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definition of epidemic rate per 100,000 very different in Spain than in UK ....


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This is because the flu virus takes ten days hitting hard, as evidenced by recent data collected by the Sentinel Physician Network of the Community of Madrid and referenced to the first week of the year. If the last of 2010 ended with 91.78 cases of influenza per 100,000 population in 2011 has started with an incidence of 122.64 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, three times declared the epidemic threshold for this season 2010-2011 and is fixed in 40.54 cases.



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So far, 16 people have died of swine flu (H1N1) and at least 350 severe flu cases have been hospitalized since the beginning of the season.

23 were vaccinated and 196 cases were unvaccinated. At least 1 vaccinated patient have died of pH1N1.

208,69 cases per 100.000 compared to 153,04 cases per 100.000 population in previous week.



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This represents a big jump in severe cases in week-1 with 254 new severe cases that were hospitalized compared to only 23 new severe cases in previous week (52).

11 have died in current reporting period (week1)

Also, this represents another big jump in vaccinated cases with 23 cases vaccinated compared to 6 in previous week (52)

http://vgripe.isciii.es/gripe/documento ... 012011.pdf

Table showing severe cases confirmed with influenza by age groups.

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Influenza weekly update. Community of Madrid.

Season 2010/2011 (Cumulative data up to week 2/2011)






127.052 cases per 100.000 population.

24 samples were positive for Influenza, 22 pH1N1 and 2 B.

-Increasing trend.

-Intensity: Medium

-Widespread geographic influenza activity.



Evolution of ILI Incidence by age group.




Distribution of cases declared by age group and gender.




Percentage of cases by clinical manifestations.




Additional information

Vaccinated cases (Seasonal) ........................ 18 (3,7%)
Unvaccinated cases (Seasonal) ........................ 470 (95,7%)
Unknown vaccination status (Seasonal) .......... 3 (0,6 %)
TOTAL .................................................................... 491 (100 %)

http://www.madrid.org/cs/Satellite?blob ... inary=true

Does the vaccination status reflect this years seasonal vaccine (which includes H1N1)?
Do you know the vaccine uptake rate for the general population in Spain?

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Does the vaccination status reflect this years seasonal vaccine (which includes H1N1)?

Yes.

We have 3 different flu vaccines this year;

-Chiromas

-Inflexal

-Levrinson


Do you know the vaccine uptake rate for the general population in Spain?


The chart below is from Madrid.

Influenza Weekly Update. Castilla y León.

Season 2010/2011 (Week-2)



239,73 per 100.000 population (weekly incidence) and 257,67 per 100.000 population (standardized weekly rate)

Increasing trend

Intensity: Moderate

Widespread geographic influenza activity


Distribution of cases by age group.







PDF (English): http://www.salud.jcyl.es/sanidad/cm/ciu ... edia=92707

Last table would suggest that the vax is working?

No, the table signals vaccine failure. The chart for vaccine uptake indicates that only 4% of those under 60 are vaccinated (in Madrid). Thus, if the vaccine provided no benefit, then 4% of those infected would have been vaccinated, which is what the data shows for several age groups under 60.

The figures showing that most infected were not vaccinated has to be viewed wuth informatio on the entire population. The VAST majority of those under 60 were not vaccinated, so the VAST majority of those infected should also not be vaccinated, even if the vaccine had no value.

As seen in the vaccine uptake table, the vast majority of those vaccinated are over 60 and these are NOT infected by H1N1 because of H1N1 immunity generated when they were much younger.

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