terms of just depending on the Mass Media and doctors. I explain this and why in my Swine Flu blog and a blog I wrote about this almost 2 years ago called Food Fight that there is a link also in the swine flu blog. Peace, and Be Safe, Aero
Wow! I've been HIV+ since 1986 and AIDS since 1993. I was recently thinking, other than long term surviving... has HIV actually protected me from getting so called run of the mill illness. I had a reocurence of non-hodkins lymphoma in 2006 but otherwise I'm healthy. I don't get colds, or flu or skin rashes as my comtemporaries who are HIV-. Could there be a connection? Is there anything positive (no pun intended) out of an HIV positve diagnosis? Thank you, Luis
i was thinking the same thing is it the "stand" with only HIVers left. the media loves this kind of stuff,they will try and get a real good panic going
Stanley Bodner, MD
I am HIV/AIDS specialist in Middle TN, and manage more than 500 POZ patient clients..and have several observed insurors (CIGNA, AETNA, CAREMARK, HUMANA) as part of their "management" responsibilites have changed for 2009, the co-payments for many HIV drugs from tier-2, or tier 3 to a new category of "Specialty" drugs which were not heretofore so designated. This has reseulted in increases of $20-$50 co-payments to several hundreds of dollars for each drug..up to $1000 + a month for many patients...an unconscionable increase....Re-designating HIV/AIDS HAART treatments which save thousands of AIDS treatment dollars in the long term as specialty drugs..and forcing non-affordability is counter productive and must be FOUGHT by organized medicine..particulary the HIVMA and IDSA.....and the insurance industry in general must be brought to task for discriminating against HIV/AIDS infected individuals once again.
May 3, 2009