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Commentary
US Week 2
P&I Death Rate Spike Raises Concerns
Recombinomics
Commentary 16:00
January 19, 2013
The briefing noted that additional vaccine was being made available in the United States by companies with FDA approval, and the FDA waived a repackaging requirement for Tamiflu with older package inserts. The speakers also urged the public to get vaccinated and physicians to treat patients with Tamiflu (or Relenza) earlier (even if influenza had not been lab confirmed).
The jump to 8.3% from 7.3% in week 2 was dramatic, and well above the epidemic threshold (as seen above). However, the spike in hospitalizations in the past two weeks raise concerns that the high P&I rate will continue to increase.
Below is a list of the two regions and 16 cities which have at least 10 P&I deaths and a rate of at least 10.0%.
Regions
NEW ENGLAND 15.2%
PACIFIC 11.9%
Cities
Springfield MA 22.4%
Knoxville TN 17.4%
Akron OH 15.8%
Nashville TN 15.4%
Hartford CT 14.7%
Charlotte NC 14.4%
Omaha OH 13.3%
Boston MA 13.2%
Dayton OH 12.7%
Syracuse NY 12.2%
Los Angeles CA 12.1%
Birmingham AL 11.7%
Lansing MI 10.9%
Memphis TN 10.2%
Albuquerque NM 10.2%
Las Vegas NV 10.2%
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