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In view of how flu season is upon us, we might need a update on this...

The FluTracker is going strong. Over 100,000 unique visitors per day to the site and 90,000+ user-contributed reports of the flu. It has turned into the best place to find out about detailed reports of where H1N1 has spread: http://flutracker.rhizalabs.com

Personally, I didn't know you could die from the flu. I've never known anyone to... so I guess its only deadly if what? Not treated? Well I'm one of the weird schmucks who would try to cure myself if I had a cold. Then again I know people who avoid medicine.. wth.

36,000 or so people die every year from the seasonal flu every year (source: http://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/disease/us ... deaths.htm)

The United States suffered their worst week yet, with reports of 197 new H1N1 deaths in 38 states and Puerto Rico, over the course of 7 days - an increase of 26.3% over the number of deaths last week. Vermont, the final state to confirm a swine flu death, ultimately joined the other 49 states. Fatalities were widespread, with only 12 states not reporting any new deaths. Death reports came in from the following states: AZ (18), TX (18), CA (16), FL (10), AL (9), NY (8), SD (7), IL (6), LA (6), NC (6), NM (6), NV (6), OK (6), WA (6), CO (5), KS (5), OR (5), WI (5), IN(4), MI (4), PA (4), SC (4), UT (4), KY (3), MD (3), WY (3), CT (2), IA (2), ID (2), MN (2), NJ (2), RI (2), DE (1), GA (1), MA (1), NE (1), VT (1), WV (1), PR (2).

Other Countries.............
http://www.flucount.org/

The number of people in hospital suffering from flu this summer was almost 20 times higher than in previous years, the latest figures show.

The impact of swine flu this summer caused the number of bed days spent in hospital — particularly among working-age men and women — to soar.

An estimated 100,000 new cases of swine flu were occurring weekly at the peak of the pandemic in July.

After a decline in rates of reported illness, cases have begun to increase. Last week, an estimated 84,000 new cases of the virus were reported, as experts predicted another spike in cases as the weather gets colder.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/u ... 911124.ece

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