Re: CDC stops swine flu death count at 300
Re: CDC stops swine flu death count at 300
Re: CDC stops swine flu death count at 300
Tell Reuters.
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CDC Says It is Still Counting Hospitalizations and Deaths Due to Swine Flu - Is Reuters Wrong??
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Re: CDC stops swine flu death count at 300
Re: CDC stops swine flu death count at 300
Re: CDC stops swine flu death count at 300
Several states have already converted to reports of hospitalized and fatal cases. I expect a weekly update with hospitalized and dead patients reported by each state (some countries have also switch to this method - they don't have time or resources to test individual cases.
theforeigner
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Re: CDC stops swine flu death count at 300
Re: CDC stops swine flu death count at 300
Thanks Niman, WOW am I happy that was an error (by Rauters). My bloodpreassure is still up
And thanks to the other members who have responded to som of my previous post in this thread.
Re: CDC stops swine flu death count at 300
Thanks Niman, WOW am I happy that was an error (by Rauters). My bloodpreassure is still up
And thanks to the other members who have responded to som of my previous post in this thread.
JimO
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Re: CDC stops swine flu death count at 300
Re: CDC stops swine flu death count at 300
Re: CDC stops swine flu death count at 300
True but it's critical to make the request to let them know that people want the data.
Re: CDC stops swine flu death count at 300
Re: CDC stops swine flu death count at 300
The latest CDC estimate:
Swine flu could strike up to 40 percent in 2 years
By MIKE STOBBE, AP Medical Writer Mike Stobbe, Ap Medical Writer 21 mins ago
ATLANTA ? U.S. health officials say swine flu could strike up to 40 percent of Americans over the next two years and as many as several hundred thousand could die if a vaccine campaign and other measures aren't successful.
Those estimates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention mean about twice the number of people who usually get sick in a normal flu season would be struck by swine flu. Officials said those projections would drop if a new vaccine is ready and widely available, as U.S. officials expect.
The U.S. may have as many as 160 million doses of swine flu vaccine available sometime in October, and U.S. tests of the new vaccine are to start shortly, federal officials said this week.
The infection estimates are based on a flu pandemic from 1957, which killed nearly 70,000 in the United States but was not as severe as the infamous Spanish flu pandemic of 1918-19. But influenza is notoriously hard to predict. The number of deaths and illnesses would drop if the pandemic peters out or if efforts to slow its spread are successful, said CDC spokesman Tom Skinner.
A CDC official said the agency came up with the estimate last month, but it was first disclosed in an interview with The Associated Press.
"Hopefully, mitigation efforts will have a big impact on future cases," Skinner said.
In a normal flu season, about 36,000 people die from flu and its complications, according to American Medical Association estimates. Because so many more people are expected to catch the new flu, the number of deaths over two years could range from 90,000 to several hundred thousand, the CDC calculated. Again, that is if a new vaccine and other efforts fail.
The World Health Organization says as many as 2 billion people could become infected over the next two years ? nearly one-third of the world population. The estimates look at potential impacts over a two-year period because past flu pandemics have occurred in waves over more than one year.
WHO officials believe the world is in the early phase of the new pandemic.
First identified in April, swine flu has likely infected more than 1 million Americans, the CDC believes, with many of those suffering mild cases never reported. There have been 302 deaths and nearly 44,000 reported cases, according to numbers released Friday morning.
Because the swine flu virus is new, most people haven't developed an immunity against it. So far, most of those who have died from it in the United States have had other health problems, such as asthma.
The virus has caused an unusual number of serious illnesses in teens and young adults; seasonal flu usually is toughest on the elderly and very young children.
