5 New Severe Cases of H1N1 in Northern Health

Tuesday, December 01, 2009 12:48 PM

Victoria, B.C.- The latest information on H1N1 in B.C. says there have been 93 new severe cases of H1N1 identified in B.C. since November 24th. Those cases include five new severe cases in the Northern Health region, nine in Fraser Health, 13 in Vancouver Coastal Health, 21 in Interior Health, and 45 on Vancouver Island. The number of new severe cases is down from the previous week, when 109 new severe cases had been reported.

There have been eight new deaths over the past week, including two in Interior Health, four in Fraser Health and two on Vancouver Island.

Provincial Health Officer , Dr.Perry Kendall says although the number of new severe cases of H1N1 continues to drop, don't be fooled into thinking the virus will disappear. He says it is still in a person's best interests to get vaccinated unless they have already had a lab confirmed case of H1N1.

There have been 175 adverse reactions to the vaccine in B.C. and while most of those are considered mild, there have been 14 cases of serious events which include 4 anaphylaxis reactions. There has also been one death, but Dr.Kendall says the person was ill with H1N1 and had underlying health conditions. Nationwide, there have been 1700 adverse reactions to the vaccine.

With 635 thousand doses of vaccine delivered to clinics and physician offices over the past couple of days and a further 753 thousand doses to be delivered to B.C. later this week, Dr. Kendall says there are hopes 66% of the population will be vaccinated.

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Posted on Tuesday, December 01, 2009 12:48 PM in News by 250 News

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Posted by: camoose on December 1 2009 2:43 PM

Just to put things in perspective, maybe we could have the number of people in the Northern Health Region diagnosed with the following in November:

Posted by: camoose on December 1 2009 2:48 PM

Oops, wrong key.

Number of people diagnosed with heart problems

Number of people contracting dibeatis

Number of people with regular flu

Number of people with lung problems

Number of people struck by vehicles

Number of people winning the 6/49

It should be a good news story to publish how many deaths occured from the above so far in 2009. A tempest in a teapot methinks. Remember Y2K? There's big money to be made.

Posted by: noisy on December 1 2009 7:47 PM

Maybe a tempest in a teapot for many, but my kid was one of the severe cases, and it was a pretty big deal for us. We count our blessings! And if it's no big deal for others, all the better, because it means they're staying healthy.

Hopefully the numbers keep declining, and the cases become less severe.

Posted by: kidder on December 2 2009 9:07 AM

How many people died of the regular flu in the same period? I think its a cash grap for the drug companies.

Posted by: snappi on December 2 2009 4:11 PM

Chances of dying in a plane crash are higher. Your chances of dying from H1N1 are 0.0003 percent. Many many more people die from the regular flu every year. Plus the fact that the criteria has been changing constantly since it was decided that a vaccine was necessary. Yes, people with existing diseases and health problems may want to take the chance, understandably. I personally don't believe that its a chance I want to take, looking at the statistics as well as the fact that one person has already died after being vaccinated and many more have become ill.
I'm glad your child is okay Noisy, that must have been very scary for you...take care.

Posted by: Superheated Steam on December 2 2009 4:26 PM

Quote from above snappi. "There has also been one death, but Dr.Kendall says the person was ill with H1N1 and had underlying health conditions." You SHOULD get vaccinated to prevent the spread of the disease.

Posted by: Papermaker on December 2 2009 11:23 PM

You know, I read somewhere that next year 1 in 1000 people are going to die from H1N1.....

Really, it was a comment in a post in a news story on this site a few days ago....

I got my shot after reading that one!

Phewwww

Posted by: Superheated Steam on December 3 2009 3:31 PM

So snappi, we should all stop flying? You cannot get a shot that will protect you from plane crashes, you can get one for H1N1.