Below the fold are a link to a story about the President declaring the H1N1 epidemic to be a national emergency, and links to reports from the Centers for Disease Control about the epidemic.
Fox News reports that President Obama has declared the H1N1 viral epidemic to be a national emergency, which should facilitate the ability of hospitals and clinics to handle the expected surge in admissions.
The CDC is publishing reports and updates about the H1N1 virus. The "2009 H1N1 Flu: Situation Update" webpage contains general information and links to a number of CDC reports. One specific report entitled "Novel H1N1 Flu: 2009 Early Outbreak and Disease Characteristics" contains charts and data regarding symptoms, the infection rate, hospitalization rate, and death rate in the American population. One result that was surprising to me – the bulk of the deaths are not among infants and the very elderly, as is usually the case with the flu, nor among teenagers and young adults, as I had believed was true of H1N1. Instead, 40% of the deaths from the virus are in the 25-49 age group. Get your shots!
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The final posted link is broken.
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