New swine flu illness have erupted through the summer, which is also unusual, though cases were less widespread this month. Officials fear an explosion of cases in the fall, when children return to school and the weather turns cold, making the virus easier to spread.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090724/ap_on_he_me/us_med_swine_flu;_ylt=Au2Q4ZQ_4tPY9Aul8WY4JvcDW7oF;_ylu=X3oDMTJtNzlkMmM1BGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMDkwNzI0L3VzX21lZF9zd2luZV9mbHUEcG9zAzkEc2VjA3luX3BhZ2luYXRlX3N1bW1hcnlfbGlzdARzbGsDc3dpbmVmbHVjb3Vs
Re: CDC stops swine flu death count at 300
The latest CDC estimate:
Swine flu could strike up to 40 percent in 2 years
By MIKE STOBBE, AP Medical Writer Mike Stobbe, Ap Medical Writer 21 mins ago
ATLANTA ? U.S. health officials say swine flu could strike up to 40 percent of Americans over the next two years and as many as several hundred thousand could die if a vaccine campaign and other measures aren't successful.
Those estimates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention mean about twice the number of people who usually get sick in a normal flu season would be struck by swine flu. Officials said those projections would drop if a new vaccine is ready and widely available, as U.S. officials expect.
The U.S. may have as many as 160 million doses of swine flu vaccine available sometime in October, and U.S. tests of the new vaccine are to start shortly, federal officials said this week.
The infection estimates are based on a flu pandemic from 1957, which killed nearly 70,000 in the United States but was not as severe as the infamous Spanish flu pandemic of 1918-19. But influenza is notoriously hard to predict. The number of deaths and illnesses would drop if the pandemic peters out or if efforts to slow its spread are successful, said CDC spokesman Tom Skinner.
A CDC official said the agency came up with the estimate last month, but it was first disclosed in an interview with The Associated Press.
"Hopefully, mitigation efforts will have a big impact on future cases," Skinner said.
In a normal flu season, about 36,000 people die from flu and its complications, according to American Medical Association estimates. Because so many more people are expected to catch the new flu, the number of deaths over two years could range from 90,000 to several hundred thousand, the CDC calculated. Again, that is if a new vaccine and other efforts fail.
The World Health Organization says as many as 2 billion people could become infected over the next two years ? nearly one-third of the world population. The estimates look at potential impacts over a two-year period because past flu pandemics have occurred in waves over more than one year.
WHO officials believe the world is in the early phase of the new pandemic.
First identified in April, swine flu has likely infected more than 1 million Americans, the CDC believes, with many of those suffering mild cases never reported. There have been 302 deaths and nearly 44,000 reported cases, according to numbers released Friday morning.
Because the swine flu virus is new, most people haven't developed an immunity against it. So far, most of those who have died from it in the United States have had other health problems, such as asthma.
The virus has caused an unusual number of serious illnesses in teens and young adults; seasonal flu usually is toughest on the elderly and very young children.
New swine flu illness have erupted through the summer, which is also unusual, though cases were less widespread this month. Officials fear an explosion of cases in the fall, when children return to school and the weather turns cold, making the virus easier to spread.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090724/ap_on_he_me/us_med_swine_flu;_ylt=Au2Q4ZQ_4tPY9Aul8WY4JvcDW7oF;_ylu=X3oDMTJtNzlkMmM1BGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMDkwNzI0L3VzX21lZF9zd2luZV9mbHUEcG9zAzkEc2VjA3luX3BhZ2luYXRlX3N1bW1hcnlfbGlzdARzbGsDc3dpbmVmbHVjb3Vs
SonicHappyHourAddict
Well-known member
Re: CDC stops swine flu death count at 300
Re: CDC stops swine flu death count at 300
What exactly is meant by mitigation and efforts to slow its spread?
There has been no effort!
Schools remain open, etc.
Don't worry, be happy remains the 'national flu news.'
Could they be referring to hand washing?
This definitely sounds like wishful thinking to me.
Re: CDC stops swine flu death count at 300
What exactly is meant by mitigation and efforts to slow its spread?
There has been no effort!
Schools remain open, etc.
Don't worry, be happy remains the 'national flu news.'
