Los Angeles Times

This is a helpful review of pandemic patterns. Short and packed with good information.

With H1N1, which is the type of influenza into which swine flu fits (with variations), there long has been a history of a mild flare, a lag and then….

However, nobody knows how this one will go.

“H1N1 swine flu may be fading from the news some, but the number of confirmed cases nationwide has been higher than is usual for seasonal flu in the month of May. What does that mean? Is this flu’s ability to linger into the spring suggestive of how different a beast it is? And what does it portend for how the virus might infect Americans over the summer and come fall?

“The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention publishes confirmed cases of the novel H1N1 swine flu virus each week. The official count of probable cases in the U.S. as of Friday was 8,975 in 49 states with 15 deaths. However, the total number of people infected in the country is estimated to be as high as 100,000, says CDC spokesman Joe Quimby, taking into account those who were sick but didn’t seek medical care. ” (Emphasis added)

Source: Los Angeles Times