Comments on: President Obama’s First 100 days

By: Anna on Guam

Anna on Guam — Fri, 01 May 2009 05:44:27 +0000

Wow, Michelle. Sometimes it is so difficult to get on your site. Al how do you do it?

Okay, Chamorros so you can come home. So far there is no swine flu on Guam.
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No Swine Flu on Guam, Public Health confirms
A total of 40 cases of Swine Flu have been confirmed in the United States, 20 cases more than reported yesterday. It’s something the Guam Department of Public Health has been tracking for the past few days.

That agency has been meeting with the center for disease control for the last several days, receiving updates on the number of cases reported in Mexico and the United States. Public Health director J. Peter Roberto says rest assured that they’re closely monitoring the situation, saying, “It is a flu. The people in the United States have not died. On Guam, there’s zero confirmed cases. There are no Swine Flu cases on Guam and if the need arises, should the possibility occur that somebody come in with these types of flu-like symptoms, we do have antiviral at Public Health and we do have protocols placed not only coming into Public Health, but also out through shipments to our own laboratories in Hawaii.”

Symptoms of Swine Flu is similar to the classic symptoms of influenza. Public Health family Dr. Bernard Stupski says you cannot tell the difference unless testing is done. “The only way to determine this is through laboratory testing. The Swine Flu is presented like the flu, so you’ll have runny nose, cough, fever, body aches. There are some symptoms where people have gastric intestinal problems and diarrhea, but from the symptoms, you wouldn’t be able to distinguish from the regular flu,” he said.

Swine Flu is spread from person to person through touching, coughing, sneezing or talking while you’re sick. That means, it isn’t spread by pork meat. Pork that is handled properly is safe to eat. Although there is no vaccine for the disease, there are medicines that can help fight the infection. You are urged to wash your hands, cover your nose and mouth when you sneeze, avoid close contact with sick people.

Meanwhile Public Health continues to make early morning calls with CDC and local physicians. In addition, Roberto says the Guam Airport Authority and Guam Customs along with the Port Authority of Guam have been briefed on the matter as well. “With respect to this type of flu, information is evolving and changing at the moment. By tomorrow, who knows what will be changed. Everyday, not only epidemiologists but also the scientist are really looking at this matter very, very closely,” he said.

For more information about the Swine Flu, check out the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. You can also contact Public Health at 735-0670.
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Hafa adai

Anna

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 01 May 2009 05:38:28 +0000

Arlen Specter undoubtedly will feel at home in the Democratic Party, but only because it is a place where his willingness to bend the Constitution requires little pretense. It is the political equivalent of “coming out of the closet,” a place where many of his former Republican colleagues still reside ” pretending to be “conservative” or “moderate” (whatever those terms mean nowadays), while voting to trash the Constitution.

Voters would do much better in evaluating their elected representatives if they ignored party and spectrum labels entirely and focused exclusively on the Constitution.”

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 01 May 2009 05:15:17 +0000

I respectfully point out that fully one-half the country is opposed to doing anything about our torture. This means that the fabric of the country may be torn by our honorable desire to bring this all out into the open and indict the bad guys. Lincoln knew which way the political winds blew. I think our President does too. If you have half the country who thinks torture is fine, you have half the country who will stand with Cheney and Bush. This is not what we want. The President said this is a time for reflection–I think he meant reflection and commentary. He is not a knee-jerk type. I am on his side. I think if we try to expose the nation’s complicity in torture–which could mean many affiliated with what we call the religious right who were looking for retribution they consider just against Muslims–we risk tearing the country apart, not passing health care, and dismantling all the programs the country’s majority voted for. Sorry I can’t agree with you. I think reflection is the right way to go about it. And a change of policy which Obama has made

By: Cyndi

Cyndi — Fri, 01 May 2009 05:12:35 +0000

Michelle why do you bother with Al. He is obviously mentally unbalanced. Or he is a cyborg a little off kilter.

Cyndi

By: Al

Al — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 19:00:44 +0000

michelle, you still have not come clean with how you knew i was seeking medical treatment, before i did decide to to do that it was on your blog. so I took some bad advice. you can twist this anyway you want, but the facts speak for themselves. you are nothing but a liar who likes to fuck around with peoples heads. I am fucked-up because of reading and participating in your blog. Listen, I will stay off your blog when you tell me how you were the second to know I was seeking new help. and you dare to say that this is my doing. I will reveal more about you later if that is how you want it. I prefer to not do that to you