Archives
Categories
Blogroll
PFI_Main
Specialised Sites
Useful Flu Sites
Monthly Archives: January 2010
Record number of pneumonia and flu deaths
From the CDC: During week 3, 8.3% of all deaths reported through the 122-Cities Mortality Reporting System were due to P&I. The previous high number of pneumonia and influenza (P&I) deaths during the H1N1 pandemic was 8.2% in week 46 … Continue reading
Pneumonia and influenza deaths increase in the US
8% of all deaths in the US last week were due to pneumonia and influenza, according to the CDC. Really big news during a flu pandemic, right? Not really, says the CDC: The proportion of deaths attributed to pneumonia and … Continue reading
Taxation without representation – The WHO’s harebrained scheme
[hat-tip to Medical Maven at PFI_Forum for the idea for the title of this blog.] Just when you thought the WHO could not get any stranger, their Expert Working Group on R&D financing has come up with a bizzare scheme … Continue reading
Keiji Fukuda tells the truth…sort of
Anti-vaccine activists have accused the WHO of hyping the flu pandemic to enrich Big Pharma. In response, the Special Adviser to the WHO Director-General on Pandemic Influenza, Keiji Fukuda says: …the allegation that H1N1 is not a pandemic is scientifically … Continue reading
What’s up with England?
The United Kingdom includes England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. The last three all report their deaths to the media. In stark contrast, England rarely announces its deaths to the public. This is odd because the vast majority of the … Continue reading
Noblesse oblige on a cattle car with wings?
Flying on a plane during a pandemic is unwise. If you’re flying to China, you may end up in a squalid hotel of uncertain hygiene and distinctly bad food for weeks if the guy two seats ahead of you has … Continue reading
Posted in public health
Tagged air travel, H1N1, Madame Defarge, pandemic, travel, travel restrictions
Leave a comment
Reduction of pandemic deaths with school closures – empirical evidence from Japan
There is substantial evidence that school closures decrease the number of people infected with influenza. So, it is not surprising that a new study from Japan demonstrates the striking effect of this variable on the number of deaths from pandemic … Continue reading
Posted in Outbreak, Schools, Science
Tagged H1N1, Japan, pandemic, school closures, swine flu, Thomas Frieden
2 Comments
Streptococcus pneumoniae and pandemic H1N1 severity – the data from Argentina
The influenza virus can kill directly. But it can also lower your immune defenses and open you up to bacterial infection. A study that examines the role of bacterial co-infections in the severity of pandemic H1N1 has recently been published … Continue reading
Posted in pathology, Science, Treatment
Tagged antibiotics, Argentina, bacterial co-infection, H1N1, oseltamivir, pandemic, Streptococcus pneumoniae, swine flu, Tamiflu
1 Comment
Low transmissibility of pandemic H1N1 – The US household study
How many people does each person with pandemic H1N1 infect? This number is often used to estimate how many people have been infected at different times during a pandemic. A study examining the number of people infected within households was … Continue reading
Incidence of death for 2009
On August 9, 2009, I provided a list of countries with the highest incidence of death expressed as the number of deaths per 100,000 people. The following is a similar list which includes all countries with data for the year … Continue reading
