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    Posted: November 23 2013 at 9:38am
http://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/usmap.htm

While the true accuracy of these maps in terms of reflecting how many infected there are is not realistic, the point is that  the Flu continues to spread through US- especially in the South. Tests for the Flu (it is unlikely the general population will ever be tested and only those seriously ill, will be) reflects a jump from 5.4% to 7% within 3 weeks.  Actual news stories on outbreaks and anyone reporting them are scarce.

There are 4 states already with regional spread and we are still in November. With considerable temperature drops across the U.S. giving us  December weather through Thanksgiving in many areas. No doubt with 40-50 million  Americans on the road and coming together at family dinners, there could be further spread of the Flu.

 Region 4: AL, FL, GA, KY, MS, NC, SC, TN is reporting 12.6% of specimens testing positive.

Epidemic Threshold is a very flexible term. It is a comparison based on previous Flu seasons. Comparing this season to last season which was epidemic and cannot be considered normal or a baseline could create a false non-epidemic report when actually it is fairly wide spread.

Any thoughts on this?  The definition is very flexible is here-

http://www.usingenglish.com/forum/ask-teacher/41187-epidemic-threshold.html


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This is the meaning I have found: An increase in deaths of 1.645 standard deviations above the seasonal baseline (5% of all) is defined as the "epidemic threshold" ie it is a statistical measurement derived from figures for the disease concerned.

Here's another explanation (this time citing influenza):


The CDC's definition of a flu epidemic relates to the percentage of deaths in a given week caused by influenza and pneumonia. The "epidemic threshold" is a certain percentage above what is considered normal for that period. The normal level, or baseline, is statistically determined based on data from past flu seasons.


In closing:

Canada has now officially entered its Flu season.

Season begins in Canada

In Canada, flu activity rose for the fourth week in a row last week, indicating that the country's flu season has started, the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) said today in its latest update.

As in the United States, influenza A is most common, with the 2009 H1N1 virus as the most frequently detected subtype.

Only three regions are reporting localized activity, two in Ontario and one in Quebec. Thirteen of Canada's regions reported sporadic activity.

comment: It was this strain which may be tougher and more resistant, which caused the Pandemic in 2009. There are 2 pediatric deaths although other portions of data state there have been none.

http://www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/cdcresponse.htm


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Colorado now has PCR tested 36 flu positives.
 
23 H1N1 (64%)           
13 H3     (36%)
 
Symptoms of H1N1 include Fever > 100, cough, headache, nasal secretions, fatigue, and some people also get vomiting and diarrhea.
 
Mexico had an H1N1 mortality rate of 6%, however, the worldwide mortality rate is much lower.
 
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It is getting much harder to track this. The independent trackers web pages are buried in irrelevant false date post which date an article current when it is years old.  Most of the main news sources, Cidrap is current sometimes, have no solid numbers. The Flu is likely in all states in U.S. and is hitting hard in the South and in Texas and Alaska.

this very brief post - data is from android-tech.

http://android-tech3.com/techno/stomach_flu_outbreak

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The flu is spreading through multiple states as people are feeling symptoms of its 2013 season, and while it's been called the worst outbreak in 10 flu symptoms 2013 stomach virus worst season outbreak

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The Colorado flu report might be pretty indicative of the nation as a whole with regards to which flu and percentages of the various types going around.
 
You can find the Colorado Flu Report here.
Page down to find this and open up the PDF file.
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Google Flu Trends is an interesting tool....CDC and others find that it correlates very well to infection rates.  Thus far, this flu season is a quiet one. 

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It has been almost 2 weeks since CDC released their weekly report. It will not be released until after Thanksgiving.  The is  still increasing and the numbers in some areas have jumped from 5% - 7% in several weeks. While there is no official report, it would logical to assume that the Flu has spread to every state now in the U.S. It has become regional in some areas and it is likely it  is regional in more areas now.

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Considering all the travel taking place for the Thanksgiving holiday, how it is the busiest travel days of the year. As well as everyone mad rushing for Black Friday, there is possibly gonna be more of a jump in the upcoming weeks. At least, that's what I would think.
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http://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/WeeklyFluActivityMap.htm

CDC has  finally released the Flu Map for the week ending November 23, 2013.

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The percentage of Flu specimens testing positive has now increased to 10.1% so the Flu is continuing to spread in the United States.

http://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/usmap.htm


Just in a few minutes ago - the Flu report from CDC indicates more states with local and regional infections.

