CDC Video Briefing on H1N1 Flu and Vaccine Distribution

[becca_g]

October 16th CDC Briefing on H1N1 Flu and Vaccine Distribution (http://www.flu.gov/live/) (led by Anne Schuchat, M.D., Director, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases)

Related AP article: Gov't: Swine flu linked to 11 more child deaths (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091016/ap_on_he_me/us_med_swine_flu)

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Update: Video is on a continuous loop, so if you don't catch the beginning, keep watching and it will eventually restart. On-demand version will be available shortly at H1N1 Video Briefing Archive (http://www.flu.gov/news/conferences/archive.html).

[bubbaray]

Interesting article. We were told at Children`s ER 2 days ago that they are seeing a mild flu so far, overall, but that of the children hard hit, it is teens. They were expecting the younger children to be hardest hit.

[brittone2]

I'm not downplaying that H1N1 can/is very serious for some individuals and that children are being hit hard, but the CDC is also counting cases that involve hospitalization/death differently than in previous flu seasons...the new system for how they are counting took effect in Sept. I think that makes it difficult to compare deaths, etc. this season to previous flu seasons. No doubt it seems to be hitting younger/healthier people more than seasonal flu typically does but I think the change in how hospitalizations/deaths are being counted is at least worth noting.
http://www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/reportingqa.htm