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...cases have been recorded in the state of Victoria alone. That state also saw the disease spread in the community - outside schools and hospitals - which until now has happened most clearly in the U.S. and Mexico, the two nations that have so far been hit hardest by the H1N1 virus. (See pictures of soccer in the time of swine...
...disease is still killing people - in small numbers, with 140 deaths so far - and there have been confirmed deaths in victims who seemed perfectly healthy before the flu struck. The virus has also proven evolutionarily fit and very active, still spreading in the U.S. in the first week of June, when seasonal flu is normally a rarity. "This is a virus that appears to be evolving into a pandemic," said Keiji Fukuda, the WHO's interim director general for health, safety and the environment...
...unknown - though suspected to be large - number of infections in Mexico. That wasn't a huge total, but H1N1 was clearly spreading and it fit the WHO's very specific criteria for the pandemic phase to change from level 4 to level 5: it was a novel influenza virus that was sustaining human-to-human spread in at least two different countries (in that case, the U.S. and Mexico). (See pictures from the thermal scanners used to check for swine...
...recently saw somewhat of a panic with swine flu. Are viruses the thing that's going to wipe this planet clean, as opposed to nuclear bombs? It certainly is the one threat that seems to allow us to be irrational about things. A nuclear attack requires a device, it can be intercepted, it can only affect a certain area. There is a logic to the way it spreads. But a virus grows exponentially. Every time it expands, there's a casualty. It's closer to a panic - closer, therefore, to a very primal fear...
...public and private schools. “Traditionally we don’t see this much influenza-like illness this late in the year,” Campbell said, noting that the traditional flu season runs from roughly October through April. H1N1 presents symptoms similar to any other influenza virus, including sore throat, fever, cough, and stuffy nose and is usually tempered by rest and fluids. But because the strain is new, people will likely not have immunity, making symptoms more severe. Campbell said that the illness is not “particularly serious” for the young...