tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9359747.post82381449463529664..comments2023-09-27T07:25:28.159-04:00Comments on Pundita: H1N1/Swine Flu: Was Cuba's airport blockade an over-reaction to the outbreak?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9359747.post-70951206471905858902009-05-14T20:22:00.000-04:002009-05-14T20:22:00.000-04:00Worries about the flu vaccine are real, based on s...Worries about the flu vaccine are real, based on some past problems. I announced to my nurse wife this evening that "We should all take the 2009 vaccine and get it as early as possible." She balked, "Are you sure the swine flu vaccine problems won't come back?"<br /><br />I'm not sure of much of anything. I plan to get the vaccine, if several companies are making it. If there is one that includesDocJimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13738477945703303268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9359747.post-70375789293371805882009-05-14T19:24:00.000-04:002009-05-14T19:24:00.000-04:00DocJim -- That is the most interesting news! I liv...DocJim -- That is the most interesting news! I live in the District but I'm embarrassed to say that I have been watching swine flu so much all over the country and the world that I haven't been keeping up with local news. <br /><br />However, the day before the CDC reversed their advice on school closings, I heard a comment by a local disk jockey who was upset about the school closings and Punditahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09255618281071848583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9359747.post-44682343154894786372009-05-14T17:11:00.000-04:002009-05-14T17:11:00.000-04:00Oops, forgot this interesting URL. It suggests the...Oops, forgot this interesting URL. It suggests the swine flu may predominate in the fall 2009 flu season. (I plan to get the flu shot as early as possible this fall.)<br /><br />http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/NEJMp0903906?query=TOCDocJimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13738477945703303268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9359747.post-80358091535216916522009-05-14T17:09:00.000-04:002009-05-14T17:09:00.000-04:00The real heros of this April 2009 swine flu spread...The real heros of this April 2009 swine flu spread are several high school principals who closed the schools. <br /><br />I heard today from a patient that her daughter's Catholic school in the Wash DC area was closed on a Tuesday in Feb 2009 when 40 children were absent on Monday and 80 absent on Tuesday. They reopened one week later with some additional absences, but no further increase.<br /><DocJimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13738477945703303268noreply@blogger.com