During week 48 (November 24-30, 2013), influenza activity increased slightly in the United States.

  • Viral Surveillance: Of 5,306 specimens tested and reported by U.S. World Health Organization (WHO) and National Respiratory and Enteric Virus Surveillance System (NREVSS) collaborating laboratories during week 48, 536 (10.1%) were positive for influenza.
Geographic Spread of Influenza: The geographic spread of influenza in nine states was reported as regional; 13 states reported local influenza activity; the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, and 27 states reported sporadic influenza activity, and the U.S. Virgin Islands and one state reported no influenza activity.

Comment: We are now up to  9 states regional 13 states Local  27 states Sporadic. 49 states and only one  state left not infected. Since specimens are only taken from a limited number of people this does not reflect the real outbreak of the Flu in numbers or areas.

Figuring out whether it has become epidemic is rather cryptic.

The CDC uses the epidemic threshold of

1.645 standard deviations above the baseline for that time of year.


It is based on previous flu seasons and since last year it was epidemi,c this might not be one of the best ways, versus a simple percentage of deaths, to even determine how bad it is. Perhaps one of the posters here could see what this would come out to this year.
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Update - The CDC map which is due still has not been posted 10 days into December. As viscous weather rips through the United States making many areas colder than Alaska, this no doubt is effecting people's ability to fight off the flu. With temperatures of up to -35 degrees F., with the wind chill factor, this has to be effecting the spread of the Flu.

As Washington D.C. shuts down and health care news is scant as to whether there will be any health care in the midst of stormy blasts which cover the streets with ice. This makes those unseasoned drivers  a menace to others. It seems AFT continues to monitor and report the news.  The current number of people with the flu and deaths from it in the United States... unknown.
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Although, everyone can easily go to the CDC weekly report site, this thread is to alert people when it finally is posted with new numbers, provide some comment and hopefully posts from users on what they think of them, and in this post I will mention a few things that I had missed before.

First, this report and map in no way accurately depicts the current spread of the flu in the U.S. or any CFR. Many people do not go to the hospital and often Flu patients are told to stay home until they get sicker. So far, the only fatality numbers I see are children and no report of adult deaths at all. This report does not report any adult deaths from the Flu, and only three children.  That is simply unrealistic.

It is spreading, even with this bare bones information. Officially it is in every state except one. This appears more cosmetic than realistic, where it would be said "It is everywhere in America".

December 1-7 2013

http://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/

Viral Surveillance: Of 6,219 specimens tested and reported by U.S. World Health Organization (WHO) and National Respiratory and Enteric Virus Surveillance System (NREVSS) collaborating laboratories during week 49, 830 (13.3%) were positive for influenza.

comment: 6,219 specimens out of millions of people who go to the hospital is very few.  Below is a much better link and I have seen this on a few private sites and one video with an in depth analysis.

http://gis.cdc.gov/grasp/fluview/fluportaldashboard.html


The pie graph shows that subtyping is not even done in nearly  half of the specimens so how exactly would one know what it is?


Conclusion: This is not an efficient method to track or report the flu in the U.S. Leaking reports from schools are rare as well as news on outbreaks. The Flu has hit and many are very ill. I can glean this information by talking to people in dozens of countries and many state they are flat on their back and are really suffering with this. We probably won't know it is epidemic  until weeks after it is.

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December 14, 2013 Report and comments:

http://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/usmap.htm

The Flu is now widespread outbreak in 4 states. One of these is Texas and the link to other postings here highly suggests this may be the same Flu and highly dangerous.  It is no surprise this report was delayed as will be the one for further spread.

This is a double-hit that two of these states are New York and Texas. With savage weather conditions, icy cold people who venture outside or to shop, are simply going to be more susceptible to the Flu.

 Viral Surveillance: Of 7,294 specimens tested and reported by U.S. World Health Organization (WHO) and National Respiratory and Enteric Virus Surveillance System (NREVSS) collaborating laboratories during week 50, 1,301 (17.8%) were positive for influenza.

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IL, IN, MI, MN, OH, WI has 20.8% positives which is not reflected on the map. The positives from H1N1 do not mirror the increase of the infection which must be close to 19% infections where sub-typing is not tested for. This could give a figure of 36.8% if they were added together or much higher if many of these were the new strain.

