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Sharp drop in recorded swine flu cases

Friday 27 November 2009

There was a sharp drop in the number of reported cases of swine flu in the Netherlands last week, the public health institute RIVM said on Friday.

Last week, 11.3 people per 10,000 were said to have the H1N1 virus, compared with 18.4 people per thousand in the previous week.

Last week, 289 people were admitted to hospital, 70 fewer than earlier this month. Eight people died of swine flu, bringing the death toll to 36. All of those who died had other health problems and none were children, the RIVM said.

This week, health officials have been vaccinating some 830,000 young children in the biggest mass vaccination the country has ever organised.

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It seems that there is no point in reporting swine flu as the dutch health care system has told citizens to keep away from health care facilities and, in my experience, one gets very little help from your doctor unless you have a serious life threatening illness! Why report if you get no help??? Does that mean there are less cases of swine flu???

By Susan Gasparian | November 27, 2009 3:40 PM


Obviously, people stopped going to the doctor when they realized it's just flue, be it Mexican or normal. This mass hysteria was created only to have an excuse for paying huge amounts of money to pharmaceutical companies.

I had the stupid flu and nothing happened to me. Nor did I report it (you'll say how I know it's the AN1H1, I don't for sure but I was in contact with other people that had it so I can only assume).

By Idioteque | November 27, 2009 3:46 PM


Ok I don't get this post... there was a previous one reporting that a BABY HAD DIED recently of swine flu? This says NONE who died were children. Confirm please?

By Laura | November 27, 2009 10:03 PM


Here is the link to the article about the baby that died:

http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2009/11/six_more_including_baby_die_of.php

By Laura | November 27, 2009 10:06 PM


After having read countless articles for, & against flu vaccines, most people are against this scaremongering nonsense.

Many people now believe that this whole charade is nothing more than a trial-run to eliminate global warming & all the other major problems (The easiest way) by depopulation.

But of course this is just pure idiotic-speculation-conspiracy-nonsense, - well, isn't it?)

By stevie | November 30, 2009 4:46 PM


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