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« on: March 09, 2008, 05:19:50 PM » |
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It is March 9 2008 today.
Which regions in North America are still seriously victimized by flu and cold?
(These regions might be different from those in early Feb)
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treehugger1
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« Reply #1 on: March 09, 2008, 05:22:05 PM » |
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Its seems that most everyone is recovering from some kind of flu/cold here in FL.
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kissa_mau
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« Reply #2 on: March 09, 2008, 07:14:09 PM » |
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Weather.com puts up the CDC's national flu report. You can check it out by state also. The entire map is dark red for widespread, except Florida is dark orange for regional. It is a weekly report, but there's obviously a lag between the week end and when the map pops up. http://www.weather.com/activities/health/coldandflu/nationalreports/national.html |
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eugenides
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« Reply #3 on: March 09, 2008, 07:33:43 PM » |
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Thanks, this is pretty cool. But the entire map is red (except Florida) ( no politics intended) -- does it mean the entire country is pretty unhealthy and vunerable (because of flu)? |
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« Reply #4 on: March 09, 2008, 08:20:22 PM » |
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Don't come to my house. Both kids have sore throats and one has a fever.
I'm feeling kind of punky myself.
We all had flu shots last fall.
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eugenides
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« Reply #5 on: March 09, 2008, 08:24:20 PM » |
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We all had flu shots last fall.
Oh, I am sorry. But can you get refund (for the shots)? |
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namazu
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« Reply #6 on: March 09, 2008, 08:25:01 PM » |
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You might also like this page: http://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/It's from the CDC, about the flu, and updated weekly. (Rarely have I seen a URL so intelligible!) They whiffed pretty badly this year with the flu vaccine; the strains they put in (each year, a committee makes an educated guess about the top 3) aren't the ones that became "big". Usually they do a bit better. |
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« Reply #7 on: March 09, 2008, 08:33:03 PM » |
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Sorry - I didn't read Kissa Mau's post carefully enough and missed the fact that Weather.com's map is based on CDC data.
The page I noted above has the info in tabular form, by region, with more technical details and surveillance activity. Also, the most recent map is at the bottom of the page.
Flu activity is "widespread" everywhere but NM, MS, and MA, and in those states spread was reported as "regional" for the week ending March 1.
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« Reply #8 on: March 09, 2008, 11:34:32 PM » |
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To add to our pleasure, the cold-with-bronchitis is epidemic also nationally. Those of us who lucked out and missed the actual flu have instead enjoyed weeks on end of coughing and hacking, relieved only by the absence of the high fever that characterizes flu. Oh, boy!
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