Posted on 05/02/2009 5:07:00 PM PDT by JoeProBono
Key developments on swine flu outbreaks, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, World Health Organization, and government officials: _Deaths: 16 confirmed in Mexico and one confirmed in U.S., a 21-month-old boy from Mexico who died in Texas.
_Confirmed sickened worldwide, 779: 443 in Mexico; 197 in U.S.; 85 in Canada; 15 in Spain;
15 in Britain; six in Germany; four in New Zealand; two in Israel, France and South Korea; one each in Costa Rica, Ireland, Italy, Switzerland, Austria, Hong Kong, Denmark and the Netherlands. _
U.S. confirmed cases: New York 50; Texas 28; California 24; Arizona 17;
South Carolina 13; Delaware 10; Massachusetts eight; New Jersey seven; Maine six; Wisconsin three; Ohio three; Indiana three; Illinois three; Kansas two; Colorado two; Virginia two; Michigan two; Missouri two; Connecticut two; Florida two; New Hampshire one; Utah one; Rhode Island one; Iowa one; Kentucky one; Minnesota one; Nebraska one; Nevada one.
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And the CDC numbers still don’t have the 3 confirmed cases in Tennessee. And the WHO is still not qualifying it’s numbers with how big the back log of specimens they haven’t check yet is.
Thanks for posting. That’s the real problem. The numbers aren’t the REAL numbers. Not only that but we’re going into summer shortly.
What I’ll be interested in is what happens come the next flu season this fall when everyone is back in school.
Washington State has 13 probable cases. I guess the docs test for Flu Type A, and that makes it a “probable”, and then off to the CDC for final confirmation. 90% of the probables that have been tested elsewhere are confirmed as Mexican Flu.
“Chicago Public Schools officials say students who come to school with a cough and fever starting Monday will be sent home and required to stay there for at least seven days.”
I am thinking there are many Chicago public school children trying to figure out how to fake a cough and fever.
As a kid, I would have run a few laps in a coat and several layers of clothing. Stashed the extra clothes, and immediately gone to the nurse complaining of a headache and faking a cough. 7 days of an excused absence is pretty tempting.
“Chicago Public Schools officials say students who come to school with a cough and fever starting Monday will be sent home and required to stay there for at least seven days.”
I am thinking there are many Chicago public school children trying to figure out how to fake a cough and fever.
As a kid, I would have run a few laps in a coat and several layers of clothing. Stashed the extra clothes, and immediately gone to the nurse complaining of a headache and faking a cough. 7 days of an excused absence is pretty tempting.
You’re killing me. LOL
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