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Simple Man
In other words, the overall Case Fatality Ratio of the virus itself remains quite low; only becoming deadly in those rare instances where it sets-up deep in the lungs and damages them. Still, a 9.28% Case Fatality Ratio with respect to those who are hospitalized (936 deaths out of 10,082 hospitalizations so far in September) is quite significant in my opinion.
Meanwhile, the Boston Herald ran a story today entitled "Second Wave of Swine Flu Pandemic Begins to hit U.S." through which we were informed that all the talk buzzing around the internet about folks being trained to act as special triage teams that would erect tents outside hospitals to decide who would and who wouldn't be allowed inside or for overflow of swamped facilities was mostly true. The article states, "In Austin, so many parents are rushing their children to Dell Children’s Medical Center of Central Texas with swine flu symptoms that the hospital had to set up tents in the parking lot to cope with the onslaught.
In Memphis, the Le Bonheur Children’s Medical Center emergency room got so crowded with feverish, miserable youngsters that it had to do the same thing."
Thomas Frieden, director of the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta is further quoted as saying, "H1N1 is spreading widely throughout the US." Also, schools are already beginning to close in some areas and we are told that "Ninety-one percent of the 267 colleges and universities being surveyed by the American College Health Association are now reporting cases."
It is going to be a scary winter, folks.
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