[MsLady]

I thought I just heard that H1N1 virus was actually getting weaker????

[Genoa]

Geographic spread, not severity.

[waxer1]

This is all BULL SH**

The flu happens every damn year. They are over blowing this big time.

There is ABSOLUTELY NO WAY I AM GOING TO GET SUCKED INTO THIS. I WILL REFUSE TO GET A SHOT PERIOD!!!!

[frposty]

Simple answer: global cooling.

[MrEdd]

Devastating?

It isn’t killing as great a percentage as normal flu.

You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means...

[Egg]

Wow-- you do know your flu patterns, as that chart is indeed for January '09. The web guys didn't update the linked graphic.

Here is the actual graphic for Oct 3:

[brownsfan]

But you know, if there is a pandemic, then the need for universal healthcare becomes obvious, right?

[Eagle Eye]

That map is about useless!

[Genoa]

Just keep a bottle of hand sanitizer in your glove compartment, swear off nail biting, nose picking, etc., for the season, and continue with life as usual.

[GBA]

Is this any different than any other fall once school has started and kids start sharing their colds and flus and bringing them home to share with their families?

[Trust but Verify]

Anecdotally, we are having an early flu season here in Wisconsin. I beleive the illness is widespread at this time, though nobody I know has been diagnosed with H1N1. The people who have fallen ill are staying ill for two weeks or more.

So far, the only people I know who have been diagnosed with H1N1 were two step-children of a cousin, but that was back in the spring. They recovered well.

[jospehm20]

We’re doomed?

[La Lydia]

Wash your hands. Avoid crowds. Avoid public places such as shopping malls unless absolutely necessary. Avoid public transportation. Use those sanitizing wipes at the grocery store. Wash your hands.

[jetson]

I still have not met anyone who has had anything but a slight flu. Where is the devastating flu?

[DTogo]

Never let a crisis go to waste...

[Blueflag]

try this to calm your fears:

http://www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/clinicians/pdf/adultalgorithm.pdf

[bvw]

Not a very useful map at all. And the color scheme is weird, not good, human factors-wise.

[CharacterCounts]

You may want to get someone to take a look at your keyboard - your Caps Lock key seem to be stuck.

Another suggestion, take your eyes off the map for a few minutes and look about you. Are there mass absences from your local school? How about where you work? In my area neither are the case.

[Dallas59]

It’s racism.

[bvw]

Also three weeks ago I came down with a sort of mono-like viral thing that lasted at least ten days and drained me of all energy. RBC and WBC normal, low grade fever.

My local doc says it was going around. I haven’t seen anything about it in the press, yet I hear through work contacts that it’s all over.