[Edit] - I had to correct an error where I misread the Iowa report. They have had no pediatric deaths. There have also been two in South Carolina, rather than one.
It saddens me deeply to start this thread again, but there has been a jump in pediatric deaths over the past two weeks. The MMWR lags state health departments, so only 8 have been reported through Week 50, but my count is 17 from 10 states, with half the states having only posted through Week 49 or 50. The total for the entire 2011-12 season was 45 from 21 states.
Early flu indicators have not even peaked in most states and some haven't been hit very hard at all, so these numbers are somewhat alarming.
The primary purpose of this thread is to raise awareness early so that public health officials will consider serious actions to limit the spread of flu when school starts in a week or two.
Here is the current tally:
State - 2011-12 - 2012-13
Alabama - 0 - 0
Alaska - 0 - 0
Arizona - 2 - 0
Arkansas - 1 - 0
California - 13 - 0
Colorado - 0 - 2
Connecticut - 0 - 0
Delaware - 0 - 0
Florida - 2 - 1
Georgia - 0 - 0
Hawaii - 3 - 0
Idaho - 0 - 0
Illinois - 1 - 0
Indiana - 0 - 1
Iowa - 1 - 0
Kansas - 0 - 0
Kentucky - 0 - 0
Louisiana - 0 - 0
Maine - 0 - 1
Maryland - 0 - 0
Massachusetts - 0 - 0
Michigan - 0 - 2
Minnesota - 1 - 0
Mississippi - 0 - 0
Missouri - 1 - 0
Montana - 0 - 0
Nebraska - 0 - 0
Nevada - 4 - 0
New Hampshire - 0 - 0
New Jersey - 1 - 2
New Mexico - 1 - 0
New York - 1 - 0
North Carolina - 2 - 0
North Dakota - 0 - 0
Ohio - 0 - 1
Oklahoma - 2 - 0
Oregon - 0 - 0
Pennsylvania - 1 - 0
Rhode Island 0 - 0
South Carolina - 0 - 2
South Dakota - 0 - 0
Tennessee - 0 - 1
Texas - 4 - 3
Utah - 0 - 0
Vermont - 0 - 0
Virginia - 1 - 0
Washington - 1 - 1
West Virginia - 1 - 0
Wisconsin - 1 - 0
Wyoming - 0 - 0
Totals - 45 - 17
It saddens me deeply to start this thread again, but there has been a jump in pediatric deaths over the past two weeks. The MMWR lags state health departments, so only 8 have been reported through Week 50, but my count is 17 from 10 states, with half the states having only posted through Week 49 or 50. The total for the entire 2011-12 season was 45 from 21 states.
Early flu indicators have not even peaked in most states and some haven't been hit very hard at all, so these numbers are somewhat alarming.
The primary purpose of this thread is to raise awareness early so that public health officials will consider serious actions to limit the spread of flu when school starts in a week or two.
Here is the current tally:
State - 2011-12 - 2012-13
Alabama - 0 - 0
Alaska - 0 - 0
Arizona - 2 - 0
Arkansas - 1 - 0
California - 13 - 0
Colorado - 0 - 2
Connecticut - 0 - 0
Delaware - 0 - 0
Florida - 2 - 1
Georgia - 0 - 0
Hawaii - 3 - 0
Idaho - 0 - 0
Illinois - 1 - 0
Indiana - 0 - 1
Iowa - 1 - 0
Kansas - 0 - 0
Kentucky - 0 - 0
Louisiana - 0 - 0
Maine - 0 - 1
Maryland - 0 - 0
Massachusetts - 0 - 0
Michigan - 0 - 2
Minnesota - 1 - 0
Mississippi - 0 - 0
Missouri - 1 - 0
Montana - 0 - 0
Nebraska - 0 - 0
Nevada - 4 - 0
New Hampshire - 0 - 0
New Jersey - 1 - 2
New Mexico - 1 - 0
New York - 1 - 0
North Carolina - 2 - 0
North Dakota - 0 - 0
Ohio - 0 - 1
Oklahoma - 2 - 0
Oregon - 0 - 0
Pennsylvania - 1 - 0
Rhode Island 0 - 0
South Carolina - 0 - 2
South Dakota - 0 - 0
Tennessee - 0 - 1
Texas - 4 - 3
Utah - 0 - 0
Vermont - 0 - 0
Virginia - 1 - 0
Washington - 1 - 1
West Virginia - 1 - 0
Wisconsin - 1 - 0
Wyoming - 0 - 0
Totals - 45 - 17
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