These figures do not even count adult deaths, and ignore the recent deaths in Texas.

During week 50, 6.6% of all deaths reported through the 122 Cities Mortality Reporting System were due to P&I. This percentage was below the epidemic threshold of 6.9% for week 50.

The U.S. is .3% away from an Epidemic.

Questions for readers and posters:

1)  Is the current flu shot able to prevent infection against the new more virulent strain?
2)  Is there a reason adult deaths are not being counted?
3)  How effective will the current health care be in treating cases of people with the Flu?

Conclusion: Considering what is coming up on January 1st and the delay in protecting our veterans , the poor, and the elderly against health care sticker shock, politics aside, the Flu is more important than politics. The spread of this Flu to a possible Pandemic will involve the world, not only the U.S.  Watch and wait - and those who think it is not a problem- consider preparing before it is.
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It's that time again and while  the widespread states hold steady (at least on the map but not the report), the U.S. will be hard hit by February as the spread of  infection at Christmas dinners  puts the throttle down to this years Flu outbreaks. As New Year's approaches and even more people sit in dining rooms filled with sneezes, it will continue. The icy temperatures and economy with poor health care and hospital resources, are not helping.

National Respiratory and Enteric Virus Surveillance System (NREVSS) collaborating laboratories during week 51, 1,639 (24.1%) were positive for influenza.


http://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/


Once more, without counting adult deaths, there is no official CFR and likely will be none for the public to use to evaluate the seriousness of this flu season. It appears to be the same bug as 2009 perhaps with variant strains which are well reported on by posters on AFT. There are some sinister and resistant bugs creeping in the mix and anyone of them could make a break and become more dominant. However it would appear that 2009 H1N1 is going to hit once again and hit hard.

The South seems to be getting the worst of it, as well as New York. There is growing resistance to Tamiflu in 10% of the specimens. This drug saved the life of my family in 2009 during the Pandemic. So it appears there still is one last drug -- Zanamivir -- Relenza --  left, which is commonly manufactured and distributed that is effective. 

This data appears to vary from the map. Perhaps someone could comment on this.

The geographic spread of influenza in 10 states was reported as widespread; Guam and 23 states reported regional influenza activity; 12 states reported local influenza activity; the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and four states reported sporadic influenza activity, and the U.S. Virgin Islands and one state did not report.

It is very unlikely we have one state which is a holdout and has no flu. This is simply unrealistic but keeps the statement that all the states are infected from being said.
Is this the one state that did not report? Is there any logic why it would not?

Conclusion: We have seen this before. As the outbreak continued in 2009 almost 500,000 people were infected in New York with gross under reporting of the true number of cases. As with many things in the U.S., the story will really begin to unfold on January 1, 2014.






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http://www.cnn.com/2013/12/27/health/cdc-flu/index.html?hpt=us_c2

(CNN) -- The number of states reporting widespread seasonal flu activity jumped from four to 10 last week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday.

Widespread activity was reported in Alabama, Alaska, Kansas, Louisiana, Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia and Wyoming, according to the CDC's weekly flu advisory report, covering the week ending December 21.

The previous week, only Alabama, Louisiana, New York and Texas reported widespread flu.

comment: Okay, now we see ten states with widespread Flu outbreak. It may be more now. Having talked to many people on line in talk sites and role playing games, many are sick. Some sites are experiencing a 50% drop in activity. Users are signing off sick and coughing in the microphone saying "I feel awful" and are being hit hard with the flu. This also is true of Canadian users as well.

Perhaps the statistics and counts are far less than the actual spread of infection.

"Widespread" means that more than 50% of geographic regions in a state -- counties, for example -- are reporting flu activity. It addresses the spread of the flu, not its severity.

comment: The majority of infections are  2009 H1N1

The only atypical thing seen this year is that the most common strain has been H1N1, which became known as swine flu during a 2009 outbreak.

"It's the same virus that we saw in 2009 that caused the pandemic," Jhung said. At the time, it was called swine flu since it was seen for the first time in humans.






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http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/03/health/flu-activity-cdc/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

(CNN) -- The number of states reporting widespread seasonal flu activity jumped from 10 to 25 last week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday.

Widespread activity was reported in Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nebraska, Nevada, New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington state and Wyoming, according to the CDC's weekly flu advisory report, covering the week ending December 28.

"Widespread" means that more than 50% of geographic regions in a state -- counties, for example -- are reporting flu activity. It addresses the spread of the flu, not its severity.

