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CDC & White House Media Briefings on Swine Flu Epidemic

Re: CDC director's update brief 7/14/09

Re: CDC director's update brief 7/14/09

Zac said:
Lots of interesting info in this one...
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Thanks, zac ! :applause:

CDC Director?s update brief 14 July 2009 (page 13):

Influenza rapid test results in PCR-confirmed cases of novel Influenza A H1N1 were
positive in a total of 87/182 cases: sensitivity 47.8 %

For Comparison:
Rapid-Test Sensitivity for Novel Swine-Origin Influenza A (H1N1) Virus in Humans

"(...) Rapid-test results for 767 patients during this influenza season were available for comparison and were positive for 20 of 39 patients who had positive results for S-OIV on RT-PCR assay (sensitivity, 51%; 95% confidence interval [CI], 35 to 67),(...)

Published at www.nejm.org June 29, 2009 (10.1056/NEJMc0904264)
http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/NEJMc0904264v1​
 
Re: CDC director's update brief 7/14/09

Re: CDC director's update brief 7/14/09

Is there a URL for this file?
 
Re: CDC & White House Media Briefings on Swine Flu Epidemic

CDC Media Advisory

For Immediate Release







July 17, 2009

Contact: CDC Media Relations



CDC Briefing on Investigation of Human Cases of H1N1 Flu

WHAT: CDC will host a telephone-only briefing to discuss an update in
the investigation of cases of novel Influenza A (H1N1). The briefing
will include an update on seasonal and novel H1N1 flu vaccine.

WHO: Anne Schuchat, M.D., Director, National Center for Immunization and
Respiratory Diseases, CDC

Jesse Goodman, M.D., Chief Scientist and Deputy Commissioner (Acting),
FDA

Bruce Gellin, M.D., Director, National Vaccine Program Office, HHS

WHEN:
Friday July 17, 2009 at 12 p.m. ET.



DIAL-IN:
Media:
888-795-0855
Listen Only: 800-369-2080
INTERNATIONAL:
1-212-287-1766
PASSCODE: CDC Media

Please call in 10-15 minutes prior to the start of the briefing to
assure you are on the line at the start of the briefing.

Important Instructions: If you would like to ask a question during the
call, press *1 on your touchtone phone. Press *2 to withdraw your
question. You may queue up at any time. You will hear a tone to indicate
your question is pending.

LISTEN-ONLY AUDIO WEBCAST
This press briefing media will also be available via listen-only audio
web site at www.cdc.gov/media. We strongly encourage non-media
participants to use the webcast.

TRANSCRIPT
A transcript of this media availability will be available following the
briefing at the CDC web site at www.cdc.gov/media.
 
Re: CDC director's udpate brief 7/17/09

Re: CDC director's udpate brief 7/17/09

Scary. What are their CFR rates based on? Reported/tested cases? Suspected cases? Hospitalized cases?


It really DOES attack people 25-64 worse in severity. See the number of infected by age, percentage of hospitalized by age, then the percent of deaths by age.
 
Re: CDC director's udpate brief 7/17/09

Re: CDC director's udpate brief 7/17/09

Has the WHO really said no licenced vaccine until 12/09? p. 22

The port surveillance & quarantine is interesting. 100 surge staff for 20 quarantine stations. So, NOW we're going to try to stop it at the border? Or what are these quarantine stations for? (p. 19)

p. 20 Isolation guidance is interesting. Sounds like there will be strong msg to stay home if sick.

Gosh, I wish we could hear the text of the briefing. There's a lot that must be being said which didn't make it onto the slides.....
 
Re: CDC director's udpate brief 7/17/09

Re: CDC director's udpate brief 7/17/09

hornblower said:
Has the WHO really said no licenced vaccine until 12/09? p. 22

The port surveillance & quarantine is interesting. 100 surge staff for 20 quarantine stations. So, NOW we're going to try to stop it at the border? Or what are these quarantine stations for? (p. 19)

p. 20 Isolation guidance is interesting. Sounds like there will be strong msg to stay home if sick.

Gosh, I wish we could hear the text of the briefing. There's a lot that must be being said which didn't make it onto the slides.....
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I have been hearing late this year or early next year for the vaccine. I think it was in a recent briefing and discussed here at FT.
 
Re: CDC director's udpate brief 7/17/09

Re: CDC director's udpate brief 7/17/09

Wow, the real fun begins at page 23. I wonder why they don't put up seasonal statistics with this. Even if it doesn't compare due to the fact that it isn't even flu season, they don't have a problem comparing it when they talk of supposed total deaths?
 
Re: CDC director's udpate brief 7/17/09

Re: CDC director's udpate brief 7/17/09

Something troubling me with the way they do the chart of deaths with purported underlying conditions. Apparently many of those who died had more than one underlying condition, since if you add up the numbers if come up to more than the number of deaths they are reporting on total. Yet they list the number of deaths with an underlying condition significantly lower. They offer no explanation about the prevalence of multiple underlying conditions. Sadly, it is hard to know whether or not to trust that chart since so much of the details are left out.
 
Re: CDC director's udpate brief 7/17/09

Re: CDC director's udpate brief 7/17/09

wotan said:
I have been hearing late this year or early next year for the vaccine. I think it was in a recent briefing and discussed here at FT.
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Me to. There is an article on this somewhere, probably in the thread you mention. In fact there is an article on how nations will be fighting over the stock and how the manufacturing countries might not release until they use all they need first. That sounds like it could be true. By the time we reach December/Jan. assuming the flu is nasty, everyone will be desperate.

Take home message = don't count on a vaccine.:eek:
 
Re: CDC director's udpate brief 7/17/09

Re: CDC director's udpate brief 7/17/09

Lurker said:
Me to. There is an article on this somewhere, probably in the thread you mention. In fact there is an article on how nations will be fighting over the stock and how the manufacturing countries might not release until they use all they need first. That sounds like it could be true. By the time we reach December/Jan. assuming the flu is nasty, everyone will be desperate.

Take home message = don't count on a vaccine.:eek:
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http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=117&art_id=nw20090715100029926C729524
 
Re: CDC director's udpate brief 7/17/09

Re: CDC director's udpate brief 7/17/09

Did I read correctly that they say there is no change in the virus in Southern Hemisphere? Does that include what the CDC investigators have discovered in Argentina?
 
Re: CDC director's udpate brief 7/17/09

Re: CDC director's udpate brief 7/17/09

somebodyoutthere said:
Did I read correctly that they say there is no change in the virus in Southern Hemisphere? Does that include what the CDC investigators have discovered in Argentina?
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An excerpt from the CDC media conference call today:

Operator: Thank you, our next question comes from Maggie Fox from Reuters.

Maggie Fox: ...And can I ask a question about what′s going on in Argentina as well?

Anne Schuchat @ CDC: Let me start with the general and Argentina question and let others chime in. ... In terms of Argentina, we′re aware, you know there′s been a lot of media coverage of Argentina and there are different conditions being reported for different parts of the country. The 2009 H1N1 influenza strain has been the majority of the viral isolates that have been based on the virological surveillance that we have been able to see. We do have people in the field who have described some intensive care units with the numbers of ill younger people and others that aren′t over capacity. Like here in the United States, we had a lot of variability from area to area, sometimes within a state, of how much disease there was. Like a popcorn pattern where disease was occurring. In Argentina, I think that′s likely a similar situation. I think I may have answered your questions. Do you have a follow?up?

http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=116431
 
Re: CDC director's udpate brief 7/17/09

Re: CDC director's udpate brief 7/17/09

Could someone please fix the typo in the title? Thanks.
 
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