CDC says Swine flu is widespread across US

The three thousand plus confirmed cases in the United States greatly underestimates the total number or actual cases in the US according to CDC. Be aware any of your children could be ill even without traditional symptoms of fever. Be on the lookout for cough and nausea vomiting diarrhea.

Pregnant women (immune system suppressed by fetus) and those with asthma are at highest risk of death. Current death rate for swine flu based on Mexico City case studies is between 4 per thousand and possibly as high as 1 0r 2 per hundred. Death rate in US has been much lower so far.

Now 3,352 cases of new flu in US, CDC says
Wed May 13, 2009 11:21am EDT

http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSTRE54B4V820090513?sp=true


CHICAGO (Reuters) - The United States now has 3,352 confirmed cases of the new H1N1 influenza across 45 states and Washington, D.C., the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported on Wednesday.

The outbreak of swine flu has been mostly mild in the United States, with only three deaths, the CDC said in a statement.

CDC officials have said the virus is widespread across the country and testing is greatly underestimating the true number of cases.

(Reporting by Julie Steenhuysen, Editing by Sandra Maler)