[DvdMom]

Have you read this from the CDC ?

Asking doctors to look for Hemorrhagic Pneumonia in swineflu cases ?

http://www.ncmedsoc.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/HemorrhagicPneumonia.pdf

http://www.ncmedsoc.org/blog/index.php/archives/category/influenza-a-h1n1-updates

[DvdMom]

NORTH CAROLINA

The State Health Director has issued a temporary order requiring North Carolina physicians to report all influenza-associated deaths in persons 18 years of age or older. Influenza deaths in children less than 18 years of age have been legally reportable since 2004. This order is necessary to enhance influenza surveillance during the current pandemic. For surveillance purposes, an influenza-associated death is defined as a death resulting from a clinically compatible illness that was confirmed to be influenza (either seasonal or pandemic) by an appropriate laboratory or rapid diagnostic test. Physicians should report all influenza-associated deaths to their local health department within 24 hours after death occurs.

http://www.ncmedsoc.org/blog/index.php/archives/category/influenza-a-h1n1-updates

[Born Conservative]

Very interesting. Maybe things are suddenly worsening? (btw, I’m not at all an alarmist). Thanks for the links.