[net-gold] [Workers' Compensation] Comp Maybe Going Viral in Florida Over Dengue Fever

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Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2010 17:16:23 -0400 (EDT)

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Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2010 19:38:04 -0700 (PDT)
From: Jon L. Gelman <jon@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: [Net-Gold] [Workers' Compensation] Comp Maybe Going Viral in Florida
    Over Dengue Fever

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[Workers' Compensation] Comp Maybe Going
Viral in Florida Over Dengue Fever

The Workers' Compensation in Florida
may be in for yet another assault
of claims as dengue virus rages from
Ket West spreading north. The
Centers for Disease Control has now
issued yet another report and alert
concerning this wide spread viral
condition. Viruses have been a
problematic challenge to the Workers'
Compensation systems. Last flu
season the government Federalized the
flu compensation program. As this
virus spreads, especially with the
challenge of the Gulf Oil spill on
the compensation system, the State of
Florida will need to gear up to
operationalize a response.An estimated
5 percent of the Key West, Fla.,
population over 1,000 people showed
evidence of recent exposure to dengue
virus in 2009, according to a report
from the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention (CDC) and the Florida
Department of Health.

After three initial locally acquired
cases of dengue were reported in 2009,
scientists from the CDC and the Florida
Department of Health conducted a study
to estimate the potential exposure of
the Key West population to dengue virus.

Dengue is the most common virus
transmitted by mosquitoes in the world.
It causes an estimated 50 million - 100
million infections and 25,000 deaths
each year. From 1946 to 1980, no cases
of dengue acquired in the continental
United States were reported, and there
has not been an outbreak in Florida since
1934."We're concerned that if dengue gains
a foothold in Key West, it will travel to
other southern cities where the mosquito
that transmits dengue is present, like
Miami," said Harold Margolis, chief of the
dengue branch at CDC. "The mosquito that
transmits dengue likes to bite in and
around houses, during the day and at night
when the lights are on. To protect you and
your family, CDC recommends using repellent
on your skin while indoors or out. And when
possible, wear long sleeves and pants for
additional protection.

"Since 1980, a few locally acquired U.S.
cases have been confirmed along the
Texas-Mexico border, which coincided with
large outbreaks in neighboring Mexican cities.
In recent years, there has been an increase in
epidemic dengue in the tropics and subtropics,
including Puerto Rico."These cases represent
the reemergence of dengue fever in Florida and
elsewhere in the United States after 75 years,"
Margolis said. "These people had not travelled
outside of Florida, so we need to determine if
these cases are an isolated occurrence or if
dengue has once again become endemic in the
continental United States.

"To read more about workers' compensation and
the H1N1 Flu click here.Click here for more
information on how Jon L Gelman can assist you
in a claim for workers' Compensation claim
benefits. You may e-mail Jon Gelman or call

1-973-696-7900.

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Posted By Jon L. Gelman
to Workers' Compensation
at 7/14/2010 10:38:00 PM

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[net-gold] [Workers' Compensation] Comp Maybe Going Viral in Florida Over Dengue Fever

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