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[Source: JAMA, full text: (LINK). Extract.]
Viewpoint | October 01, 2013
Managing the Human Toll Caused by Seasonal Influenza: New York State?s Mandate to Vaccinate or Mask
FREE ONLINE FIRST
Arthur Caplan, PhD<SUP>1</SUP>; Nirav R. Shah, MD<SUP>2</SUP>
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Author Affiliations: <SUP>1</SUP>Division of Medical Ethics, NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, New York <SUP>2</SUP>New York State Department of Health, New York, New York
JAMA. Published online October 01, 2013. doi:10.1001/jama.2013.280633 - Published online
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New York State and the nation as a whole experienced one of the worst influenza seasons in a decade during the winter of 2012-2013. In the peak week ending January 19, 2013, New York alone reported more than 5000 cases of laboratory-confirmed influenza, more than 1120 hospitalizations as a result of influenza, and 5 flu-related pediatric deaths. By the season?s end, more than 45 000 cases had been confirmed, more than 9500 people had been hospitalized, and 14 children had died.
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Viewpoint | October 01, 2013
Managing the Human Toll Caused by Seasonal Influenza: New York State?s Mandate to Vaccinate or Mask
FREE ONLINE FIRST
Arthur Caplan, PhD<SUP>1</SUP>; Nirav R. Shah, MD<SUP>2</SUP>
<SUP></SUP>
Author Affiliations: <SUP>1</SUP>Division of Medical Ethics, NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, New York <SUP>2</SUP>New York State Department of Health, New York, New York
JAMA. Published online October 01, 2013. doi:10.1001/jama.2013.280633 - Published online
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New York State and the nation as a whole experienced one of the worst influenza seasons in a decade during the winter of 2012-2013. In the peak week ending January 19, 2013, New York alone reported more than 5000 cases of laboratory-confirmed influenza, more than 1120 hospitalizations as a result of influenza, and 5 flu-related pediatric deaths. By the season?s end, more than 45 000 cases had been confirmed, more than 9500 people had been hospitalized, and 14 children had died.
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