However, 20 states experienced a high proportion of outpatient visits to health care providers for flu-like illnesses. The most severe activity seems to be located in the Southeastern states.

comment: It has doubled in a week with 25 states with widespread activity. It now covers the United States. It is still Swine Flu no matter if they have ceased to call it that and it is still capable of causing a Pandemic.

The exact number of flu-related adult deaths is hard to track and varies from year to year. The CDC has estimated that from 1976 through 2007, between 3,000 and 49,000 people died of flu-related causes.

comment: The deaths are hard to track because they are not testing 90% of the people and not counting those they do.
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Medclinician2013 said "comment: The deaths are hard to track because they are not testing 90% of the people and not counting those they do"

Med- I was discussing this on another thread with Cobber. Do you know why they don't test adult deaths in the U S? I would think the more information they had about type and sub-type, etc the better.
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http://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/usmap.htm

The line that gets me the most is this is the expected Flu activity for this time of the Flu season.  There is no reason to ignore widespread Flu simply because we had a pretty bad season last year. The logic to this totally escapes me and in the midst of the Storm of the Century it is not reassuring at all.

Once again we have gone from the a widespread brown American with the rest mostly filled in with regional. This is bad.  It is not - okay and fine.

For one, we have no death count so we have no clue as to how deadly this is. The second week of January as we approach a big need for health care is not a time to decide for the weather of the North Pole to come to America and Canada and give us chill factors of -45 degrees which can freeze someone in 20 minutes.

So well done you preppers who have taken things seriously and have food supplies, emergency medical supplies and arctic sleeping bags and tents.  You may need them.

The Flu - well we are not just talking Flu here. We are talking pneumonia and the real killer's that kill when it is generally not the Flu at all.

MOST OF ALL - we must track the variants and try to put together numbers where there are no numbers that are anywhere near accurate as to the actual number of people infected or the seriousness of the strain.

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Geographic Spread of Influenza: : The geographic spread of influenza in 35 states was reported as widespread; 12 states and Guam reported regional influenza activity; the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and two states reported local influenza activity; and one state reported sporadic influenza activity, and the U.S. Virgin Islands did not report.

The most important numbers as we see a mutation in the virus which now attacks the young and healthy are how many die from it.  I am sure people would like it to be over.  Most of the people I have talked to are no longer able to communicate and are holed up fighting the Flu. 


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http://www.foxnews.com/health/2014/01/11/flu-season-worsens-as-illness-spreads-to-at-least-35-states-cdc-says/?intcmp=latestnews

Flu season is ramping up in the United States, with the illness now widespread in at least 35 states, up from 25 in the previous week, according to a report released Friday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Lyn Finelli, a flu expert with the CDC, said the agency's weekly report shows "We're in the thick of flu season." She told The Associated Press that the season likely hasn't peaked, but that it's too soon to know if it will be worse than normal.

comment: Once more a breath of fresh air with at least two honest and believable statements. Perhaps more significant -- how deadly this flu is as opposed to how widespread it is. The general feedback I have gotten continuing to talk to and communicate with large numbers of people daily is if it isn't deadly, it sure feels serious and people are having some real problems breathing and with their lungs and getting the health care system to do much with the current shortage of liquid Tamiflu.

It is not a Flu just for the old and younger people have gotten it and died within days.  The media lid is much tighter than it was last year. Google and other engines considerably redirect from sites with English information -- multiple site have glaring wrong dates with posted current dates while years old. Someone is counting and keep a record -- we simply don't have that information and it is almost impossible to get the bean counters to say a word about it.

The first hand posts of people who have "It" on this site I find very useful. They cut through the complex veil of the health industry and tell us what this Flu is like. 

In a nutshell -- it is still spreading, has not peaked (it may have in some areas - we don't know) and as more people come down with it, the chance for a more virulent and deadly strain are ever with us.

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Well, we have reached a point very familiar to me - the U.S. map from CDC is mostly brown. Which means in the U.S. - it is everywhere - just about.

http://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/usmap.htm


Getting conflicting reports.  Some have said it is now epidemic.  Can it be widespread all over the U.S. and still be not be defined as an epidemic?  Yes, it can.

