These numbers are completely off from the numbers compiled by my physician. They may be different because I live in CO and the Swine (that’s what the kids here have dubbed it) hit earlier here than it did elsewhere. But three weeks ago when everyone we know had at least one kid down with the flu, my Dr said he was swabbing folks with fevers and other flu symptons and most of them were swabbing H1N1 positive. His case load was way up; but it was because of the Swine.
OTOH, most folks are over it in 2-3 days, he says. My whole family got it in the space of a week. One bad day and then a couple of mildly funky days and it was over. The bad day was bad, though.
That’s a kind of bizarre difference between the two accounts. It may just be where they are located.
afterall, there is no different treatment for it than a regular plain old flu....none what so ever.....
in my area, they are not doing widespread testing....only those small, tiny minority that might have lingering illness and need to go into the hospital for hydration and resp. therapy....