The goal of this initiative is to share data and information regarding the H1N1 flu out-break(also known as Influenza A or swine flu). This flu is a current event since April, 2009. We are dedicated to provide you a better view on current situation and trend by charting cases in United States and the world everyday.
WHO and CDC do not release data on weekend since last week. Swine Flu Track 2009 Initiative team will keep tracking data sources, and keep you informed on most recent information.
Although more data is not released by these two institutions, some news still need to be known be people. Australia, which had all along kept its confirmed cases at a pretty low level since the influenza was reported, dramatically more than doubled its number, from 65 to 147, with 82 more cases confirmed on Thursday 28/May. Most of the newly infected cases are found having had close touch with people who just took a flight, mostly the floghts from Amarica initially, and then domestical flights as well. An old lady who took a flight from Sydney via Melbourn to Hobart, where no infected case has ever been found, was confirmed as infected by influenza A and all the 30 people in the same flight were then listed as suspected cases. Sinple maths was rackoned by some people: 1+1X30=31; then 31+31X30=961; then 961+961X30=?. I have to appologize that I post the insane maths calculation here. It is never to scare people in any situation. If only we take appropriate methods to prevent the "coughing and sneezing" people, no chance can been given to us to get the influenza. However, if we don't do this, thing could go as badly as the simple maths in only few days!
From another perspective, common flu is not able to control, and if we put the same tracking effort to that, we may get a more severe results than this. So it all comes to the question how severe this H1N1 is, and how fatal this is? I think this website is giving a pretty good view.
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Although more data is not released by these two institutions, some news still need to be known be people. Australia, which had all along kept its confirmed cases at a pretty low level since the influenza was reported, dramatically more than doubled its number, from 65 to 147, with 82 more cases confirmed on Thursday 28/May. Most of the newly infected cases are found having had close touch with people who just took a flight, mostly the floghts from Amarica initially, and then domestical flights as well. An old lady who took a flight from Sydney via Melbourn to Hobart, where no infected case has ever been found, was confirmed as infected by influenza A and all the 30 people in the same flight were then listed as suspected cases.
Sinple maths was rackoned by some people: 1+1X30=31; then 31+31X30=961; then 961+961X30=?.
I have to appologize that I post the insane maths calculation here. It is never to scare people in any situation. If only we take appropriate methods to prevent the "coughing and sneezing" people, no chance can been given to us to get the influenza. However, if we don't do this, thing could go as badly as the simple maths in only few days!
From another perspective, common flu is not able to control, and if we put the same tracking effort to that, we may get a more severe results than this. So it all comes to the question how severe this H1N1 is, and how fatal this is? I think this website is giving a pretty good view.
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