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niman
PostPosted: Thu Jan 05, 2012 7:35 pm 
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January 5, 2012
HHS routinely develops vaccines to test against novel influenza viruses "with potential pandemic potential," said Gretchen Michael, director of communications for the department's Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response. Examples of other novel viruses that have triggered precautionary vaccine development, said Ms. Michael, include avian influenza viruses such as A(H9N2) and A(H7N5).

"This is part of HHS' ongoing pandemic planning," she said.

http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/756 ... 38?src=rss

Comparision of H3N2v vaccine to rare avian viruses is nonsense. H3N2v is a continuation of H1N1pdm09 and the H3N2v pandemic began in 2011.

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PostPosted: Fri Jan 06, 2012 11:55 am 
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No week 50 report yet

http://new.paho.org/hq/index.php?option ... 69&to=2246

Still no week 50 report.

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PostPosted: Fri Jan 06, 2012 8:25 pm 
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Comparision of H3N2v vaccine to rare avian viruses is nonsense. H3N2v is a continuation of H1N1pdm09 and the H3N2v pandemic began in 2011.


Hi Dr. Niman,

Just wanted to get it straight...are you saying we are indeed currently in a Pandemic (H3N2) now?

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niman
PostPosted: Sat Jan 07, 2012 3:46 am 
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Faithful wrote:
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Comparision of H3N2v vaccine to rare avian viruses is nonsense. H3N2v is a continuation of H1N1pdm09 and the H3N2v pandemic began in 2011.


Hi Dr. Niman,

Just wanted to get it straight...are you saying we are indeed currently in a Pandemic (H3N2) now?

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Yes, especially in children.

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niman wrote:
Faithful wrote:
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Comparision of H3N2v vaccine to rare avian viruses is nonsense. H3N2v is a continuation of H1N1pdm09 and the H3N2v pandemic began in 2011.


Hi Dr. Niman,

Just wanted to get it straight...are you saying we are indeed currently in a Pandemic (H3N2) now?

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Yes, especially in children.


Hmmm ... well, that makes more sense then. Because when you read this:

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January 5, 2012 — A precautionary vaccine against the novel swine influenza virus, which has sickened 12 people in 5 states since July, is in development and will likely be ready for clinical trials this spring, a spokesperson for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) told Medscape Medical News.


You can't help but wonder WHY are they ordering a 'precautionary vaccine' against a virus that only "sickened 12 people in 5 states since July". Which is what probably just about EVERY person who reads that news report would think, and of course then think more hyperbole about flu.

*Someone*, somewhere knows *something* they aren't tell the rest of the public. This cat & mouse game drives me CRAZY. -k
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Jim
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It certainly seems so. Also, if the virus is as mild as they say and it doesn't affect the typical at-risk groups (elderly, small children, and those that are immunocompromised), then why bother with a vaccine at all?

This brings to mind the most memorable line from the movie Contagion "We don't want anyone to know until everyone knows."

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*Someone*, somewhere knows *something* they aren't tell the rest of the public. This cat & mouse game drives me CRAZY. -k

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PostPosted: Thu Jan 12, 2012 12:56 pm 
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Tomorow's (week 51) MMWR reportable disease page (last report for 2011) has no updates on novel influenza (remains at 8 reported in 2011, which includes 6 cases infected in 2011).
Novel influenza A infection virus *** - 8 0 4 43,774 2 4 NN

http://wonder.cdc.gov/mmwr/mmwr_reps.as ... wr_table=1

Last entries were cases from Maine in October. The following cases have yet to be reported:
Indiana/10/2011 (October) H3N2pdm11 (H3N2v)
Iowa/07/2011 (November) H3N2pdm11 (H3N2v)
Iowa/08/2011 (November) H3N2pdm11 (H3N2v)
Iowa/09/2011 (November) H3N2pdm11 (H3N2v)
West Virginia/06/2011 (December) trH3N2 (H3N2v)
West Virginia/07/2011 (December) trH3N2 (H3N2v)
Minnesota/19/2011 (December) trH1N2 (H1N2v)
Wisconsin/28/2011 (December) trH1N1 (H1N1v)
Northern California (December) trH3N2/H3N2pdm11 (H3N2v)

IHR regulations require reporting within 48 hours of lab confirmation. All of the above (with the possible exception of Northern California) have been lab confirmed (and likely reported to the WHO website on notifiable diseases), but the lag in CDC MMWR reporting remains curious.

Tomorrow's MMWR also has week 52 update, which also does NOT update data on novel infleunza cases in 2011
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtm ... mm6052md_w

None of the above added in tomorrow's MMWR
http://wonder.cdc.gov/mmwr/mmwr_reps.as ... wr_table=1

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Week 3 of 2012 still has not update 2011 data on H3N2v, H1N2v, H1N1v. Only 6 of the 14 cases infected in 2011 are listed. Last case was the second Maine case in October. No listing for vet in Indiana (new vaccine target), cluster in Iowa, cluster in West Virginia, H1N2v in Minnesota, H1N1, in Wisconsin.

http://wonder.cdc.gov/mmwr/mmwr_reps.as ... wr_table=1

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Week 3 of 2012 still has not update 2011 data on H3N2v, H1N2v, H1N1v. Only 6 of the 14 cases infected in 2011 are listed. Last case was the second Maine case in October. No listing for vet in Indiana (new vaccine target), cluster in Iowa, cluster in West Virginia, H1N2v in Minnesota, H1N1, in Wisconsin.

http://wonder.cdc.gov/mmwr/mmwr_reps.as ... wr_table=1

No updates through week 6

http://wonder.cdc.gov/mmwr/mmwr_reps.as ... wr_table=1

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Utah case (A/Utah/10/2012) matches West Virginia (A/West Virginia/06/2011.

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