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feuervogel) wrote2009-05-02 12:52 pm
feuervogel) wrote2009-05-02 12:52 pm
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Daily H1N1 update: When public health works, nothing happens.
Case count (US): 160; 1 death.
Pictures! (of the virions)
Will shutting down the borders and stopping air travel make it better/go away? Nope. The horse is out of the barn.
Are we (the public health community) overreacting? Probably not.
After all, “The thing I wish officials would say more often ... is the following two sentences,” he said.
“'This is the way a devastating pandemic could well look at this early stage.' That’s the first sentence. And the second sentence is: 'This is the way a false alarm could well look at this early stage.'”
“Reading the tea leaves now to see which of those is happening simply can’t be done,” Sandman said. (source)
True that.
Pictures! (of the virions)
Will shutting down the borders and stopping air travel make it better/go away? Nope. The horse is out of the barn.
Are we (the public health community) overreacting? Probably not.
After all, “The thing I wish officials would say more often ... is the following two sentences,” he said.
“'This is the way a devastating pandemic could well look at this early stage.' That’s the first sentence. And the second sentence is: 'This is the way a false alarm could well look at this early stage.'”
“Reading the tea leaves now to see which of those is happening simply can’t be done,” Sandman said. (source)
True that.