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Chart: Swine Flu Update (Flir Systems)

June 23, 2009

While we are hearing horror stories about visitors suspected of having Swine Flu being taken and quarantined within China, we are seeing the reported cases of the Swine Flu on the rise. Surely this is not the total cases as we are told that only a fraction are actually diagnosed.

The good news is that while we are seeing a spike over the past week in cases, the Death-to-Case ratio is continuing to decline.

We are also hearing a good deal of news pertaining to the precautions that are being taken and the latest technology lending a hand to airport screeners/quarantine officers. These are infrared and heat sensitive cameras that can scan people for heat/fevers as they pass by. The company that is supplying a good deal of these is FLIR Systems (FLIR).

CBS NEWS CLIP on FLIR SYSTEMS CAMERA

An infrared camera is a very effective tool to detect people infected with a viral disease at a very early stage. It produces infrared images or heat pictures which allow displaying even the smallest temperature differences. Infrared thermography provides a visual map of skin temperatures in real time. In addition, infrared cameras are very sensitive devices. FLIR IR cameras measure temperature differences as small as 0.08 ºC.

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Written by Andrew Horowitz · Filed Under Long Ideas, Markets, Stocks, Strategy, Technology 

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2 Responses to “Chart: Swine Flu Update (Flir Systems)”

  1. Swine Flu Daily News « Swine Flu News and Views on June 23rd, 2009 3:08 pm

    [...] Whether or not it’s good news remains to be seen, but as this chart shows  the ratio of deaths to reported infected cases is improving – if one can say such a thing. [...]

  2. How To Prevent Flu on July 9th, 2009 5:42 pm

    Yeah, there really haven't been many deaths due to swine flu. Mainly it's an irritation – not as much a true threat. And the majority of allegedly "swine flu-related" deaths were actually due to other things – the swine flu may have weakened their immune systems, but it didn't actually kill them.

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