Pandemic flu on twitter

#CCTR - Department of Health awards £500m contact centre services deal - The Guardian http://t.co/u9kgqgMe Government awards Capita, 118, Vangent and MM Teleperformance framework agreement for contact centre services in event of pandemic or other emergencies Link - Trackbacks

The four men joke about how the first Camp Hackathon started in 2009, during the swine _flu_ pandemic, and how they... http://t.co/FImYu23J The four men joke about how the first Camp Hackathon started in 2009, during the swine _flu_ pandemic, and how they... http://t.co/FImYu23J Link - Trackbacks

Pandemic penyakit flu pada pada tahun 1918 menyebabkan kematian lebih dari 20 juta orang. Pandemic penyakit flu pada pada tahun 1918 menyebabkan kematian lebih dari 20 juta orang. Link - Trackbacks

I bought these today. Just need to fill them to temper my paranoia about a pandemic flu outbreak... http://t.co/ldxqcq8T I bought these today. Just need to fill them to temper my paranoia about a pandemic flu outbreak... http://t.co/ldxqcq8T Link - Trackbacks

Comic-Con should be on this list. RT @io9 The places where an epidemic is most likely to start spreading in the U.S. http://t.co/AIGkmEaK When humans travel, diseases travel with them. Events like the 2003 SARS outbreak and 2009 H1N1 flu pandemic have revealed the role that air travel plays in the spread of illness on a global scale. Now, researchers at MIT have developed a computer simulation that suggests which U.S. airports are most likely to contribute to the spread of a pathogen in the first few days of a global health crisis. It's a glimpse of where our next epidemic could start. Link - Trackbacks

These are the most dangerous places for an epidemic to begin in the United States [Video] http://t.co/dJTqT6aB via @PHPDev12 [IMG] When humans travel, diseases travel with them. Events like the 2003 SARS outbreak and 2009 H1N1 flu pandemic have revealed the role that air... Link - Trackbacks

Major Spike in Colorado Gun Sales Since Aurora Shooting [Dark Knight Shooting]: ... http://t.co/E93Tt67O "It's been insane," said Rocky Mountain Guns and Ammo employee Jake Meyers in reference to the marked increase in gun sales across Colorado observed in the wake of Friday's deadly shooting in Aurora. Link - Trackbacks

"The Upcoming Influenza Pandemic: Bird Flu Mutations" -- http://t.co/y7m1uTYn "The Upcoming Influenza Pandemic: Bird Flu Mutations" -- http://t.co/y7m1uTYn Link - Trackbacks

Airports In Honolulu, LA, NY Could Influence Pandemic Spread - RedOrbit: RedOrbitAirports In Honolulu, LA, NY Co... http://t.co/WILdIuF1 Airports In Honolulu, LA, NY Could Influence Pandemic Spread - RedOrbit: RedOrbitAirports In Honolulu, LA, NY Co... http://t.co/WILdIuF1 Link - Trackbacks

did you know: Geoff Horsfield fell victim to the swine flu pandemic right before he took over at Port Vale? did you know: Geoff Horsfield fell victim to the swine flu pandemic right before he took over at Port Vale? Link - Trackbacks

Travel Disrupted by Swine Flu Outbreak http://t.co/Jcrjpn90 The current pandemic of swine flu in Mexico has been much covered in the press and has caused much panic and distress to travellers all across the world. Due to the potentially deadly nature of the disease countries are being ever more cautious on letting people in and out and in line with this most airlines have postponed or cancelled outgoing flights to Mexico and the surrounding regions.This outbreak has been dreadful news not only for the people affected by it but for the people Link - Trackbacks

Nowadays people afraid of swine flu, but do you know the real pandemic is Diabetes (5-7% of the population in the industrialized countries!) Nowadays people afraid of swine flu, but do you know the real pandemic is Diabetes (5-7% of the population in the industrialized countries!) Link - Trackbacks

[SwineFluInfo] Declaring a pandemic of swine flu | How To Be Healthy: CDC Updates swine fluIt 's been about a de... http://t.co/IqpstDN3 Get the latest facts and information swine flu of WebMD, the CDC and other public health agencies. Focus on the Influence: The answers of the experts CDC Updates swine fluIt ‘s been about a decade, since the power of the Academy and Nutrition Board has undertaken the task of macro-examination, and it is clear that much has changed. Previous efforts have focused on keeping people suffering from diseases such as scurvy – caused by a vitamin deficiency. Now the problem is often too much nutrition, and diseases caused by overeating. Link - Trackbacks

