Swine flu outbreak

Flu outbreak and the public health response

Midmorning gets an update on the extent of the flu outbreak in Minnesota. Though health departments had plans for dealing with a potentially deadly outbreak, this particular flu did not follow the rule book. Now health departments are moving faster to contain the spread.

Guests

• Ruth Lynfield, MD: Minnesota's state epidemiologist and medical director for infectious disease.
• Paul Jarris, MD: Executive director of the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials.
• Eleanor Kinney: Law professor and co-director of the William S. and Christine S. Hall Center for Law and Health at Indiana University.
• Dirk Brockman: Associate professor of computer science at Northwestern University. He has come up with a computer model that predicts the movement of the H1N1 flu.

Resources

• Association of State and Territorial Health Officials
• Northwestern's computer simulations of pandemic
• About Eleanor Kinney
• Where's George
• Minnesota State Health Department