Or was it too sensitive, alerting the world to a virus no more dangerous than the usual seasonal flu bugs?
And this from Cecilia Hultin: "As a Finn I have to admit it's exciting to see a bit of the "Sisu" from Nieminen and not the usual "stomach flu" weakness he tends to suffer from.
Last year, the C.D.C. added middle-aged healthy people to the list of those at higher than usual risk of flu complications after studies showed that hospitalizations and deaths associated with the flu start rising considerably at age 50.
Possible confounding influences we considered were age, sex, the socioeconomic rating of the school (SES), having recently had a cold or flu, usual bedtime, exercise levels, weekend viewing/electronic gaming hours, TV in the bedroom, the number of times woken weekly by the cellphone, and cellphone storage and carrying habits.
In the fall of 2009, the reported incidence of patients infected with the pandemic influenza A(H1N1) virus in France exceeded the usual incidence of seasonal flu [ 1, 2].
Medical experts said that the extent of the pigs' bleeding, including reports of bloody skin lesions, did not sound like the usual symptoms of bird flu, but added that the pig deaths needed to be investigated.
So, these days you can add academic profiteering to all the usual troubles: deadlines, freshers' flu, first-year weight gain, finding yourself, losing yourself and Tinder dates over £15 stone-baked pub pizzas.
Such a goal was quite ambitious as compared to usual rates of seasonal flu vaccine uptake in the population: 50% in targeted subgroups at risk for influenza complications; and less than 25% otherwise [2], [3].
