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Despite newspaper headlines suggesting that there are 800-1000 `swine flu’ cases in Mexico, in truth, only a fraction of those cases have been confirmed to be due to this newly emerging flu virus.
It is likely that some (perhaps many) of these `suspected’ cases are suffering from any one of a number of other common respiratory ailments.
Testing takes time, and sometimes the reporting gets ahead of the facts.
Of course, there may be many uncounted swine flu cases out there, with either mild, or sub-clinical symptoms.
We really don’t have a good handle on it yet, and may not for several days.
The CDC has confirmed only 8 cases in the United States, although stepped up surveillance has been ordered by doctors and hospitals all over the country.
The CDC is providing daily updates on their website, and you can get their by clicking the widget link in my sidebar.
Looking around Flublogia:
DemFromCt on the Daily Kos has put together a Brief Swine Flu Update this evening.
The Reveres at Effect Measure have a series of updates as well.
Swine flu: bits and pieces at the end of the day
Latest on swine flu from CDC
Swine flu update
Scott McPherson has several blogs today:
CDC: Too late to contain swine flu
Comparisons between 1976, 2009 swine flu not appropriate
Pandemic flu strain at our back door with Mexico?
And Crawford Kilian over at Crofsblog has been been on top of the story for days, covering not only the swine flu outbreak but ongoing events surrounding H5N1 as well.
New York Times: Mexico shuts down
Zeinobia on the 26th Egyptian H5N1 death
State of Mexico "in permanent session"
Mexico: Vaccination program stopped
Tracking swine flu with Google
And on top of all of that you have dozens of newshounds working on the major flu forums digging for information 24 hours a day.
Forums like FluTrackers and the Flu Wiki are excellent resources for more in depth reading, and a good place to get your questions answered.
You’ll also find coverage in French at Zone Grippe Aviaire and at Francophones des FluTrackers, and in Spanish at FluTrackers.
