Don't be misled by the media !

Please stick with the official word on the H1N1 pandemic. The mild nature and lack of fatalities afford us the opportunity to develop pandemic plans, practice our plans, and prepare for a much worse scenario, if or when this "novel" virus mutates and returns with much worse consequence.

Here is the lead story from the CDC:
"The ongoing outbreak of novel influenza A (H1N1) continues to expand in the United States and internationally. CDC expects that more cases, more hospitalizations and more deaths from this outbreak will occur over the coming days and weeks. CDC continues to take aggressive action to respond to an expanding outbreak caused by novel H1N1 flu."

"CDC’s response goals are to:
-- Reduce transmission and illness severity, and
-- Provide information to help health care providers, public health officials and the public address the challenges posed by this emergency."

"CDC is issuing updated interim guidance daily in response to the rapidly evolving situation. This includes updated interim guidance for clinicians on how to identify and care for people who are sick with novel H1N1 flu now that more widespread illness has been detected in the United States."

You can see much more by clicking on the CDC link on the left. Preparing you clinicians can be very important at this point, for there own safety as well as for patients and staff.

Thanks,
David