The aforementioned principal in New York has died from complications of the H1N1 virus. He is the 6th person to die from flu related complications. It isn’t known if he had any pre-existing medical problems. Or if it is…no one’s saying anything. The city of New York is seeing a rise in flu reported illnesses.
Additionally, Japan is seeing an increase in swine flu cases, and is freaking out.
Kobe residents rushed to hospitals, where doctors in biohazard suits checked people for fever in tents set up in parking lots, Agence France-Presse reported. Transit workers and supermarket employees began wearing masks.
Japan is well known in public health circles for being exceptionally nervous about flu; it has an aging population and a national obsession with cleanliness that makes even Switzerland look messy.
Masks are common on subways because it is considered rude to lack one if you are sneezing. Before the outbreak began last month, Japan used about 60 percent of the world’s stock of the antiviral drug Tamiflu.
A biohazard suit in some kind of animal print might work for me, though.
Hi, this is a colaboration info health public, i read and consult the
“Committee on Implementation of Antiviral Medication Strategies for an Influenza Pandemic, Institute of Medicine”,this is a medical textbook that provides a comprehensive overview of epidemic and pandemic influenza (download PDF).
http://mediccall.blogspot.com/2009/06/antivirals-for-pandemic-influenza.html