Deaths from H1N1, confirmed, are currently at 5010. Africa has seen a 26% rise in deaths, followed by Asia at 17% and the Mediterranean and Middle East at 16%. Infections in the USA are up 1%.
From the New York Times:
The fear of swine flu is being compounded by new worries, this time among primary care doctors who say that they are already being swamped by calls from patients anxious to get the new vaccine, and that they are ill-prepared to cope with the nationwide drive to immunize everyone, particularly children and adults with chronic illness.
Dr. Van Gilder said that when he got his share of vaccine — and he was wondering when that would be — he was planning to conduct a vaccination blitz, immunizing 250 children a day in alphabetical order.
“It’s a logistical nightmare,” he said.
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