Sunday, January 7, 2018

California Flu Epidemic Running 300% Above 5-Year Average



California Flu Epidemic Running 300% Above 5-Year Average
by Chriss W. Street 7 Jan 2018newport beach
The State of California is reporting that the deadly 2017-2018 flu epidemic is running at 300 percent above average for the last five years.
The California Department of Public Health (DPH) reported that for the first three months of the 2017-2018 flu season ending Dec. 30, there were 27 people younger than age 65 that died. That was up spectacularly from the one who died during the same period in 2016-2017.

California provides weekly public health epidemic tracking through 68 enrolled “Sentinel Providers” (physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants) located in all 58 California counties. All patients suffering a fever above 100° Fahrenheit and with a cough and/or sore throat are laboratory tested for influenza and pneumonia.

Of the 41,891 cases tested in California during the first 12 weeks of the 2017-2018 flu year, there were 7,306 that tested positive for influenzas, or 17 percent. But the epidemic is exponentially accelerating. Of the 4,891 cases tested in the flu year’s 12th week ending Dec. 30, there were 2,002, or 41 percent, that tested positive for influenza.

The peak of the flu epidemic is not expected until the second week in February. That means the number of weekly cases are expected to triple, and the peak number of deaths could be substantially higher. Once the epidemic peaks, the number of cases will slowly decline, but the epidemic will last until about August.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) expects the 2017-2018 flu epidemic will be the most deadly since the 2009-2010 swine flu epidemic, which killed 284,000 people worldwide and 657 Californians.

CDC recommends a yearly flu vaccine for everyone six months of age and older as the first and most important step in protecting against this serious disease. Although millions of Californians received a flu vaccination last fall, the broad number of flu variants mean that only about 25 percent of the vaccinated are protected.

The most widely circulating flu strain, Type A, subtype H3N2, is this year’s most dangerous. Despite vaccination being a third as effective compared to prior years, and taking two weeks before it is effective, the DPH website states it is “not too late to get a vaccination.”

Let’s connect the dots:

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Richard E. Besser was an investigator for the Epidemic Intelligence Service, an acting director, director of terrorism preparedness & emergency response for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), is the chief medical editor for the ABC News, and a director at Living Cities.

Note: Michele Norris was a correspondent for the ABC News, and is a founding director, Race Card Project for the Aspen Institute (think tank).
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Aspen Institute (think tank), the Human Rights Watch, the International Rescue Committee, the Brookings Institution (think tank), and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).
George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society, a benefactor for the Human Rights Watch, and is a friend of Michael Douglas.
Bloomberg Family Foundation was a funder for the Aspen Institute (think tank), Living Cities, and the CDC Foundation.
CDC Foundation is a foundation for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Amy Robbins Towers was a board member for the CDC Foundation, and is a director at the Human Rights Watch.
Kati Marton was a director at the Human Rights Watch, the Bonn bureau chief for the ABC News, and is an overseer at the International Rescue Committee.
International Rescue Committee is a partner with the ONE Campaign.
Michael R. Bloomberg was an advocate for the ONE Campaign, and is the founder of the Bloomberg Family Foundation.
Bloomberg Family Foundation was a funder for the Aspen Institute (think tank), the CDC Foundation, and Living Cities.
CDC Foundation is a foundation for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Richard E. Besser is a director at Living Cities, the chief medical editor for the ABC News, was an acting director, director of terrorism preparedness & emergency response for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and an investigator for the Epidemic Intelligence Service.
CDC Foundation is a foundation for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Bloomberg Family Foundation was a funder for the Aspen Institute (think tank), the CDC Foundation, and Living Cities.
Michael R. Bloomberg is the founder of the Bloomberg Family Foundation, and was an advocate for the ONE Campaign.
International Rescue Committee is a partner with the ONE Campaign.
Kati Marton is an overseer at the International Rescue Committee, was a director at the Human Rights Watch, and the Bonn bureau chief for the ABC News.
Amy Robbins Towers is a director at the Human Rights Watch, and was a board member for the CDC Foundation.
Bloomberg Family Foundation was a funder for the CDC Foundation, Aspen Institute (think tank), and Living Cities.
CDC Foundation is a foundation for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Michael R. Bloomberg is the founder of the Bloomberg Family Foundation, and was an advocate for the ONE Campaign.
International Rescue Committee is a partner with the ONE Campaign.
Michelle Obama was an advocate for the ONE Campaign, and a lawyer for Sidley Austin LLP.
Barack Obama was an intern at Sidley Austin LLP.
Sidley Austin LLP was the lobby firm for MedImmune, LLC, and Sanofi.
Sanofi Pasteur is a division of Sanofi.
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Fluzone Quadrivalent - 36
Sanofi Pasteur, Inc
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Mark B. McClellan was a commissioner for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank).
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala was a visiting fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and is a director at the ONE Campaign.
International Rescue Committee is a partner with the ONE Campaign.
Sheryl K. Sandberg was a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and is a director at the ONE Campaign.
Lawrence H. Summers was a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), is a director at the ONE Campaign, and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think tank).
Marie L. Knowles is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and is a director at the McKesson Corporation.
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 Jessica Tuchman Mathews was an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), the president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank), is a director at the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank), a director at the American Friends of Bilderberg (think tank), and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think tank).    
Ed Griffin’s interview with Norman Dodd in 1982   
(The investigation into the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace uncovered the plans for population control by involving the United States in war)    
Donald Kennedy was a trustee at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank), and a commissioner for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank) was a funder for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank). 
Margaret A. Hamburg was a commissioner for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and a VP for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank). 
Michael Douglas is a director at the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank), and a friend of George Soros.
Ted Turner is a co-chairman for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank), and the founder of CNN.
Walter Isaacson was the chairman & CEO for the CNN, is the president & CEO for the Aspen Institute (think tank), and a director at the Bloomberg Family Foundation.
Bloomberg Family Foundation was a funder for the Aspen Institute (think tank), Living Cities, and the CDC Foundation.  
Richard E. Besser is a director at Living Cities, the chief medical editor for the ABC News, was an acting director, director of terrorism preparedness & emergency response for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and an investigator for the Epidemic Intelligence Service.
CDC Foundation is a foundation for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Bloomberg Family Foundation was a funder for the CDC Foundation, Living Cities, and the Aspen Institute (think tank).  
Michael K. Powell was a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), and is Colin L. Powell’s son.
L. John Doerr is a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), a general partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, and a director at the ONE Campaign.
Colin L. Powell is Michael K. Powell’s father, an adviser for Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, and an overseer at the International Rescue Committee.
ONE Campaign is a partner with the International Rescue Committee.
Brook H. Byers is an adviser for Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, and a board member for the California Healthcare Institute.
Dana Mead was a partner with Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, and is a director at the California Healthcare Institute.
ONE Campaign is a partner with the International Rescue Committee.
Michelle Obama was an advocate for the ONE Campaign, and a lawyer for Sidley Austin LLP.
Barack Obama was an intern at Sidley Austin LLP.
Sidley Austin LLP was the lobby firm for MedImmune, LLC, and Sanofi.
Sanofi Pasteur is a division of Sanofi.

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