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  • #16
    Mansfield woman nearly dies from H1N1 flu

    FORT WORTH -- The Wooten family is still spending their days and nights huddled inside a hospital room at JPS Hospital in Fort Worth. But at least now there is hope.

    In late December, Julie Wooten Shelley arrived at the emergency room with severe flu-like symptoms. There was fever, dizziness, and trouble breathing.

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    • #17
      TX: The Flu in Dallas County is Killing About As Many People As It Usually Does

      Source: http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/unfa...death_h1n1.php


      The Flu in Dallas County is Killing About As Many People As It Usually Does
      By Eric Nicholson Fri., Jan. 10 2014 at 12:12 PM
      It's flu season, a fact you've probably noticed if you've experienced a bout of achy, feverish misery, or if you've seen the equally feverish news reports on the mounting death toll in North Texas, which reached 21 yesterday.

      To put this all in context, we spoke with Dallas County Health Director Zach Thompson. Here are the key takeaways.

      What's with all the deaths?

      Twenty-one deaths (17 in Dallas County) seems like a lot, but it's about on par with previous flu seasons, which annually claim around 25,000 lives nationwide. The difference this go-round -- and the reason you're seeing so many death-tallying news reports -- is that this is the first year Dallas County has tracked adult flu deaths.

      This, Thompson says, helps local public health officials get a better understanding of the scope and severity of the outbreak...

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      • #18
        Dallas County?s flu death toll rises to 26

        Dallas County?s flu death toll rises to 26

        Dallas County?s death toll from the flu climbed to 26 along with a record number of hospitalizations in the first week of January, according to a report released Friday.

        The fatalities represent nine new deaths since the county?s last surveillance report a week ago.

        ?The outbreak is more severe this year than the last couple years,? said Dr. Christopher Perkins, medical director of Dallas County Health and Human Services.

        Denton County confirmed its third flu-related death Friday ? a Highland Village woman in her 80s.

        The JPS Health Network in Fort Worth also reported Friday that hospitalized flu patients appear to be sicker this flu season than last, staying nearly two days longer on average.

        more...

        "I know God will not give me anything I can't handle. I just wish that He didn't trust me so much." - Mother Teresa of Calcutta

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        • #19
          TX: Death Of Ft. Worth City Worker Investigated As Possibly Flu-Related

          Source: http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2014/01/10/d...y-flu-related/


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          Death Of City Worker Investigated As Possibly Flu-Related
          January 10, 2014 6:25 PM
          Joel Thomas

          TARRANT COUNTY (CBS 11 NEWS) ? Fort Worth health workers are looking into what may be another flu-related death.

          Co-workers and acquaintances say Diana Ruelas was in her mid to late 30′s. According to a CBS 11 News source, Ruelas left her job, as a City of Fort Worth Code Compliance Officer, early with flu-like symptoms. She died Thursday night...

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          • #20
            Re: TX: Death Of Ft. Worth City Worker Investigated As Possibly Flu-Related

            pH1N1 Child Vaccine Escape
            CDC Early 2013


            <div style="text-align: center;">
            <hr style="width: 30%;" />41 Cases over 43 Sequences<hr style="width: 30%;" /></div>
            Introduction

            In the 30 days covering 2013-02-28 to 2013-03-29, the&nbsp;<span style="color: #783f04;"><b>United States CDC</b></span>&nbsp;released a total of 43&nbsp;<b><span style="color: #632423; font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;;">pH1N1</span></b>&nbsp;sequences at&nbsp;<strong>GISAID&nbsp;</strong>on 41 human cases<strong>&nbsp;</strong>sampled from October 2012 to February 2013. Geographic surveillance includes&nbsp;<b>America,</b>&nbsp;<b>Africa, Asia </b>and<b> Russia.&nbsp;</b>Although&nbsp;<b><span style="color: #632423; font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;;">pH1N1</span></b>&nbsp;in most locales during the&nbsp;2012-2013 season was the <b><span style="color: #783f04;">minority</span></b> serotype, the sequences in this Analytic Report describe a high level of human-infective diversity and an ease of avian genetic acquisition, including multiple instances demonstrating concentrated transport of <b><span style="color: #660000;">High-CFR</span></b>&nbsp;<b><span style="color: #632423; font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;;">pH1N1&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #783f04;">Upsilon</span></b> polymorphisms onto single sequences.

            . . .

            Read the Open-Access, Full-Text
            Investigational Analytic
            including Genetic Details

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            • #21
              Re: TX: Death Of Ft. Worth City Worker Investigated As Possibly Flu-Related

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              • #22
                Re: TX: Death Of Ft. Worth City Worker Investigated As Possibly Flu-Related

                95 Fatalities in Texas
                by
                2014-01-07 *

                • pH1N1 Dominant Texas Fatality by County [Excel]
                • pH1N1 Dominant Texas Fatality by County [html/css]
                • Distribution of pH1N1 Influenza Fatalities in Texas [map by Al]



                * 2014-01-07 Updated Stats from Jim Oliveros

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                • #23
                  Re: TX: The Flu in Dallas County is Killing About As Many People As It Usually Does

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                      • #26
                        Re: TX: The Flu in Dallas County is Killing About As Many People As It Usually Does

                        News story
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                        <tr style="float: center;"><td style="font-size: 140%; font-weight: bold;">The Flu in Dallas County is Killing About As Many People As It Usually Does
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                        <tr style="float: center;"><td style="font-size: 90%;">The difference this go-round -- and the reason you're seeing so many death-tallying news reports -- is that this is the first year Dallas County has tracked adult flu deaths.
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                        <tr style="float: center; font-size: 60%;"><td>By Eric Nicholson</td></tr>
                        <tr style="float: center; font-size: 60%;"><td><a href="http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/" target="_blank">Dallas Observer Blog</a> Fri., Jan. 10 2014 at 12:12 PM</td></tr>
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                        <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 100%;">'To put this all in context, we spoke with Dallas County Health Director Zach Thompson.

