There is some indication that Australia, entering their fall/winter season, has seen an exponential increase in swine flu cases in the last few days.
There was some kid in my kids’ school who had it two weeks ago - but not serious and seems to be the tail end of it here. I hope that it doesn’t mutate into something worse as it makes it way south and then back north this fall.
However, it has a higher rate of transmission than the noraml flu, which increases the number of hosts, which I imagine also increases the rate of mutation. Mutations which could make it more - or less - deadly.