Comments on: Swine flu / A (H1N1) in Brazil

By: Tony

Tony — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 11:29:19 +0000

binnieo, you’re welcome. Warmer months ahead both in Brazil and Argentina so you’re unlikely to hear much about the flu until next year. Dengue fever likely to be an issue in both countries from January onwards, though.

By: binnieo

binnieo — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 15:09:19 +0000

Thanks, Tony… I appreciate your honesty and updates. The variant could be just rumor mill activity. Imaginative and fearful minds sometimes work overtime, no? So far, washing the hands and keeping them away from the face seems to be a pretty good preventative therapy. Vaccines are not available in all our US states yet, but in the states where they are available people(especially healthcare workers) are getting them and no negative sequelae noted to date. Hope this info helps down south of the equator. I’m actually traveling a little farther south than your country come Nov. 1. I’m going to Tango in Buenos Aries for a couple of weeks, but your site has been most helpful in assuaging my fears. Truthfully, I haven’t been able to find anything comparable to it in Argentina…So, thank you. Also, congrats on getting the Olympics in Brazil.

By: Tony

Tony — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 13:22:05 +0000

Mitu, please read the comment above yours. The vaccine won’t be available in Brazil for quite a number of months.

By: Mitu

Mitu — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 14:29:13 +0000

what is the latest update of swine flu in southern Brazil. After vaccnines have been invented.

By: Tony

Tony — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 14:12:58 +0000

binnieo, to be honest, that São Paulo variant of the virus was mentioned on a newspaper article back in June. I never read any other mentions to it since then. I’ve got a friend who is a doctor at the forefront of the fight against H1N1 in Brazil and didn’t have anything meaningful to say about it. I would like to update the figures but the government has not issued any new data for quite some time now. Honest information is hard to come by. Pregnant women were particularly hit by the virus. School kids have not made the news.

By: binnieo

binnieo — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 20:11:10 +0000

Tony – Good, when will you update your record keeping? Also, just for your information… the flu in the US is ramping up(pretty early for us), but under control at the moment. US still denies there has been any mutations in the H1N1 virus, which goes against what has been said in your country. So, who knows who is telling the real truth about that. Also, mainly hitting younger adults(universities)and school aged kids here…is that the same in Brazil?

By: Tony

Tony — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 19:25:21 +0000

binnieo, it’s no different. Number of cases on steep decline during the last few weeks.

By: binnieo

binnieo — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 03:20:03 +0000

How about now…is the variant H1N1 flu in sao paulo better or worse? I’ve heard it is worse…can you set the facts straight. Thanks

By: Ms Mos

Ms Mos — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 22:12:23 +0000

Oi! I travelled to Minas Gerais and Belo Horizonte from August 17-23rd as the flu was on the rise everywhere. I did not catch the flu, nor did I see anyone with flu-like symptoms. Or even a cold. Just putting in my two cents.

By: Tony

Tony — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 12:15:39 +0000

Mitu, there’s been just the one case of swine flu in Espirito Santo, the epidemic there is non-existent. Number of cases and deaths are already decreasing in all the southern states. Thingg should definitely be much better in November.