                        Twenty-one deaths (17 in Dallas County) seems like a lot, but it's about on par with previous flu seasons . . .

                        Thompson says it's not significantly more or less virulent than the A and B strains that predominated last year . . .

                        Thompson says the vaccine is about 99.9 percent effective . . .'</span></div>
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                        • #27
                          Re: TX: The Flu in Dallas County is Killing About As Many People As It Usually Does

                          Originally posted by NS1 View Post
                          News story
                          <table align="center" border="0px" cellpadding="2px" cellspacing="0px" style="background-color: #ffe9c4; border-color: darkred; border-radius: 4px; border-style: ridge; border-width: 12px; box-shadow: 0 5px 15px rgba(0,0,0,0.8); padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 2px; width: 90%;">
                          <tbody>
                          <tr style="float: center;"><td style="font-size: 140%; font-weight: bold;">The Flu in Dallas County is Killing About As Many People As It Usually Does
                          </td></tr>
                          <tr style="float: center;"><td style="font-size: 90%;">The difference this go-round -- and the reason you're seeing so many death-tallying news reports -- is that this is the first year Dallas County has tracked adult flu deaths.
                          </td></tr>
                          <tr style="float: center; font-size: 100%;"><td></td></tr>
                          <tr style="float: center; font-size: 60%;"><td>By Eric Nicholson</td></tr>
                          <tr style="float: center; font-size: 60%;"><td><a href="http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/" target="_blank">Dallas Observer Blog</a> Fri., Jan. 10 2014 at 12:12 PM</td></tr>
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                          <div style="text-align: left;">
                          <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 100%;">'To put this all in context, we spoke with Dallas County Health Director Zach Thompson.

                          Twenty-one deaths (17 in Dallas County) seems like a lot, but it's about on par with previous flu seasons . . .

                          Thompson says it's not significantly more or less virulent than the A and B strains that predominated last year . . .

                          Thompson says the vaccine is about 99.9 percent effective . . .'</span></div>
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                          No vaccine efficacy publication has claimed rates like 99.9%.

                          Even carefully selected very small cohorts with known seroconversion measurements (i.e. gamed "studies") rarely claim above 65% efficacy and the "actual" versus extrapolated efficacies may be found below the 30% range for several commonly targeted groups.

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                          • #28
                            Re: TX: The Flu in Dallas County is Killing About As Many People As It Usually Does

                            Originally posted by NS1 View Post
                            News story
                            <table align="center" border="0px" cellpadding="2px" cellspacing="0px" style="background-color: #ffe9c4; border-color: darkred; border-radius: 4px; border-style: ridge; border-width: 12px; box-shadow: 0 5px 15px rgba(0,0,0,0.8); padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 2px; width: 90%;">
                            <tbody>
                            <tr style="float: center;"><td style="font-size: 140%; font-weight: bold;">The Flu in Dallas County is Killing About As Many People As It Usually Does
                            </td></tr>
                            <tr style="float: center;"><td style="font-size: 90%;">The difference this go-round -- and the reason you're seeing so many death-tallying news reports -- is that this is the first year Dallas County has tracked adult flu deaths.
                            </td></tr>
                            <tr style="float: center; font-size: 100%;"><td></td></tr>
                            <tr style="float: center; font-size: 60%;"><td>By Eric Nicholson</td></tr>
                            <tr style="float: center; font-size: 60%;"><td><a href="http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/" target="_blank">Dallas Observer Blog</a> Fri., Jan. 10 2014 at 12:12 PM</td></tr>
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                            <div style="text-align: left;">
                            <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 100%;">'To put this all in context, we spoke with Dallas County Health Director Zach Thompson.

                            Twenty-one deaths (17 in Dallas County) seems like a lot, but it's about on par with previous flu seasons . . .

                            Thompson says it's not significantly more or less virulent than the A and B strains that predominated last year . . .

                            Thompson says the vaccine is about 99.9 percent effective . . .'</span></div>
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                            If season 2013 is the first season for Dallas County to collect overall Influenza death counts, then how is a comparison made to past seasons?

                            When public health speakers rely on loose terms like "about on par", "not significantly more or less" and "about 99.9 percent effective", the public may consider acquiring a different primary source of information . . .

                            if facts are desired.

                            Sometimes fiction is entertainment and other times fiction becomes deadly.

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                            • #29
                              Re: TX: The Flu in Dallas County is Killing About As Many People As It Usually Does

                              pH1N1
                              TamiFlu Resistance

                              in
                              Texas

                              Texas communicated two TamiFlu Resistant cases in this week's Public Health report.

                              No sequences were deposited.

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                              • #30
                                Re: Dallas County?s flu death toll rises to 26

                                Texas HA 225 Receptor Binding Variance Potential

                                An examination of the potential for Receptor Binding Site (RBS) Polymorphisms in the Texas High-CFR cases, including detailed near-term and mid-term genetic probabilities and projections

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