I hoped this was kinda gone

**simple man** · August 7th, 2009, 09:46 PM

GENEVA - The World Health Organization said Tuesday that 1,154 swine flu victims have died since the virus emerged in April.
WHO said that includes 338 deaths reported in the week leading up to last Friday.
More than 300 of the new deaths were in the Americas, bringing the death toll in that region to 1,008 since the virus first emerged in Mexico and the United States, and developed into the global epidemic.

WHO says swine flu deaths surge to 1,154 - Swine flu- msnbc.com

If I'm not reading the death total wrong for the Americas, it looks like the flu is still alive and well.

**imported_elp6n** · August 7th, 2009, 10:16 PM

Compare it to the seasonal flu and it's not all as bad as they're making it out to be.

CDC - Influenza (Flu) | Weekly Report: Influenza Summary Update Week 30, 2008-2009 Season

One influenza-associated pediatric death was reported to CDC during week 30 (New York City). This death was associated with novel influenza A (H1N1) virus infection. The death reported this week occurred during week 27 (the week ending July 11, 2009). Since September 28, 2008, CDC has received 98 reports of influenza-associated pediatric deaths that occurred during the current influenza season, 30 of which were due to novel influenza A (H1N1) virus infections.

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436 H1N1 deaths in the US total, according to the CDC, since the outbreak was first reported.

Several weeks ago, before they changed their online charting methods to be inclusive with H1N1, the deaths due to seasonal flu were already into the thousands, and confirmed seasonal flu cases in the tens of thousands.

It's all relative.

**simple man** · August 7th, 2009, 10:26 PM

Some countries have stopped reporting deaths, saying it doesn't make a difference? I'm thinking they might be warping the figures to keep the tourists coming.

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Don't relax yet
Argentina is among several countries that stopped publishing its death toll. Health Minister Juan Manzur called it misleading, since only serious cases get tested. But an Associated Press survey of provincial reports found at least 248 swine flu deaths. That's high compared to the 353 confirmed deaths in the United States, which has seven times more people, and far higher than any of Argentina's South American neighbors.
Dr. Elsa Baumeister, who is coordinating the institute's swine flu response, says it's too early to relax.
"The numbers are still quite raw," she said. "We have to be careful."
Manzur estimates more than 100,000 Argentines have swine flu right now ? a number Baumeister believes is quite conservative. That would result in a mortality rate of less than 0.2 percent, well below Argentina's death rate of 0.27 percent from seasonal flu last year"

No swine flu mutation in Argentina ? yet - Swine flu- msnbc.com