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dbspringe... dbspringe...
 
M$2 April 27, 2009 01:32 AM

How many people have actually been affected by the swine flu? #swineflu

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dtvrivera dtvrivera
 
 April 27, 2009 03:11 AM | view on twitter
Human cases of swine influenza A (H1N1) virus infection have been identified in the United States. Human cases of swine influenza A (H1N1) virus infection also have been identified internationally. The current U.S. case count is provided below.

Overall, there appear to have been 20 known cases of swine flu within the United States, as per report by the CDC:

U.S. Human Cases of Swine Flu Infection State # of laboratory
confirmed cases
California 7 cases
Kansas 2 cases
New York City 8 cases
Ohio 1 case
Texas 2 cases
TOTAL COUNT 20 cases
(for more detailed information check out the Center for Disease Control and Prevention website: http://www.cdc.gov/swineflu/investigation.htm#general).

A recent report (24 April 09) describes outbreaks in Mexico that may be related to swine influenza:
http://www.who.int/csr/don/2009_04_24/en/index.html

Since 2007, there have mainly been reported cases of swine flu contracted by humans in the United States and in Spain. For general information about the swine flu, please follow this link to a FAQ page by the WHO: http://www.who.int/csr/swine_flu/swineflu_qanda_20090425.pdf

There are many more links I found, however, I think the best way to find valid and accurate information on this topic is to search "swine flu" on www.webmd.com, www.cdc.gov, www.who.int.
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dannyisme dannyisme
 
April 27, 2009 02:55 AM | view on twitter
The problem with answering this question is that if it is really a pandemic, the numbers will start changing hour by hour, and by the time you choose a best answer, the numbers will be different. It's a great question, but maybe it should wait a bit till we get a better picture of what's happening.

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dbspringer dbspringer
 
April 27, 2009 02:57 AM
I'm just trying to determine if this is a f'reals reason to be worried, or if people are just panicking over a bunch of hoopla.

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dannyisme dannyisme
 
April 27, 2009 03:12 AM
Yeah, the problem is that it is still to early to say. It is getting a ton of media attention, but that hardly means anything.

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dumblonde dumblonde
 
April 27, 2009 03:50 AM | view on twitter
First we need to distinguish between confirmed and suspected cases. The number of confirmed cases will always be lower than the number of actual or suspected cases.

According to April 27th's Washington Post:
"As of last night, there had been 20 confirmed cases of swine flu in the United States, 19 in Mexico, and six in Canada."

But in Mexico "the infection is suspected of causing as many as 86 deaths and more than 1,300 illnesses"

So, in other words it is very uncertain. We know very little and will probably only get real numbers as people figure out what's really going on.
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/story/2009/04/26/ST20090426028...


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dashtherip... dashtherip...
 
April 27, 2009 04:35 AM | view on twitter
There have been 69 confirmed to have died from this strain so far.

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marilynn07 marilynn07
 
April 27, 2009 11:03 AM | view on twitter
Over 1000 persons so far have been affected by swine flu.

This outbreak started in Mexico and has jumped from there to the U.S. with 2 in Kansas, 1 in California and 10 in New York confirmed cases.

Other locations that are affected are Canada, Spain and unconfirmed cases in the following countries: New Zealand, Australia, Brazil, Britain and Israel who fell ill following travel to Mexico.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090424/ap_on_he_me/med_swine_flu
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8019882.stm


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