Monday, August 31, 2009

ECDC Interim Risk Assessment A(H1N1)v 21st August 2009

I have just read this report(http://ecdc.europa.eu/en/healthtopics/Documents/0908_Influenza_AH1N1_Risk_Assessment.pdf) and one of the interesting tables is the planning assumptions table 2.2.8 :-
Clinical Attack Rate 30%
Complication Rate 15%
Hospitalisation Rate 2%
Case Fatality Rate .1 to .2%
Peak absense Rate 12%
The peak absense rate is without doubt the most worrying statistic for business however 15% complication rate is much higher than i have seen predicted in the past.

Do you have a Pandemic Plan for A(H1N1)v

We ran a poll a few weeks ago on our site asking who had a plan in place and surprisingly only about 15% of those who answered from Ireland said they had.
I think its probaly a bit low but still 52% said they had not the rest were from outside of Ireland.
What are your opinions on this?