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Topic started on 20-6-2009 @ 11:45 AM by Iamonlyhuman
This surprised me.

Swine flu thrives in heat; S.C. cases rise
The number of confirmed swine flu cases in South Carolina shot up by 34 in the last two weeks, an indication the H1N1 strain is unlike any seen in recent years.

"This is a new virus, and we don't know its behavior well," said state epidemiologist Dr. Jerry Gibson. "We're still learning. Its persistence does seems to be unusual."


In mid-May, SC had 36 confirmed cases. As of 6/13/09, 83 had been confirmed. We've been having 90 - 105 degree weather.


reply posted on 20-6-2009 @ 12:36 PM by infinite
reply to post by raz24400


Oh, it is winter season in Latin America - and their confirmed cases have escalated pretty significantly.


reply posted on 20-6-2009 @ 12:43 PM by Iamonlyhuman
reply to post by Sonya610


I have no idea about the demographics. I'll try to dig that up although I'm not sure how to do that.


reply posted on 21-6-2009 @ 06:39 PM by eradown
reply to post by Iamonlyhuman
H1N1 is hitting O+ people hard. The deep south has a high proportion of people with O+ blood type. The area was settled primarily by the Scotch Irish and the Indians of that area are O+ also.



[edit on 21-6-2009 by eradown]


reply posted on 21-6-2009 @ 08:22 PM by eradown
reply to post by FlyersFan


Most people have central air so most people stay in of a summer. Even so H1N1 is an avian virus. Birds have a much higher temperature than humans.


reply posted on 24-6-2009 @ 05:02 AM by CultureD
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Sonya- I know virues cause raised body temps- but many of us on other threads have talked about having had chills, aches, etc., with a flu-type bug, but with NO fever, in fact, some of us had a lowered body temp throughout the illness. I'm wondering if this bug can keep the body from spiking a fever (in order to stay "alive in the body long enough to propagate), an that's why thermal imagers at airports are missing so many people who are actually ill.

I don't see the impossibility. HIV has an essential "cloaking mechanism"; HSV hides on nerve ganglia; why can't this flu mess with the hypothalamus somehow?

Just a theory, but one that seems to be more prevalent that I thought- on the thread where we discussed having been ill in the late winter/early spring, I'd say 10 or 15 people reported a lower-than-normal body temp.

EDIT: to say I had flu for sure- whatever strain it was- I was down for three weeks and sick as a dog- convinced I had a 102-103 fever. It never got above normal.

[edit on 24-6-2009 by CultureD]

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