Wednesday, March 28, 2012

60 Golani soldiers were infected with the flu - and released

Particularly contagious influenza spread at the training base of the Golani Brigade in the north, and brought the release of dozens of soldiers to their homes. The soldiers arrived last night to the base clinic and complained of difficulty breathing, dizziness and coughing heavily. IDF investigation launched
An influenza pandemic in the Golani Brigade: Dozens of soldiers from the base of the Golani Brigade's training in northern Israel were released to their homes after their last night mild flu. Medical Corps began testing in an attempt to pinpoint the cause of the spread of flu, has infected a large number of soldiers.
There are approximately 60 soldiers, who complained before the heat and signs of influenza. The soldiers came to the base clinic and reported having difficulty breathing, dizziness, and heavy coughing. After a series of tests conducted them, it was decided to release the soldiers home for two days.

The IDF said in response that the subject is in treatment and west of the military medical officials.

This is the second incident within a month in the North. Last month, 25 soldiers were hospitalized from bases in northern Israel, after suffering from food poisoning. The soldiers were evacuated to Nahariya Hospital, after reporting that they suffer from diarrhea, but were released to their homes after drug treatment.
http://www.forum.muonline.co.il/show....php?p=3846130

1 comment:

Joe Neubarth said...

ALL TYPE A HUMAN FLU IS BIRD FLU. H1N1, H2N1, H3N2 and so on are all Bird Flu that have modified slightly to become better at attacking humans. In birds they are intestinal viruses. In humans they attack the nose, throat and lungs of the afflicted.

Saying that soldiers have been sent home because of Bird Flu does not tell us much unless they say H5N1. In that case the whole world would have reason to worry.

Sadly, both China and Iran have very active Biological Warfare research facilities. I have long suspected that the Iranian dramatization of their Nuclear Program was being done to offset attention from their BioWeapons program.

I was a Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Warfare officer in the Navy. I still follow up on resources that I studied while in the Navy. I am certain that both China and Iran have a dispersal system for H5N1.

China has inoculated a large part of their population against H5N1. Iran is in the process. The United States does not have the slightest idea what we should do, so we are doing nothing.

In other words, this may be "much ado about nothing," or it may be the start of a Global Pandemic. I hope it is "much ado about nothing," cause a mass human global extinction right now would make a mess out of everything.