Swine flu spreading too fast to count, CDC says...

MSNBC ^ | May 11th, 2009

[TaraP]

Swine flu is spreading so far and fast in the U.S. that state health officials may soon stop counting individual cases, a federal health official said Monday.

The novel H1N1 virus accounted for 40 percent of flu viruses logged in the U.S. in the past week and helped propel an uptick in overall flu-like illnesses, said Dr. Anne Schuchat, a deputy director with the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The CDC has confirmed more than 2,000 cases in 43 states and Washington D.C., with 94 hospitalizations and three deaths. Another 700 cases are suspected. Although the flu is spreading quickly, it remains relatively mild in the U.S., say health officials.

“They tell us for sure this virus is circulating throughout the United States and it’s likely to be in every state,” Schuchat said, adding: “It’s a time when we really need to guard against complacency as we move to a new normal

“I think the cases we’re confirming are the tip of the iceberg here,” Schuchat said in a press briefing Monday.

[truthandlife]

MSNBC is about 5 days late with this story. The reason they are not testing is because the state health depts are so clogged up with cases they can’t test them.

I guess the media is doing whatever it takes to keep this story alive.

[BerryDingle]

The CDC has confirmed more than 2,000 cases in 43 states and Washington D.C.

Does anyone know if any of those people are U.S. citizens?

[Dianna]

Does anyone know if any of those people are U.S. citizens?

The under 10 cases in Ohio and Kentucky are US Citizens.

[Smokin' Joe]

ping.. (Thanks, grey_whiskers!)

[grey_whiskers]

Meow.

[dfwgator]

What if they gave a pandemic and nobody came?

[Just mythoughts]

I am still in awe that 4 viruses magically co-mingled and evolved into one supposed super virus, and that it took a blink of an eye in government time to identify the new virus and supposedly identify where the evolution occurred.

[Gritty]

It appears the mortality rate is very low, no worse than the garden variety flu we see every year. Perhaps the 2nd wave will be worse? Who knows? At this point, who cares?

In the meantime, Obama and the Democrat Congress are bankrupting us and using our money to pay off their political buddies. Now that is a deadly event of pandemic proportions!

[AppyPappy]

It was the same way in the Spring of 1918 too.

In the fall of 1918, it killed 2% of the United States. 5% of the population of India.