Monday, May 04, 2009

Swine Flu Update 050409

UPDATE: CDC Update: H1N1

Hey folks,

Happy Monday to you. First up, your CDC Update for Monday 050409, then my thoughts on who Obama will pick for the Supreme Court. Lot's of talk about it yesterday, as I'm sure there will be until the day he announces his choice. It will be a Liberal though. That much all can agree on. More on that in a second.

Here is your Swine Flu Update for today

CDC continues to take aggressive action to respond to an expanding outbreak caused by novel H1N1 flu.

CDC’s response goals are to:

Reduce transmission and illness severity, and Provide information to help health care providers, public health officials and the public address the challenges posed by this emergency.

CDC continues to issue and update interim guidance daily in response to the rapidly evolving situation. CDC will issue updated interim guidance for clinicians on how to identify and care for people who are sick with novel H1N1 flu illness. This guidance will provide priorities for testing and treatment for novel H1N1 flu infection. The priority use for influenza antiviral drugs during this outbreak will be to treat people with severe flu illness.

On May 3, CDC is scheduled to complete deployment of 25 percent of the supplies in the Strategic National Stockpile (SNS) to all states in the continental United States. These supplies and medicines will help states and U.S. territories respond to the outbreak. In addition, the Federal Government and manufacturers have begun the process of developing a vaccine against the novel H1N1 flu virus.

Response actions are aggressive, but they may vary across states and communities depending on local circumstances. Communities, businesses, places of worship, schools and individuals can all take action to slow the spread of this outbreak. People who are sick are urged to stay home from work or school and to avoid contact with others, except to seek medical care. This action can avoid spreading illness further.

Alabama 1
Arizona 18
California 26
Colorado 4
Connecticut 2
Delaware 10
Florida 3
Illinois 3
Indiana 3
Iowa 1
Kansas 2
Kentucky* 1
Massachusetts 7
Michigan 2
Minnesota 1
Missouri 1
Nebraska 1
Nevada 1
New Hampshire 1
New Jersey 7
New Mexico 1
New York 63
Ohio 3
Rhode Island 1
South Carolina 15
Tennessee 1
Texas 40 1
Utah 1
Virginia 3
Wisconsin 3
TOTAL (30) 226 cases 1 death

Now with 3 cases here in Florida, my Niece's school started making calls about washing hands, covering your mouth when coughing and of course, if you are sick, STAY HOME and get check out. As aways, until the end of this thing, check back tomorrow for the latest.

Be right back with my take on Obama's soon to be pick for the Supreme Court.
Peter

2 comments:

D.S.Harford said...

http://unclejayexplains.com/2009/05/03/uncle-jay-explains-may-4-2009/

Peter said...

Hey D.S.

Thanks for the link. I'll check it out soon. Hope all is well with you and yours.

Peter