Thread: New H1N1 Numbers

CDC: Swine flu has sickened 22 million in 6 months



WASHINGTON – Swine flu has sickened about 22 million Americans since April and killed nearly 4,000, including 540 children, say startling federal estimates released Thursday.



The figures — a quadrupling of previous death estimates — don't mean swine flu suddenly has worsened, and most cases still don't require a doctor's care. Instead, the numbers are a long-awaited better attempt to quantify the new flu's true toll.



"I am expecting all of these numbers, unfortunately, to continue to rise," said Dr. Anne Schuchat of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. "We have a long flu season ahead of us."



And tight supplies of vaccine to combat the illness continue: Not quite 42 million doses are currently available, a few million less than CDC had predicted last week.



A new Associated Press-GfK poll shows nearly one in six parents has gotten at least some of their children vaccinated against swine flu since inoculations began last month. Another 14 percent of parents sought vaccine, but couldn't find any.



http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091112/...wine_flu/print

[quote name='anonnymous' date='12 November 2009 - 07:58 PM' timestamp='1258073892' post='58232']

Still well below the national average of 39,000 deaths with the flu.

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It's just the beginning of the season. We still have seasonal flu to go around yet.

[quote name='anonnymous' date='12 November 2009 - 08:13 PM' timestamp='1258078422' post='58254']

Well yea, but if you compare say 100,000 deaths to the population as a whole, even though it seems high, it is only a fraction of 300 million.

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Even though, logically, I understand your position, it never-the-less fails to easy the pain of bury my neice last Saturday because that numbnuts in the White House fucked everything up regarding this....

[quote name='Skinneyx1' date='12 November 2009 - 09:31 PM' timestamp='1258079496' post='58259']

Even though, logically, I understand your position, it never-the-less fails to easy the pain of bury my neice last Saturday because that numbnuts in the White House fucked everything up regarding this....

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I am so sorry for your loss.

[quote name='anonnymous' date='12 November 2009 - 09:13 PM' timestamp='1258078422' post='58254']

Well yea, but if you compare say 100,000 deaths to the population as a whole, even though it seems high, it is only a fraction of 300 million.

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What everyone seems to forget is that the deaths from the seasonal flu will probably remain the same. These are additional deaths by a new strain. Every death matters.