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My good buddy, fellow Floridian, and flu blogger Scott McPherson is also deservedly recognized as one of the top IT guys in the nation, and serves as the CIO of the Florida House of Representatives.
As such, he occasionally blogs on IT issues for Computerworld. Today, he melds two of his areas of expertise into a single blog entitled:
April 5, 2010 - 10:32 A.M.
Don't write off H1N1 pandemic... yet
You may have noticed an upswing in media reporting on swine flu, or H1N1, cases. This upswing is in relation to the sudden upswing in human cases of swine flu in the southern states of Georgia, South Carolina and Alabama.
The truth is that H1N1 cases are on the upswing in many states. This could be due to several factors, including the beginning of the predicted "third wave" of pandemic influenza. Or it could be the fact that influenza "smoulders," and we have a few little patches of fire that need to be put out.
One day, the third wave will occur. It might be the start now, or it could be later in 2010. Or it could be even in 2011. No one knows for certain.
In Georgia, after a period of weeks of inactivity, hospitalizations from H1N1 have spiked. And so have deaths. There were more hospitalizations in two weeks from H1N1 in Georgia than in October, 2009, when the pandemic's second wave hit its stride.
And just to prove that when Scott is on a roll, he can multitask like a duel core processor, he’s posted a new blog on his own site today as well.
CIDRAP report reminds us that H1N1 was/is worse than we thought
Over at Computerworld, I have just delivered my first blog in over six months! And you thought I blogged slowly over here!
Anyway, I want you to go over there and read it, because I am not supposed to post their blog over here, and vice versa.
Both blogs are well worth reading.
The report Scott writes about today is one I briefly covered before I began my recent trek cross the half the country. You can read my coverage in Study: Years Of Life Lost Due To 2009 Pandemic.
