Change in swine flu virus is my biggest fear: Liam Donaldson
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
Chief medical officer warns virus could mutate into a more dangerous strain.
- Rate of swine flu infection falls again - The Guardian
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Great Britain: “Striking reduction” in new H1N1 cases
ProjectDisaster (Free subscription) | 12/08/2009
Link: http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/339/dec07_1/b5329 Published 7 December 2009, doi:10.1136/bmj.b5329 Cite this as: BMJ 2009;339:b5329 Fall in swine flu cases may not signal an end of the epidemic, warns Professor Donaldson Oona Mashta 1 London England’s chief medical officer has said it is too early to know whether the “striking reduction” in numbers of new swine flu...
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UK: Department of Health reveals its 'worry list'
H5N1 (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
Via Fergus on Flu: Department of Health reveals its 'worry list.' Excerpt from a long and very informative post:At the weekly briefing for journalists the Chief Medical Officer for England, Sir Liam Donaldson revealed his "worry list" regarding H1N1 swine...
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Weekly Flu Questions
Norfolk Blogger (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
Based on the report from Liam Donaldson on the weekly swine flu figures, there are almost as many questions as answers given the government's dreadful response to swine flu. The government are apparently worried about the continued flow of under fives in to hospital because of their extreme reaction to swine flu. Interestingly though, under fives are equally prone to hospitalisation from...
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UK: What no prime minister wants to hear
H5N1 (Free subscription) | 12/05/2009
Via StrategicRISK.co.uk: PM is worst risk communicator . Excerpt: Gordon Brown ranked bottom in a survey of the best risk communicators in relation to swine flu health concerns. The British prime minister scored the worst when University of Wolverhampton researchers showed members of the public 15 media interviews about swine flu and asked them to rate the effectiveness of each spokesperson. Sir Liam...
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Rate of swine flu infection falls again
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
... virus in the past week, bringing the total number of fatalities in the UK since May to 270. Sir Liam Donaldson, the chief medical officer in England, said there had been "a striking reduction" in the incidence of swine flu in young children, but cautioned that it was too early to claim victory. The biggest fear was that the virus could mutate, he said, although there had...