Comments on: Locally Transferred H1N1 Cases Verified in Kobe Japan

By: jay

jay — Sat, 16 May 2009 23:42:42 +0000

Just an update… there are three more confirmed cases at a different high school and different ward (Hyogo Prefectural Hyogo High School in Nagata Ward) in Kobe. The first student (Kobe High School in Nada Ward) with H1N1 reportedly played in a volleyball tournament, and officials fear H1N1 could have spread widely from there. There are also an increasing number of cases and possible cases coming out of Osaka now.

By: jay

jay — Sat, 16 May 2009 12:52:38 +0000

I’d like to see all the schools canceled or none. Now the news is talking about hundreds of people showing signs of the flu in Kobe… we probably won’t know for sure until the morning news. Closing schools in three small wards (no natural barriers separating or dividing wards) is like paying lip service to a potential flu epidemic. If the government doesn’t think it’s a big deal, then they shouldn’t close any schools. I also feel bad for the Osaka high school students that were locked up in a hotel in Tokyo for 10 days to prevent the spread that’s spreading now.

By: h1n1 virus

h1n1 virus — Sat, 16 May 2009 02:42:04 +0000

This is a big deal, people who say ‘quit fear mongering’ are part of the potential problem. Another huge problem is the fact that most people go to work sick (they save sick days for doing fun stuff). For every person who says ‘oh there are hundreds of thousands of cases of regular flu per year, no need to worry” – well you need to use your brain for something more than figuring out when to say FTW or fail.