We have our Hartford reporter, Ken Dixon, at the H1N1 flu summit today. Gov. M. Jodi Rell was the first to speak to the more than 500 people attending the morning-long event at the Connecticut Convention Center.
Rell said that no one knows how severe the virus will hit the state, but offered some “common sense” ways to prepare and react.
She said simple things such as coughing into your elbow and using hand sanitizer can go a long way toward limiting the spread of the deadly flu pandemic.
Dr. Matthew Cartter, chief epidemiologist for the DPH, called the nearly 2,000 cases reported in the state are “just the tip of the iceberg,” but those born before 1957 may have some kind of immunity to the H1N1 strain.
We will update the summit throughout the day on our website.
