Monthly Archives: September 2009

The school associated deaths have begun

Posted on September 8, 2009 by

I wrote a blog entitled: Closing Schools Saves Lives. The obvious corollary of this statement is that leaving schools open takes lives. Based on what happened in the US last spring, it was obvious that if the schools opened this … Continue reading →

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Pandemic Update – September 6, 2009

Posted on September 6, 2009 by

There have been over 3,300 deaths due to the new H1N1 virus. Brazil has reported the most deaths, at least 657. Although the WHO has suggested that the number of infections in the South America is declining, the number of … Continue reading →

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Don’t make friends with the band

Posted on September 4, 2009 by

What is a blogger? Truthfully, I’m not sure I know. Some blogs are stream-of-conscious rants about deeply personal issues. Others are carefully researched articles that put mainstream journalism to shame. But one thing I do know about bloggers, they aren’t … Continue reading →

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Incidence of Death in US States

Posted on September 3, 2009 by

I have previously posted a table that listed the incidence of death in countries. I think it is also useful to do this same exercise for US States and Territories. As before, the number of deaths per 100,000 people is … Continue reading →

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Report to the Disintegration Chambers

Posted on September 2, 2009 by

In the original Star Trek series, there was an episode called A Taste of Armageddon. In it, people on two planets were fighting a strange war. To avoid the destruction and chaos of real war, they fought using computer simulations. … Continue reading →

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An analysis of the ferret co-infection paper

Posted on September 1, 2009 by

A new study of the pandemic flu virus using ferrets as experimental animals has received a great deal of attention from the press today. Unfortunately, the headlines suggest some things that are not true and leave out an important finding. … Continue reading →

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