

Photo by John F. Russell


Swine flu fears have Routt County on alert

Health workers encourage residents to remain calm, cautious

Tips for avoiding the flu and not spreading it

- Wash hands frequently


- Avoid touching your eyes or mouth

- Limit contact with others if you are sick

- Avoid contact with sick people

























calvinhobbs 4 years, 11 months ago

What they are trying to avoid is this- "The influenza pandemic of 1918-1919 killed more people than the Great War, known today as World War I (WWI), at somewhere between 20 and 40 million people. It has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in recorded world history. More people died of influenza in a single year than in four-years of the Black Death Bubonic Plague from 1347 to 1351. Known as "Spanish Flu" or "La Grippe" the influenza of 1918-1919 was a global disaster. " From http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/ Yes numerous people die from those other problems, but in our global society, we now need to be aware of new virus strains that we have little or no immunity to.


Neal Harkner 4 years, 11 months ago

In 1918 we didn't have anti-viral drugs, antibiotics, or ventilators.

The 1918 Spanish Flu outbreak had an mortality rate of about 2.5%. That means if you caught it, you had a 97.5% chance of surviving it.

50 confirmed cases in the US (out of 300,000,000 people)

0 deaths outside Mexico.

Should we be prudent? Yes. Should we panic? No.


GreyStone 4 years, 11 months ago

Good thing we have strict documentation of all the workers and tourists entering the US from Mexico.


AltitudeAdjustment 4 years, 11 months ago

More people will die tomorrow from skin cancer than all the people who will die from Swine Flu over the next year. More people will be killed by a drunk driver tomorrow along than will die from swine flu in the next five years. More people died from West Nile Virus than will die from Swine Flu. More people will die from complications related to diabets tomorrow than will die from all flu type illness in the next year.

We get all worked up about things like this and dump billions of dollars for what? How many people are scared of the damaging effects of the sun on their skin, a drunk behind the wheel, eating junk food that will clog your arteries, or getting bit by a mosquito? All of these things are more likely to kill you than the swine flu, but we get all worked up because someone died from the flu. Someone dies from the flu all the time, if we get all worked up everytime someone gets sick and dies then we should all just become hermits and never leave our house.


GreyStone 4 years, 11 months ago

AltitDuDdude, Yes, I am one of those people who gets a little worked up when one of the people I love dies. A person should never overlook something like dying , it is a big event no mater how many people do it.


Ray Cartwright 4 years, 11 months ago

It could create a worker shortage in Mexico and all the illegal aliens will be headed back to work in Mexico. Bad thing or no???


GreyStone 4 years, 11 months ago

The worker shortage might hit the Steamboat Springs area if we count all the un documented workers from Mexico that work in all the resorts in Steamboat Springs...Who actually knows how many that is.


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