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One in five U.S. children had an influenza-like illness during the first 11 days of October, and most of those cases were probably pandemic H1N1 influenza, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. About 7% of adults said they had suffered the illness during the same time period, according to a telephone survey of more than 14,000 households, agency officials announced today at a medical meeting in Atlanta...
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/boo...e-kids-had-swine-flu-this-month-cdc-says.html
(hattip rumjal)
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One in five kids had swine flu? No, not really, CDC now says ...
> What researchers actually found was that one in five kids had an influenza-like illness during
> that period, but only a minority of those cases were likely to be swine flu.
what else ?
> Frieden said that at the peak of the epidemic, in some localities,
like New York in May/June ?
> as many as one in five kids were indeed infected by the virus.
> In this survey, however, it is more likely that most of the the children simply had colds or sniffles.
that's not really ILI by the CDC-definition then
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/boo...e-kids-had-swine-flu-this-month-cdc-says.html
(hattip rumjal)
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One in five kids had swine flu? No, not really, CDC now says ...
> What researchers actually found was that one in five kids had an influenza-like illness during
> that period, but only a minority of those cases were likely to be swine flu.
what else ?
> Frieden said that at the peak of the epidemic, in some localities,
like New York in May/June ?
> as many as one in five kids were indeed infected by the virus.
> In this survey, however, it is more likely that most of the the children simply had colds or sniffles.
that's not really ILI by the CDC-definition then