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AS THE WORLD TURNS
Rosie
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Still no rain in this part of the country. Only had two good rains this summer. Doing my daily walking this evening I noticed the grass crunched under my feet. Grapes, pears and blue berries did well but apples stink. Concord grapes are verry sweet for some reason this year and muscadine's are very musky. Can't give the grapes away unless I pick and deliver them which won't happen. Don't have to mow because yard is brown and a total mess. Soy beans on the land I rent out are turning and don't look too full. Little fourteen month old grand son can't understand why the blue berries are gone. The light of my life sure do love them and I love him. And so it goes.
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While the official tally of confirmed U.S. swine flu cases topped 4,700 on
Friday, experts at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now estimate
the true number of infections at more than 100,000 nationwide.
Also on Sunday, health officials announced two new deaths linked to the H1N1
virus, bringing the nationwide total to seven.
"Today we had our fourth death reported from Maricopa County in Arizona," Dr.
Daniel Jernigan, from CDC's Influenza Division, said during an afternoon
teleconference Friday. "There are more deaths and hospitalizations that we are
monitoring," he said.
The Arizona patient, a woman in her late 40s with an underlying lung condition,
died last week, the Associated Press reported.
Also on Friday, health officials in Nueces County, Texas, announced that state's
third swine flu-related death, an unidentified 33-year-old man with multiple
underlying health conditions who died May 5 or 6, according to the AP.
All of the victims had underlying health problems besides the flu.
Most cases of swine flu occurring in the United States appear to be mild, health
officials said.
In fact, "estimates of the confirmed and probable cases in the United States is
probably not the best indicator of transmission at this point," the CDC's
Jernigan said. "The outbreak is not localized, but is spreading and appears to
be expanding throughout the United States. This is an ongoing public health
threat."
It's a little hard to estimate the number of people who may be infected with
swine flu, Jernigan said, "but if we had to make an estimate, I would say that
the amount of activity we are seeing with our influenza-like illness network is
probably upwards of 100,000."
Jernigan said there also seems to be more cases of flu generally in the United
States -- both the seasonal and the new H1N1 swine flu -- than is usually seen
at this time of the year. "There are 22 U.S. states that are reporting
widespread or regional influenza activity, which is something that we would not
expect at this time," he said.
In other news, the CDC on Friday lifted its general warning that Americans avoid
non-essential travel to Mexico, considered the origin and epicenter of the
outbreak. Instead, the warning has been downgraded to a "precaution" that now
advises people who might be at high risk for complications from the flu to
reconsider travel to Mexico.
But in a troubling sign that the swine flu outbreak has yet to run its current
course in the United States, three New York City public schools were closed
Thursday after dozens of flu-like infections surfaced and an assistant principal
was in critical condition on a ventilator, according to published reports.
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said four students and the assistant
principal at a Queens middle school had diagnosed cases of swine flu. More than
50 students went home sick Thursday with flu-like symptoms. At another middle
school in Queens, more than 200 students were absent Thursday, and dozens more
were sick at an elementary
Blueberries are still good here...usually rains every afternoon.. its something to look forward too... rained all day.. not heavy, just a light rain...
Hope you get some soon.....I'll send you the apples if you send the grapes... *LOL
Lil' Stinker's Opinion
I'll send you an apple. Mine are exceptional this year.
Clouder..
Rarely wormy, but just for you, I'll find one.
Clouder..