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David S Send message Joined: 4 Oct 99 Posts: 18352 Credit: 27,761,924 RAC: 12 |
Enterovirus-D68, courtesy of my employer. David Sitting on my butt while others boldly go, Waiting for a message from a small furry creature from Alpha Centauri. |
mrperk Send message Joined: 2 Mar 03 Posts: 825 Credit: 697,033 RAC: 0 |
I thought I was coming down with Enterovirus, but it wasn't. |
celttooth Send message Joined: 21 Nov 99 Posts: 26503 Credit: 28,583,098 RAC: 0 |
Is there any one in here who has not let one lose in a doctor's office? |
Darth Beaver Send message Joined: 20 Aug 99 Posts: 6728 Credit: 21,443,075 RAC: 3 |
David is this a new form of the Flu ? It does not sound as bad as as H 1 N 1 . |
mrperk Send message Joined: 2 Mar 03 Posts: 825 Credit: 697,033 RAC: 0 |
OK, I will be serious about the OP's topic and share link to more than you really want to know about this virus: enterovirus |
Darth Beaver Send message Joined: 20 Aug 99 Posts: 6728 Credit: 21,443,075 RAC: 3 |
Thanks mrperk so it sounds like it is just a north American thing then . And thanks also i now know not to look to your C.D.C as there seems to be no law that health profesinals have to report infections and death rates . |
mrperk Send message Joined: 2 Mar 03 Posts: 825 Credit: 697,033 RAC: 0 |
...there seems to be no law that health profesinals have to report infections and death rates. Actually, there have been laws in the USA for a long time. United States public health surveillance has focused historically on infectious diseases. Basic elements of surveillance were founded in Rhode Island in 1741, when the colony passed an act requiring tavern keepers to report contagious diseases among their patrons. Two years later, the colony passed a broader law requiring the reporting of smallpox, yellow fever, and cholera. All states (USA) began participating in national morbidity reporting in 1925. This happened after the severe poliomyelitis epidemic in 1916 and the influenza pandemic in 1918–1919. The CDC has recieved markedly increased reporting associated with contagious diseases and deaths ever since, and now collects information world wide, such as data on the current Ebola outbreak in West Africa. Now, not only US health agencies, but world health organizations cooperate with the CDC. It's not only a medical facility for identification and tracking diseases, but also a 'data clearinghouse' for interdiction efforts. |
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