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Hype Versus Reality
Blue Crab Boulevard —
... Death toll so far in the US from H1N1 “swine” flu: Zero. Death toll since January 1st of this year from plain, old, regular, non-swinish flu: more than 13,000 . Since January, more than 13,000 people have died of complications from seasonal flu, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s weekly report on the causes of death in the nation. No fewer than 800 flu-related deaths were reported in any week between January 1 and April 18, the most recent week for which figures were available. The report looks at deaths in the 122 largest cities in the United ...
Swine Flu Claims First U. S. Victim
The Glittering Eye —
... confirmed the death of a 23-month-old child in Texas from the new strain of swine flu on Wednesday, the first fatality from the condition reported outside Mexico.
Dr. Richard Besser, acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, confirmed the fatality during an interview with NBC News.
Besser told NBC’s TODAY show that he didn’t believe “this indicates any change in the strain of the flu.”
Another story from CNN places this in some context:
Experts are nervous that, as a new ...
Some Needed Perspective
PoliBlog: A Rough Draft of my Thoughts —
Via CNN: Regular flu has killed thousands since January
Since January, more than 13,000 people have died of complications from seasonal flu, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s weekly report on the causes of death in the nation.
No fewer than 800 flu-related deaths were reported in any week between January 1 and April 18, the most recent week for which figures were available.
The report looks at deaths in the 122 largest cities in the United States.
Worldwide, the annual death toll from the flu is ...
Wednesday's Mini-Report
Political Animal —
... .) * The regular ol' flu kills about 36,000 Americans a year . I didn't realize the number was that high. * First quarter GDP numbers ...
Dan Pashman: Swine Flu's Next Stop: The Pantheon of Stillborn Pandemics
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... Even if swine flu eventually kills hundreds of Americans, it still won't be nearly as lethal as the regular flu, which has killed thousands of Americans already this year, just like it does every year. In fact swine flu would have to kill ...
Swine Flu's Next Stop: The Pantheon of Stillborn Pandemics
The Latest on Air America —
... in Texas was a Mexican child who apparently got sick in Mexico.) Even if swine flu eventually kills hundreds of Americans, it still won’t be nearly as lethal as the regular flu, which has killed thousands of Americans already this year, just like it does every year. In fact swine flu would have to kill ...
Paranoia May Destroy Ya
WTF Is It Now?!? —
Amid all the hand wringing and sphincter clenching news about the civilizaton ending Piggy Flu, A reality check: the plain old regular flu has killed thousands since January. ...
Government Push For Swine Flu Vaccination Program Stalled
The Latest on Air America —
A government initiative to vaccinate half of the population of the United States against H1N1 influenza, commonly known as swine flu, has stalled due to slowed vaccine production and delivery and confusion about dosage. The H1N1 strain of influenza has killed 522 in the United States so far this year according to the Centers for Disease Control (though 13,000 people died of regular flu from January through April of 2009, and and average of 36,000 people die of the flu every year). Health officials, however, are concerned about the virulence of H1N1, in part because it seemingly has the capacity to infect and kill ...
