tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9359747.post4328770440022636788..comments2023-09-27T07:25:28.159-04:00Comments on Pundita: CDC hoodoo and swine flu lethalityUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9359747.post-73071575700979043612009-07-04T16:28:56.817-04:002009-07-04T16:28:56.817-04:00Barnaby - Thank you for your comments. Re your com...Barnaby - Thank you for your comments. Re your comment that a "Mexican strain" of swine flu killed 50% of ferrets in a study -- could you send me your source and (if you're referring to one of the two studies recently published in Science) the exact sentences that refer to a Mexican strain? Thank you. <br /><br />I will reply at greater length to your observations in a future Punditahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09255618281071848583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9359747.post-24279728239110718872009-07-04T09:38:41.249-04:002009-07-04T09:38:41.249-04:00Hmmmm. I agree with most of what you say. But de...Hmmmm. I agree with most of what you say. But describing the CDC annual seasonal flu deaths estimate as a wild guess is not reasonable in my opinion. Its true the estimates vary massively from year to year and estimates from differing methods often differ by many thousands. Still the order of magnitude here (and 1st significant figure perhaps) is what counts here and estimates from differing Barnaby Dawsonhttp://www.theseedofreason.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.com