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The CDC goes on to say, and I quote:

“So far, most flu is 2009 H1N1 flu (sometimes called “swine flu”).”

But wait stop the presses.

A three-month-long investigation by CBS News, released earlier this week that included state-by-state test results, revealed some very different facts. The CBS study found that H1N1 flu cases are NOT as prevalent as feared. A CBS article even states:

“If you’ve been diagnosed “probable” or “presumed” 2009 H1N1 or “swine flu” in recent months, you may be surprised to know this: odds are you didn’t have H1N1 flu. In fact, you probably didn’t have flu at all.”

Obviously CBS News and the CDC are completely contradicting each other. So who is right?

Well, CBS reports that in late July 2009 the CDC advised states to STOP testing for H1N1 flu, and they also stopped counting individual cases.

Their rationale for this, according to CBS News, was that it was a waste of resources to test for H1N1 flu because it was already confirmed as an epidemic.

So just like that virtually every person who visited their physician with flu-like symptoms since late July was assumed to have H1N1, with no testing necessary because, after all, there’s an epidemic.

Flu vaccine makers like GlaxoSmithKline PLC and Sanofi-Aventis have been working since last month on a swine flu vaccine. GlaxoSmithKline spokesman Stephen Rea said the company was ready to start making swine flu vaccine in large quantities once it finished its regular flu vaccine production in July.

On Wednesday, June 10, 2009, the WHO said 74 countries had reported nearly 27,737 cases of swine flu, including 141 deaths. The agency has stressed that most cases have been mild and required no treatment, but the fear is that a rash of new infections could overwhelm hospitals.

In the United States, where there have been more than 13,000 cases and at least 27 deaths from swine flu, according to officials at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

On Thursday hundreds of children were sent home with flu symptoms. Assistant Principal Mitchell Wiener is hospitalized with severe flu symptoms. Over 4,000 students are affected by the school closings.

The H1N1 flu, known as swine flu, has killed 65 people — including 60 in Mexico — and infected nearly 6,500 people in 33 countries, according to the World Health Organization.

On Thursday an Arizona woman died from the Swine Flu. Like other deaths here in the U.S. she had underlying health problems with a lung disease.

Common seasonal flu kills up to 500,000 people a year worldwide so there is no epidemic or pandemic however health professionals are concerned about what may happen in the fall.

The summer heat tends to neutralize the virus which is likely why there have not been more deaths.

A third death occurred over the weekend, in the state of Washington.  An unidentified male in his 30′s, with other health issues including an underlying heart condition, was confirmed as the third death in the United States.

Because the new swine flu virus is a highly unusual genetic mix of bird, flu and human viruses, health officials worry that it could continue to mutate and return in a more virulent form for next winter’s flu season.

While most of the infections continue to cause only mild illness, similar to the seasonal flu, and almost all patients recover quickly and fully, federal officials warned Friday that the swine flu outbreak in the U. S.  is far from over.

Testing has found that the swine flu virus remains susceptible to two common antiviral drugs, Tamiflu and Relenza, according to the CDC.

On Monday, the World Health Organization was reporting 4,694 confirmed cases of swine flu in 30 countries, with Canada, Spain and the United Kingdom having the most cases outside of the United States and Mexico.

In Mexico, there are now 350 confirmed cases and there have been twelve deaths.

Note that while masks have been flying off the shelves, they have not been proven to protect one from contracting the virus.

The child had recently been in Mexico before coming down with the illness.  No word if his parents have any symptoms.

So far the Swine Flu, also known as H1 N1 has shown up in six states and 64 confirmed cases in the United States.  The most are in New York, followed by California and Texas.

To avoid contracting the swine flu, use common sense.  Wash your hands, avoid air travel, avoid crowded places, and use good hygiene.

UPDATE:  The child was from Mexico and flew into Harlingen, Texas with his family.  He was then moved to Houston for treatment.  Apparently the boy had some other health issues that may have contributed to his death.