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Health bosses trying to smooth out rate which swine flu is spread
Health officials trying to slow the spread of swine flu Health officials trying to slow the spread of swine flu
Tue, 16 Jun 2009 6:01p.m.
Health officials have been explaining why it is so important to slow down the spread of the virus.
However, they are not being helped by reports from overseas of swine flu parties to share the germs.
Dr John Cameron told Sunrise, no one is immune to the virus, which is why it has the potential to spread like wildfire.
?I'm going to get swine flu and I'm going to die. No it's not going to happen like that, but the numbers that are going to have it are going to be much greater,? Dr Cameron says.
Health bosses are trying to smooth out the rate at which it is spread.
?If we have a mass of people becoming sick in a very short space of time we are going to have a lot infrastructure problems,? he says.
Experts are warning about a worst-case-scenario, where fire stations are running on skeleton crews or hospitals are struggling with too few doctors and nurses.
Public transport could become jammed if too many drivers fell ill at once, shops and supermarkets could be forced to close.
Health officials do not want the idea of swine flu parties to spread.
Americans came up with the idea of swine flu parties. Hoping to catch the virus, believing they will get it over and done with.
Fran McGrath says the swine flu party idea is creating more of threat to the public.
?What they are doing is risking the probability that a lot of people will get sick and that's exactly the community impact we are looking to try to dampen down,? Ms McGrath says.
Medical officers can force people to stay in isolation, if necessary.
The public healthline has been swamped with calls. There were almost fifteen hundred yesterday, nearly double the usual number.
Steve Murray told 3 News that he had spent two hours on the phone trying to get through for advice.
?I want to go out and get a test done or something done about it. I can't because I'm confined to my house. I just feel gutted really,? Mr Murray says.
http://www.3news.co.nz/Health-bosse...abid/423/articleID/108830/cat/41/Default.aspx
Health officials trying to slow the spread of swine flu Health officials trying to slow the spread of swine flu
Tue, 16 Jun 2009 6:01p.m.
Health officials have been explaining why it is so important to slow down the spread of the virus.
However, they are not being helped by reports from overseas of swine flu parties to share the germs.
Dr John Cameron told Sunrise, no one is immune to the virus, which is why it has the potential to spread like wildfire.
?I'm going to get swine flu and I'm going to die. No it's not going to happen like that, but the numbers that are going to have it are going to be much greater,? Dr Cameron says.
Health bosses are trying to smooth out the rate at which it is spread.
?If we have a mass of people becoming sick in a very short space of time we are going to have a lot infrastructure problems,? he says.
Experts are warning about a worst-case-scenario, where fire stations are running on skeleton crews or hospitals are struggling with too few doctors and nurses.
Public transport could become jammed if too many drivers fell ill at once, shops and supermarkets could be forced to close.
Health officials do not want the idea of swine flu parties to spread.
Americans came up with the idea of swine flu parties. Hoping to catch the virus, believing they will get it over and done with.
Fran McGrath says the swine flu party idea is creating more of threat to the public.
?What they are doing is risking the probability that a lot of people will get sick and that's exactly the community impact we are looking to try to dampen down,? Ms McGrath says.
Medical officers can force people to stay in isolation, if necessary.
The public healthline has been swamped with calls. There were almost fifteen hundred yesterday, nearly double the usual number.
Steve Murray told 3 News that he had spent two hours on the phone trying to get through for advice.
?I want to go out and get a test done or something done about it. I can't because I'm confined to my house. I just feel gutted really,? Mr Murray says.
http://www.3news.co.nz/Health-bosse...abid/423/articleID/108830/cat/41/Default.aspx