In debate @WorldBank neither side is mentioning most crucial point: #HIV is communicable pandemic. Of course it requires special$, like flu In debate @WorldBank neither side is mentioning most crucial point: #HIV is communicable pandemic. Of course it requires special$, like flu Link - Trackbacks

No one’s sure when the next flu pandemic will come – but it will come. Frank Bowden reports: http://t.co/psagfYBN No one’s sure when the next flu pandemic will come – but it will come. Frank Bowden reports: http://t.co/psagfYBN Link - Trackbacks

WHO issues pandemic influenza surveillance standards http://t.co/SSBuWFQC #influenza #flu WHO issues pandemic influenza surveillance standards http://t.co/SSBuWFQC #influenza #flu Link - Trackbacks

MIT models which airports are most likely to spread disease http://t.co/PGsuo3Jg Public health crises of the past decade — such as the 2003 SARS outbreak, which spread to 37 countries and caused about 1,000 deaths, and the 2009 H1N1 flu pandemic that killed about 300,000 people worldwide — have heightened awareness that new viruses or bacteria could spread quickly across the globe, aided by air travel. While epidemiologists and scientists who study complex network systems — such as contagion patterns and information spread in social networks — are working to create mathematical models that describe the worldwide spread of disease, to date these models have focused on the final stages of epidemics, examining the locations that ultimately develop the highest infection rates. But a new study by researchers in MIT's Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) shifts the focus to the first few days of an epidemic, determining how likely the 40 largest U.S. airports are to influence the spread of a contagious disease originating in their home cities. This new approach could help determine appropriate measures for containing infection in specific geographic areas and aid public health officials in making decisions about the distribution of vaccinations or treatments in the earliest days of contagion. Unlike existing models, the new MIT model incorporates variations in travel patterns among individuals, the geographic locations of airports, the disparity in interactions among airports, and waiting times at individual airports to create a tool that could be used to predict where and how fast a disease might spread. Read more at MIT News: http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2012/spread-of-disease-in-airports-0723.html Animation courtesy Juanes Research Group - http://juanesgroup.mit.edu/ Link - Trackbacks

Big Data In 2020: More Info, More Problems http://t.co/co3lxlI3 Big data--which powers everything from Netflix recommendations to fraud alerts--is changing the way we live. But is that a good thing? In the latest Pew Internet/Elon University survey, 53% of a handpicked group of “Internet experts, observers and stakeholders“ said big data would produce an overall positive effect by the year 2020. Meanwhile, 39% said it would have an overall negative effect (8% didn’t answer). Many who said big data would have a positive influence on the future pointed to its potential to solve diverse problems. "There is value to be found in this data, value in our newfound publicness,” argued Jeff Jarvis, the author of What Would Google Do?. “Google's founders have urged government regulators not to require them to quickly delete searches because, in their patterns and anomalies, they have found the ability to track the outbreak of the flu before health officials could and they believe that by similarly tracking a pandemic, millions of lives could be saved.” [...] Prof. Janna Anderson, an author of the report, tells Fast Company that the statistical split of positive and negative outlooks isn’t that important. Though respondents were forced to pick sides, many of them said that they thought the future of big data would likely have both positive and negative elements. Plus, she says, a ruling on the future of big data isn’t the point of the survey. “People generally tend to build the future according to what opportunities they see ahead,” Anderson says.“[The survey] allows a lot of issues to be addressed now in positive ways that can build a better future.” Link - Trackbacks

Michele Bachmann: Democrats = Swine Flu Pandemic http://t.co/pYz5SYWE Michele Bachmann is at it again: Attributing flu pandemics to Democratic presidents. Bachmann did an interview with the right-wing Pajamas Media, and had this to say: "I find it interesting that it was back in the 1970s that the swine flu broke out then under another Democrat president Jimmy Carter," said Bachmann. "And I'm not blaming this on President Obama, I just think it's an interesting coincidence." As the Minneapolis/St. Paul City Pages points out, Bachmann has the 1970s flu outbreak all wrong. It happened in 1976 when Gerald Ford was in office. This also shows just how shallow Bachmann's historical understanding is. She could have easily also referred back to the infamous 1918 Spanish flu pandemic -- Woodrow Wilson was president at that time, don't you know! (http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/04/bachmann-swine-flu-happens-under-dem-presidents.php) Link - Trackbacks

Kenneth H. Mayer, M.D.: Reflections on a Pandemic: From Despair to Hope http://t.co/k9s7fo9c Kenneth H. Mayer, M.D.: Reflections on a Pandemic: From Despair to Hope http://t.co/k9s7fo9c Link - Trackbacks