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Message 1571139 - Posted: 12 Sep 2014, 20:19:00 UTC

Enterovirus-D68, courtesy of my employer.
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Message 1571207 - Posted: 12 Sep 2014, 22:39:35 UTC

I thought I was coming down with Enterovirus, but it wasn't.

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Message 1571209 - Posted: 12 Sep 2014, 22:41:32 UTC - in response to Message 1571207.  

Is there any one in here who has not
let one lose in a doctor's office?
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Message 1571312 - Posted: 13 Sep 2014, 3:56:52 UTC - in response to Message 1571139.  

David is this a new form of the Flu ?
It does not sound as bad as as H 1 N 1 .
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Message 1571335 - Posted: 13 Sep 2014, 5:05:29 UTC
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OK, I will be serious about the OP's topic and share link to more than you really want to know about this virus:

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Message 1571403 - Posted: 13 Sep 2014, 10:43:09 UTC - in response to Message 1571335.  

Thanks mrperk so it sounds like it is just a north American thing then . And thanks also i now know not to look to your C.D.C as there seems to be no law that health profesinals have to report infections and death rates .
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Message 1571498 - Posted: 13 Sep 2014, 15:36:17 UTC - in response to Message 1571403.  
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...there seems to be no law that health profesinals have to report infections and death rates.


Actually, there have been laws in the USA for a long time. United States public health surveillance has focused historically on infectious diseases. Basic elements of surveillance were founded in Rhode Island in 1741, when the colony passed an act requiring tavern keepers to report contagious diseases among their patrons. Two years later, the colony passed a broader law requiring the reporting of smallpox, yellow fever, and cholera.

All states (USA) began participating in national morbidity reporting in 1925. This happened after the severe poliomyelitis epidemic in 1916 and the influenza pandemic in 1918–1919. The CDC has recieved markedly increased reporting associated with contagious diseases and deaths ever since, and now collects information world wide, such as data on the current Ebola outbreak in West Africa.
Now, not only US health agencies, but world health organizations cooperate with the CDC. It's not only a medical facility for identification and tracking diseases, but also a 'data clearinghouse' for interdiction efforts.
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