Comments for Swine Flu in Australia

Comment on How does this flu season compare with others? by aussieflublogger

aussieflublogger — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 00:38:34 +0000

Hi Toni.

Good question. I think by “fair” you mean “comparable”. That is, what’s in place to make sure that 2009 is comparable with previous years. As I remark, I’m not sure it is comparable, really, because I assume we are doing a lot more testing this year for flu than we have done in previous years. So we are bound to find more cases. Just how big that effect is, I don’t know.

Is this helpful?

Cheers

Nick

Comment on How does this flu season compare with others? by Toni

Toni — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 17:00:43 +0000

I am enrolled in a MPH program at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in Shreveport, Louisiana. I am using this report for a class assignment for my Epidemiology class and I need to know what did you do to ensure the comparisons were fair?

Comment on About by Theron Horton

Theron Horton — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 16:39:54 +0000

Intensive care units likely to be main battlegrounds in the war against H1N1
By Helen Branswell Medical Reporter (CP):

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Comment on Australian swine flu graphs by mridul

mridul — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 10:37:41 +0000

In India we have a particular flu patterns every year. We have four major seasons and eight sub seasonal change. Between every seasonal switch there is a wave of flu, sometime too sever. This year the season was very mild becuase of little rain, infact we have drought. And as per my experience the winter is going to be mild. This will keep the seasonal flu at low level. I doubt if swine can have high spread in the coming season. And within two or three wave it will become a seasonal flu, hurrah we will survive. Thanks to God for the drought and reduced rains.

Comment on 31st July update by aussieflublogger

aussieflublogger — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 00:35:26 +0000

Thanks for your feedback, Lars. I really appreciate it. We haven’t yet got the vaccine here. We are expecting it in the next few weeks. I’ll be discussing it on these pages over the next few weeks. Cheers. Nick.

Comment on 31st July update by Lars Ljunge

Lars Ljunge — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 19:45:46 +0000

Thank you for an excellent blog! We live in Sweden, and you probably know that we have not seen too much of the pandemic here yet. Since we are about to enter autumn here on the northern hemisphere, your statistics from Oz is telling us what to expect during the coming months. It feels a bit frightening, but at the same time reassuring to learn how Australia has been hit by the flu.

A factor here is that we are about to start to get flu shots in about a month, and we hope that it will dampen the expected peak. Have you started such a vaccination program in Australia yet? If so, maybe you could discuss the impact of the program on your blog page.

We are very sorry for the large number of people who have died in your country, but you are certainly doing constructive work, and give people what they need: Hope!

Thanks,
Lars

Comment on Australian swine flu graphs by aussieflublogger

aussieflublogger — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 10:16:13 +0000

We’re doing more human trials than the UK!

Comment on Australian swine flu graphs by aussieflublogger

aussieflublogger — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 10:15:53 +0000

There’s some data from NSW Health. Have a look here – I haven’t read it in detail but there’s usually stuff buried about deaths due to Pneunmonia compared to previous years.

Comment on Australian swine flu graphs by dubious

dubious — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 23:29:39 +0000

Are you guys really going to get the vaccine? I would strongly advise against it, at least not until you’ve researched it further.

Comment on Australian swine flu graphs by gsgs

gsgs — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 07:52:16 +0000

I’m looking for weekly Australian mortality data,
deaths from all causes or from P+I alone.
Does it exist ? Or if not from Australia then maybe from
cities or states/provinces

Is it worse than in previous years ? (just counting deaths and ignoring
age and disease burdon)