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The local swine flu total has climbed to 62 and more notably than that, New York has now seen its first case in a patient who has not traveled to Mexico nor has any connection with the epicenter of the local outbreak, St. Francis Prep. There are also 17 more probable cases not yet confirmed, two of which also have no connection to either major swine flu As usual, the latest update on the virus comes with a familiar reassurance from Health Commissioner Thomas Frieden that this is no cause for alarm. He said, "Although H1N1 is likely spreading in the community, it does not appear to have caused more severe illness than seasonal flu so far."
1st NYC Swine Flu Diagnosis Unconnected to Mexico/St. Francis
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Much to do about nothing.
why must gothamist insinuate that the health officials are mishandling this case? are gothamist bloggers also epidemiologists?
There are one or two temporary epidemiologists on staff here at the Gothamist blog plus an epidermiologistical consultant as well as two brain surgeons, a pediatrician, a podiatrist, a practical practitioner, three scalogigisses, and a writer of dirty novels.
Due to the cutbacks there is not a full time epidemiologist.
None of whom are especially neat or clean.
Because they aren't very good writers. Otherwise they'd be writing the stories they are co-opting without appropriate attribution.
Haven't 13,000 people died from regular flu this year? And what, about 200-ish worldwide from swine flu? So why do we give a shit about swine flu?
because it's cool to have doom and gloom all over the media-it gives people something else to talk about besides the bailouts, bankruptcies, unemployment, and shitty government. Who needs generic flu? We need H1D1!!! We need SARS! WEST NILE VIRUS!THE FLESH-EATING BACTERIA! We must focus on how shitty third world countries are FIX EVERYTHING... It is better than reading about the Yankees slashing ticket prices. That makes me sicker than any flu virus on the market