1) H1N1 case fatality rate, all comers, compared to 2006-07 "seasonal" flu.
2) H1N1 case fatality rate, ages 6 months-24 years, compared to 2006-07 "seasonal" flu.
3) N1H1 case fatality rate, pregnant women, compared to 2006-07 "seasonal" flu.
We're getting an avalanche of stuff from CDC, including labor relations advice, child care advice, stress management advice - but not the data needed to put this episode into some kind of context and enable rational decision-making.
H1N1 is real. There are a lot of cases, it's an interesting virus (very fit), spreads very fast - but how much of an emergency it is, or can be, is yet to be determined.
I would like to see that data too .
From CNN’s White House correspondent.
Emergency Declaration will:
Grant waivers to hospitals
Allows federal government to help states move around ventilators etc.
NOT in response to the current numbers but is a proactive decision, in case things should get worse.
Some comparative data here — scroll down to the middle/end part of the page.
http://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/