CDC Estimates 22 Million H1N1 Cases In US Between April And October

The Center for Disease Control and Prevention released estimates today that there have been 22 million H1N1 cases in the U.S. between April and October.

The estimates show that between 14 million and 34 million cases of H1N1 occurred between April and October 17, and the mid-level in this range is about 22 million people.

The CDC released numbers on Nov. 11 that approximately 4,000 Americans likely have died from swine flu, which was four times more than conservative estimate they'd been using up until now. CDC numbers also show that about 36,000 Americans die of seasonal flu each year.

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[Alok Kumar]

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[Independent1969]

I TRUST THE CDC NO MATTER HOW MANY TIMES THEY LIE TO ME.
I TRUST THE CDC NO MATTER HOW MANY TIMES THEY LIE TO ME.
I TRUST THE CDC NO MATTER HOW MANY TIMES THEY LIE TO ME.
I TRUST THE CDC NO MATTER HOW MANY TIMES THEY LIE TO ME.
I TRUST THE CDC NO MATTER HOW MANY TIMES THEY LIE TO ME.

[thepoliticalcat]

Feel free to let us know exactly when the CDC has lied to you, and about what.

[tb92]

I know people who were out of work, sick in bed, for a month. I also know people who felt off for a few days and nothing more. A very unlucky few end up on a heart/lung machine, or dead. What's frightening about H1N1 is that there is no way to know which you will be. The most important thing is to know the danger signs. For example, if you are having trouble breathing, you need to see a doctor immediately. Here's a link that tells what to watch for: http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/08/21/swine-flu-antivirals.html

[emidesu]

i would rather a few people call out speciously than a lot of people try to work while sick.

[dennissinned]

I guess we can all count on Gold//man Sac//hs to continue being productive and doing the Almighty's work since they got first dibs on the h1 n1 flu vaccine.

[wadenelson1]

The people I know who have actually contracted H1N1 have become extremely sick. Incapacitated and/or bedridden. In intense pain. Both indicated they felt very weak for 2-3 weeks afterwards.

It's a serious illness. All kidding aside. Might be worth getting a flu shot.

[ecotopian]

My family got this flu and was over it in about three to four days. We were bedridden for about two days. By the fourth day, I could feel myself getting over it. I developed a sinus infection, which I got treated. If your friends felt weak for that long, they should have seen a doctor. It is quite likely they had a secondary infection they didn't know about. It's those secondary infections that k ill people during the flu season, not the flu itself.

[luckyone77]

There are a lot of different viruses going around. They are not specifically testing for H1N1. So they have no empirical data on numbers of cases.

[TXfemmom]

They do test in some cases, however. I had a friend who was not supposed to be high risk, who contracted it from one of her grandchildren and she went from being fine to being critically ill in sixteen hours. She was rushed to the hospital, intubated, and became so ill they gave her last rites. She developed Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome, then a viral and bacterial pnuemonia, and was in intensive care for six days, and spent four more days in the hospital on IV antibiotic antibiotics before she came home. She has permanent lung damage, or at least they feel it will be permanent, and they did two H1N1 tests on her and both were positive. They loaded her up on anti-virals the moment she hit the OR, and the doctors said later it was a good thing they didn't wait for the diagnosis.

This virus is unpredictable, and my assessment of it is that many of the people who had it were thought to have had something else, and were never really properly assessed. As someone who was a Nurse Anesthetist for almost 25 years, and intubated and assisted with patients such as this during my career, often the true diagnosis wasn't achieved till autopsy.

The unpredictability of this virus is stunning, as my friend was 48 years old, ran half marathons, did not smoke or drink and had so much energy. It has been two months, and she still has problems walking to her car.

[phloxy]

An almost same scenario happened at the hospital I work at. Many rapid flu tests are false negatives. The H1N1 has to go to the state, on ice, and takes a good 8 hours or more to get back. The rapid respiratory distress is scary.

Has anyone compared these numbers of deaths with no underlying health issues with the regular yearly flu?

[donnajr]

that's our number & we're stickin' to it ! CDC spokesman

[Lawrence English]

According to a CBS report, the CDC stopped tracking H1N1 in July because they already know it is "epidemic". The states that are still tracking are coming up with 2% H1N1 infection - of those tested. So between April and October 1.1 BILLION Americans have been sick with flu-like illness? Everyone is right to question the numbers, or at least the article.

[teresa1960]

Ok so if I did my math right there is a .018 % chance of dying from swine flu. Yet if 36,000 die from influenza that's 8 times higher then death by swine flue.

[teresa1960]

Ok so if I did my math right there is a .018 % chance of dying from swine flu. Yet if 36,000 die from influenza that's 8 times higher then death by swine flue.

WTF....

[opama]

China’s Tough Flu Measures Appear to Be Effective, by EDWARD WONG 11/11/09
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/12/world/asia/12chinaflu.html?scp=1&sq=china%20swine%20flu

[deminmo]

No one is commenting on the hemmoragic pneumonia that
is hitting the Ukraine. This is the sypmtom that was so horrific
in the 1918 flu outbreak. There has also been one case of
Guillian-Barre Syndrome in a 14 yr old male, although the CDC
will not admit a connection to the vaccine. Lots of questions
about this virus.

[MAragon]

You're right. This is scarier MUCH SCARIER. I get the willies whenever someone mentions an outbreak of one of these really nasty viruses. As bad as H1N1 is right now, I'm not going to start worrying until it develops the enormous impact that the Plague did. THEN I'LL WORRY LIKE HECK.

[Zeebob]

more estimates.....

And how many from the regular flu? a lot more....

[bayside]

Baloney...­..........­.....

[SamKnause]

That's exactly what I thought about those numbers. I think this article is totally incorrect.