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...indifference - none of which are all that helpful. The battle ahead is psychological as much as it is medical. And although we have heard a great deal about the importance of washing our hands, the real challenge may be in how to live with what we don't know...
...themselves for explosions of flu, shuttered schools, mass vaccinations and tens of thousands of deaths - or perhaps not. Are the media to blame for the confusion? Absolutely. But no more than usual. What about the government? So far, officials have done a relatively decent job of explaining what they know and what they don't and planning for the worst. "It's going to be a unique flu season. The only thing certain is uncertainty," says Dr. Thomas Frieden, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). "Even with the best efforts, influenza will cause severe illness...
...technology brings a new conundrum: in order to exploit these tools, we have to act before someone we know goes to the hospital with H1N1. "Decisions have to be made in the absence of true, hard scientific information," says Dr. Paul Jarris, head of the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials. "We just have to be comfortable with that." (See how to track the swine flu outbreak on your iPhone...
Here's what we know: in the coming days, as the weather cools and children warehouse germs in school, many more Americans than normal may become sick with the flu. Everyone will probably know someone who is sick. (Most will never know for sure if they had H1N1, but if they had a fever, cough, sore throat, runny or stuffy nose, body aches, headache, chills and fatigue, that will be a safe assumption.) People under age 25 are more likely to get sick. Most who get it will be quite ill for about a week and then recover, assuming...
...vaccine will pose a special dilemma for everyone measuring the risks this fall. We already know there will not be enough vaccine for everyone right away. So the priority will be to vaccinate high-risk people, such as those with chronic conditions like diabetes. But high-risk people tend not to think of themselves that way. "They feel fine. They go to work and take care of their kids. They don't define themselves day to day as someone with asthma," says Dr. Anne Schuchat, director of the CDC's National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases. (Read about...