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13 Comments
- RatatRatR, on 11/06/2009, -0/+7Generic "swine flu is *****" comment.
- rusty0101, on 11/06/2009, -0/+7Of course it only takes 3 days for the CDC to confirm a diagnosis of H1N1, so real time is somewhat misleading...
- Loonatickle, on 11/06/2009, -0/+5Good thing you aren't making policy. There's no way to know with a flu like H1N1 how virulent and lethal it will be. After the fact it's easy for you to mock the effort that went into preparation and prevention. Beforehand, though, the initial reports from Mexico were worrisome, and this same strain of flu killed tens of millions in 1918. Your thinking is what causes disasters like Katrina.
Just as moronic is your "killed by lack of health insurance" statistic. Acute needs are covered for all, irrespective of coverage, due to federal EMTALA legislation. So you could only be talking about chronic illness. How does lack of insurance GIVE YOU DIABETES? MAKE YOU OBESE? Please. This isn't too hard to understand, is it? - Vaiper, on 11/06/2009, -0/+5We can track comets. Try stopping one of those.
- brivix, on 11/06/2009, -0/+2Thank you GE for helping me out in yet another aspect of my life!
- mattrickmd, on 11/06/2009, -1/+3Yes! Another swine flu article on the front page.
- Speed, on 11/06/2009, -0/+2I just find it funny that a company that makes weapons of mass destruction also has a health care division.
- dralezero, on 11/07/2009, -0/+1You mean track all supposed cases of swine flu. Remember, many places just assume. Actually some places diagnose you with swine flu and report the case just by hearing your symptoms over the phone /facepalm
- JohnnySoftware, on 11/06/2009, -2/+390x more Americans die each year from lack of health insurance than have died so far from H1N1 (9K vs. 0.5K).
http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/09/18/deaths.health ... - JohnnySoftware, on 11/06/2009, -2/+3CDC's own information shows that 10x more people die per year from food poisoning than have died from H1N1 swine flu so far this year in USA.
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol5no5/mead.htm
From the CDC article about contemporary food poisoning situation in the US:
"To better quantify the impact of foodborne diseases on health in the United States, we compiled and analyzed information from multiple surveillance systems and other sources. We estimate that foodborne diseases cause approximately 76 million illnesses, 325,000 hospitalizations, and 5,000 deaths in the United States each year. Known pathogens account for an estimated 14 million illnesses, 60,000 hospitalizations, and 1,800 deaths. Three pathogens, Salmonella, Listeria, and Toxoplasma, are responsible for 1,500 deaths each year, more than 75% of those caused by known pathogens, while unknown agents account for the remaining 62 million illnesses, 265,000 hospitalizations, and 3,200 deaths. Overall, foodborne diseases appear to cause more illnesses but fewer deaths than previously estimated."
An expert said last month that they estimated 5 million people in US had gotten infected with H1N1. Well, the abstract above says 76 million people are infected with foodborne illness each year.
The rest of the article is extremely well written and highly educational. If you are interested in H1N1 then you might be just as interested in this health subject too. It does not get as much buzz but statistically you have a greater chance of dying from it than H1N1. - JohnnySoftware, on 11/06/2009, -0/+1At least they stopped making light bulbs in our country.
- anonymousmedic, on 11/06/2009, -1/+1Paging Infowars sockpuppet to thread http://digg.com/health/CDC_Can_Now_Track_Swine_Flu ... It's time to talk about conspiracies!
- maximus411, on 11/06/2009, -2/+0If you they can track it why can't they stop it then?
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