A pandemic’s young victims
I have one living grandchild, Katie, the beautiful 15 month old who causes the sun to shine, at least for those of us whom she graces with her innocent laughter that is. When I think about what a...
View ArticleMexico City masks disappear off store shelves
Entrepreneurship and capitalism can bring out our most inspired best, unfortunately they can also bring out the greedy and predatory. From Reuters via Forbes.com Two held for hawking flu masks in...
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Demand for surgical masks high
Thinking of my dear friends in Detroit… Surgical masks fly off metro Detroit shelves [excerpt] By Emilia Askari • FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER • April 27, 2009 As news spread this morning of a possible...
View ArticleNew CDC interim guidance for facemasks
Interim Recommendations for Facemask and Respirator Use in Certain Community Settings Where Swine Influenza A (H1N1) Virus Transmission Has Been Detected [link] Information on the effectiveness of...
View ArticleHold that hug
One of the recommendations for staying was to refrain from physical contact as we greet people, handshakes, hugs, kisses. It seems that at least 10% of Americans have taken that advice. Harvard survey:...
View ArticleHand sanitizers-love ‘em or laugh
From the Times Online [UK], an article about hand sanitizers and antimicrobial products: Are hand sanitisers winning the war on sickness? With all the hype about swine flue it’s no wonder germ phobai...
View ArticleI am – are you?
We are now three months into our 2009 H1N1 (swine flu) pandemic if I count back to its emergence in April. Those whose job it is to watch influenza are keeping a cautious eye on the virus, especially...
View ArticleSwine Flu: When not to go to the ER
I know people who go to the doctor for every little thing imaginable, and some truly imagined, I happen to be related to one, by marriage so I’m not really “related” related. It’s as distressing as it...
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Hurricanes and pandemics 2009
Pandemics and hurricanes have a lot in common. As I’ve frequently mentioned, I live in “hurricane country”, the coast of the lowcountry of South Carolina, just south of Charleston to be exact. Just...
View ArticleH1N1 2009: Vaccines and antiviral resistance
Yesterday brought news of two cases of Tamiflu resistant H1N1 2009 in the US and one in Singapore. It also brought the first authoritative news that our first delivery of vaccines for H1N1 2009 will...
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