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At least 2,000 students at Washington State University have reported symptoms of the H1N1 flu virus, university and local health officials said, in what appeared to be one of the largest outbreaks of the virus on a college campus.

....As many as 200 students a day have visited or called student health services, reporting sore throats, fevers as high as 104 degrees, muscle aches and coughs.

I have no doubt there is some flu strains out there. Still, having flu-like symptoms does not an H1V1 outbreak make.

But what I am really getting tired of is the constant barrage of nice, easy-to-digest numbers like 2,000 and 200. Just a week or so ago it was reported that at 10% of NYC residents had had the H1V1 flu. Not 8% or 11% but a nice easy number like 10 that even high school graduates could understand ("Out of every 10 people 1 got the H1V1 flu"). About three weeks ago it was the head of WHO saying 1/3 of the world population would possibly get the virus. This is BS until we have some real numbers that can be backed up.