Swine Flu Takes Toll in L.A. County
A team of our USC-based Neon Tommy reporters has produced a stunning, comprehensive package on the more than 50 people who have died from Swine Flue in L.A. County. This special report includes profiles of some swine flu victims, research into the legality of withholding death certificates from the public, copies of the certificates provided to Neon Tommy, an interactive map detailing where swine flu has struck in L.A. County, and an in-depth look at how health department officials in Los Angeles and across the country are responding to this crisis. Please take a look.
Here’s just a small homage to the victims.
And an interactive map of where the flu has struck
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November 5th, 2009 at 1:12 pm
THIS IS A MUST READ.
EAT YOUR HEART OUT FRANK CAPRA
GRAYSON FOR PRESIDENT…HE IS THE GUY WE HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rep-alan-grayson/how-the-republicans-faile_b_347237.html
November 5th, 2009 at 1:19 pm
I have read lots of research on the efficacy of the flu vaccine from both perspectives…
Lancet, New England Journal etc contradict the trumped up stats and correct them with facts as does the CDC’s own website.
One must be very careful before jumping on this hyped up bandwagon of hysteria.
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2009/10/31/CDC-Says-Kids-That-Die-From-Swine-Flu-Have-Coexisting-Bacterial-Infections.aspx
November 5th, 2009 at 1:21 pm
The vaccine production is being fast tracked: very dangerous
Even without adjuvants there is a fair dose of mercury in them.
November 5th, 2009 at 1:22 pm
Proper diet and building up your immune system is how you combat bacterial and viral infections.
November 6th, 2009 at 6:13 am
An excellent way to build up your immune system is to permit yourelf to be vaccinated.
November 6th, 2009 at 8:50 am
Crisis? What crisis? From the CDC:
“How many people die from seasonal flu each year in the United States?
The number of seasonal influenza-associated (i.e., seasonal flu-related) deaths varies from year to year because flu seasons often fluctuate in length and severity. CDC estimated that about 36,000 people died of seasonal flu-related causes each year, on average, during the 1990s in the United States…”
http://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/disease/us_flu-
related_deaths.htm
So far the swine flu has killed 5000 world wide by the middle of October.
November 6th, 2009 at 11:13 am
“Proper diet and building up your immune system is how you combat bacterial and viral infections.”
Easy to say if you are lucky enough to have born healthy, and remained so. If you are one of us who has diabetes, arthritis, juvenile arthritis, or pretty much any condition that requires medication, your immune system will always be susceptible to flu strains. Proper diet and system build up is not the be all end all for some of us.
November 6th, 2009 at 2:55 pm
Now, as my educational qualifications have been established and supported, please feel free to ask my analysis on any topic.
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November 6th, 2009 at 9:18 pm
Marc —
Congratulations on yet another serious, in-depth piece of big-city reporting by your students at Neon Tommy.
You really have blown up the dreary old j-school model of “art project reporting” and your gang is cranking out robust, timely journalism. Great work.