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Volusia and Flagler counties reporting mild flu season so far.
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Re: Florida - Volusia and Flagler counties reporting mild flu season so far
I noticed that Florida gives data from several sources,
summary on page 2
I would take the first 3 indicators (other samples too small,
#counties that report... is subjective) and take the average :
2.6/2.8+4.8/3.8+65.2/55.4 = ~12% increase in week 51
surprising how Florida stays so low with the surrounding states
(probably) peaking already.
Should we assign an extra-region to Florida rather than lumbing
it in to region 4 ?
Also amazing the long RSV-season in FloridaI'm interested in expert panflu damage estimates
my current links: http://bit.ly/hFI7H ILI-charts: http://bit.ly/CcRgT -
Re: Florida - Volusia and Flagler counties reporting mild flu season so far
Florida is a unique place in the United States. It is a peninsula so we do not have the crisscross of highways, rivers, etc. that is typical in most other states. Also, we are an international destination. We had 87.3 million visitors in 2011 which is more than 4 times our population of approximately 19 million. I would expect this inflow of visitors has an impact on our overall disease surveillance and numbers.Comment
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Re: Florida - Volusia and Flagler counties reporting mild flu season so far
I think it's the SouthityI'm interested in expert panflu damage estimates
my current links: http://bit.ly/hFI7H ILI-charts: http://bit.ly/CcRgTComment
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Re: Florida - Volusia and Flagler counties reporting mild flu season so far
Yes. It is very humid here.
"....virus infectivity (assessed by in vitro culture) at a fixed relative humidity undergoes an exponential decay..."
Review of Aerosol Transmission of Influenza A Virus
Volume 12, Number 11?November 2006
Raymond Tellier*?
*Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; and ?University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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