Could they be referring to hand washing?
This definitely sounds like wishful thinking to me.
Re: CDC stops swine flu death count at 300
Re: CDC stops swine flu death count at 300
We - as in the general public - could do a much better job at tracking the numbers in the developed world than any Health Authority.
All that's missing is a little vision.
:banghead:
Re: CDC stops swine flu death count at 300
We - as in the general public - could do a much better job at tracking the numbers in the developed world than any Health Authority.
All that's missing is a little vision.
:banghead:
Re: CDC stops swine flu death count at 300
Re: CDC stops swine flu death count at 300
I know it's very confusing. They have these horrible predictions of death, yet keep saying it's mostly mild. They pretty much have me terrified of what is going to happen in the fall, and they believe this miracle vaccine will save us all, and I don't even know if I believe it will. In the end I believe it will be up to us personally to make decisions to keep ourselves from becoming sick. I'm creeped out about the whole vaccine thing and the push for it. It's like they are trying to scare us into taking it, and I'm not even a paranoid person.
All these billions of dollars spent on a vaccine that might not even work. I just hope that come fall in the northern hemisphere if there are mutations that make it deadlier they close down schools and limit public interaction. They should be putting billions aside for aide to the people who are going to be financially screwed when they can't work because their children are home.
On a community level it could be successful to work together with others and help prevent the spread as each wave passes through cities and towns. Delivering food and helping people out who are ill. My sister in law was ill a two weeks ago, throwing up, fever and sick as a dog. Her bosses begged her to come to work because if she wasn't there others wouldn't be able to get their jobs done. NO ONE cares about this.
What a mess.
Re: CDC stops swine flu death count at 300
What exactly is meant by mitigation and efforts to slow its spread?
There has been no effort!
Schools remain open, etc.
Don't worry, be happy remains the 'national flu news.'
Could they be referring to hand washing?
This definitely sounds like wishful thinking to me.
I know it's very confusing. They have these horrible predictions of death, yet keep saying it's mostly mild. They pretty much have me terrified of what is going to happen in the fall, and they believe this miracle vaccine will save us all, and I don't even know if I believe it will. In the end I believe it will be up to us personally to make decisions to keep ourselves from becoming sick. I'm creeped out about the whole vaccine thing and the push for it. It's like they are trying to scare us into taking it, and I'm not even a paranoid person.
All these billions of dollars spent on a vaccine that might not even work. I just hope that come fall in the northern hemisphere if there are mutations that make it deadlier they close down schools and limit public interaction. They should be putting billions aside for aide to the people who are going to be financially screwed when they can't work because their children are home.
On a community level it could be successful to work together with others and help prevent the spread as each wave passes through cities and towns. Delivering food and helping people out who are ill. My sister in law was ill a two weeks ago, throwing up, fever and sick as a dog. Her bosses begged her to come to work because if she wasn't there others wouldn't be able to get their jobs done. NO ONE cares about this.
What a mess.
appleblossom
Senior Moderator
Re: CDC Says It is Still Counting Hospitalizations and Deaths Due to Swine Flu - Is Reuters Wrong??
whether the CDC does or doesn't stop reporting U.S. fatalities has absolutely no effect on our own numbers. We use reports from local health departments and news agencies.
CDC statistics matter very much to the general public, since most journalists who report on H1N1 quote the CDC when they are trying to give a picture of the national situation.
I think it's a shame that they can't or don't want to do the job they are paid to do, but whatever happens, our forum members will keep doing what we can here to get the information out.
whether the CDC does or doesn't stop reporting U.S. fatalities has absolutely no effect on our own numbers. We use reports from local health departments and news agencies.
CDC statistics matter very much to the general public, since most journalists who report on H1N1 quote the CDC when they are trying to give a picture of the national situation.
I think it's a shame that they can't or don't want to do the job they are paid to do, but whatever happens, our forum members will keep doing what we can here to get the information out.