Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Commongrounds' Comments: Worldwide Death Counts

The news is moving so very rapidly. Just a quick summary:

WHO count 7/21: more than 700.
Up 66% compared to 3 weeks ago.
Posted 7/22 @ 7:24 AM

ECDC (Europe CDC) count: 813
Posted 7/22 @ 11:38 AM

15 days ago: Total Count = 429
Posted 7/21 @ 5:40 PM

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano on 7/21 said to Federal judges & court officials:

"We all need to be thinking through, how do we keep things going, how do we keep business happening with absentee rates that could be 10, 20 or 30 percent -- maybe even 40 percent -- at the height of the return of a flu pandemic? How will you operate the courts?" "We don't have a lot of time," "I would urge you to lean forward and navigate this issue ahead of time so that decisions are not being made in the height of a pandemic."

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