This is deadly serious. The H1N1 is going around like wildfire, right here.

Doctors are not treating this as the emergency the WHO says it is. They aren't testing because of lack of fever. Search H1N1 - no fever. One fourth of known cases are without fever.

I just caught it from my neighbor who is a mechanic at his home. He delivered my car and I drove it. That's all it took. He's spreading it to all of his clients because his doctor that treated him didn't tell him to stay away from others. My nurse said they didn't test for it because there aren't any cases in Oregon!

There have been 219 cases of H1N1 confirmed in Oregon since the beginning of the outbreak. More troubling still, many patients with H1N1 swine flu, reportedly show no signs of fever.

The lack of concern and knowledge by our professionals is unbelievable. I just sent a link to the Oregon Center of Disease Control because they think one has to have a fever to have it. This went to level 6 by the WHO and to a level nothing by the people we are supposed to trust. The symptoms are: stuffy head, tight/sore upper chest, sore throat, deep-long coughing, weakness, short of breath and probably no fever.

Jason Reed

Coos Bay