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To: DvdMom

I wonder what all of that means. Why are there more columns in the cases from TX and CA than in other parts of the world and country?


111 posted on 05/02/2009 12:18:14 PM PDT by Yaelle
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To: Yaelle

I think they are more case in California & Texas because of the border near Mexico.

Also The CDC are only testing the more severe cases ...

( They aren’t going to count the mild cases anymore the mayor says .... He said the city would be testing only severely ill people, because most of those hundreds of others can be assumed to be suffering from the virus and testing was not necessary )

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/28/AR2009042802191.html

Swine Flu Expands to More New York Schools
Schools in Queens and Manhattan Struck by Virus; Hundreds Taken Ill

New York City remained the hardest hit, with now 45 confirmed cases and many more suspected. Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg (I) said the numbers likely include “hundreds” of students, staff members and family members from St. Francis Preparatory school in Queens who have become ill. He said the city would be testing only severely ill people, because most of those hundreds of others can be assumed to be suffering from the virus and testing was not necessary.

Students at St. Francis Prep, which has 2,700 students, told The Washington Post on Monday that hundreds of students had become ill and taken sick days last week. But only 45 students were tested specifically for swine flu and confirmed to be suffering from the virus.


112 posted on 05/02/2009 12:22:49 PM PDT by DvdMom
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