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To: torstars
NONE of the other countries?

I really can't quite fathom at this time what we may be up against,I don't think.This will take a while to soak in.

Considering other diseases and possibilities....

128 posted on 12/10/2003 6:01:43 PM PST by Free Trapper (One with courage is often a majority)
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To: Free Trapper
NONE of the other countries?

Based on what WHO and CDC have posted, I don't think any vaccine anywhere includes Fujian at this time.

129 posted on 12/10/2003 6:35:52 PM PST by torstars
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To: Free Trapper
Flu hits University of Wyoming students



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LARAMIE, Wyo. (AP) - The University of Wyoming is the latest to be hit by this year's severe flu outbreak.

As of Tuesday, at least 20 UW students have tested positive for the A-Fujian-H3N2 strain, part of a class of flu viruses that caused severe outbreaks in the United States in the 1990s.

University officials say the actual numbers are likely much higher.

''We have no had enough kits to test everyone we have diagnosed with flu, so the actual number of positive results is much less than the number of students who have influenza,'' said Joanne E. Steane, director of the school's Student Health Service.

According to Steane, the university has been seeing flu cases since early November.

''In the week after Thanksgiving, 5.5 percent of the students seen at the Student Health Service were diagnosed with influenza, which is more than twice as many as the national baseline,'' she said.

This year's flu outbreak started between six and eight weeks early and shows no sign of reaching its peak, Steane said.

''At present, it looks as if we are in the midst of an outbreak with no estimation of when the incidence will peak,'' she said.

http://www.trib.com/AP/wire_detail.php?wire_num=5466
131 posted on 12/10/2003 6:43:30 PM PST by torstars
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