Deep Thought
April 26th, 2009
I wish the minutemen would get of their asses and finish that fence before the swine flu reaches us.
“Pandemic potential” for Mexican flu outbreak
Mexico has seen 1300 potential cases, with 20 confirmed flu deaths and as many as 83 possible deaths. At the upper end, that’s about a 7% mortality rate, and apparently the deaths are skewed to young adults. Flu mortality is usually a ‘U’, with highest mortality in the very old and the very young. Higher rates of mortality in the young or middle adult ranges is unusual, and the most famous example of that mortality profile is the 1918 flu pandemic.