Week 2 ending January 11, 2014

Quick read -

Forty states reported widespread geographic influenza activity; an increase from the 35 states that reported widespread activity in the previous week. Guam and nine states reported regional activity. The District of Columbia and Puerto Rico reported local activity. Hawaii reported sporadic influenza activity. The U.S. Virgin Islands did not report.

comment: These are conservative numbers and based on those actually tested 25.1% positive for the flu.  Are people dying from this flu, and if so -- how many?

Someone is counting and pretty much knows. There are ways to track admissions, codes, and trends to tell a fairly good estimate.  Will that data be shared with the public? No.

Are there BITS (my term) (Bodies in the Streets)

No. Likely to be?  Probably not.

Could there be?  Always a chance if what happened in Texas gets more virulent and a strain develops which can ignore Tamiflu and Relenza. Some have told me this strain this season reeks of a being a cousin to what hit in 1918.

Many people are sick. In the next few weeks and especially in the next month- we will know a lot more.

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To quote the CDC report

 "During week 2, 7.5% of all deaths reported through the 122 Cities Mortality Reporting System were due to P&I. This percentage was above the epidemic threshold of 7.2% for week 2."

http://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/index.htm#MS2  See the graph in the  "Pneumonia and Influenza (P&I) Mortality Surveillance" section about 1/3rd of the way down the report.

Comment: the graph is only just over the threshold so it may or may not be significant yet - last winter it shot much higher, but the year before than it barely crossed, so we should wait another week or two to see how bad it is.


 

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Originally posted by EdwinSm, EdwinSm, wrote:

To quote the CDC report

 "During week 2, 7.5% of all deaths reported through the 122 Cities Mortality Reporting System were due to P&I. This percentage was above the epidemic threshold of 7.2% for week 2."

http://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/index.htm#MS2  See the graph in the  "Pneumonia and Influenza (P&I) Mortality Surveillance" section about 1/3rd of the way down the report.

Comment: the graph is only just over the threshold so it may or may not be significant yet - last winter it shot much higher, but the year before than it barely crossed, so we should wait another week or two to see how bad it is.



Thank you Edwin. I tend to be a lot more conservative than I used to be. Very useful information.
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The next weekly report is out from CDC and the graph shows a big spike, not as hit as last winter but it has time to climb some more.


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http://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/usmap.htm

Forty-one states reported widespread geographic influenza activity; an increase from the 40 states that reported widespread activity in the previous week. Puerto Rico and eight states reported regional activity. The District of Columbia reported local activity and Guam and Hawaii reported sporadic influenza activity. The U.S. Virgin Islands reported no influenza activity. Geographic spread data show how many areas within a state or territory are seeing flu activity.

During week 3 (January 12-18, 2014), influenza activity remained high in the United States.

  • Viral Surveillance: Of 12,108 specimens tested and reported during week 3 by U.S. World Health Organization (WHO) and National Respiratory and Enteric Virus Surveillance System (NREVSS) collaborating laboratories, 2,793 (23.1%) were positive for influenza.

comment: Personal research talking to people who work in funeral homes revealed that many of the deaths, large percentage are being caused by the flu. These deaths are neither counted or reported by the CDC.  This is a nasty flu and other personal research in chat sites, Twitter, and onsite gaming reveals the spread is worldwide and many people have been flattened by a very bad flu which tends to return over and over and still are not over it after months.

Perhaps the Flu will spike and dissipate but with more cases there always is a chance of mutation. The number deaths and a real CFR is not present in the CDC's reports and we have no idea how many people are dying from this.


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The Flu report from CDC  was inconclusive and incomplete. It appears that over all flu infections are down but in some areas, such as Chicago, nearly 1/3 of the people have the Flu.  With no real numbers on CFR, not only do we have little idea what is happening in the U.S., but as WHO drags their feet and now will report only once a month- we really have no idea globally. There must be other sources and places to follow to get some idea of what is happening.

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Point - The Flu is now widespread in the U.S. and there is neither an accurate count of the number of infections or fatality rates to be found anywhere.



Ever notice however the Flu is spreading the bar for this week is always lower?

It is time to look elsewhere for data on what is happening in the current Flu season.  People are very sick and some are dying.

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That map basically had the same data (but different colours) from the CDC map for the same week - so I am not sure what point you are making.

CDC is reporting "During week 4, 8.8% of all deaths reported through the 122 Cities Mortality Reporting System were due to P&I. This percentage was above the epidemic threshold of 7.3% for week 4. "  The chart still shows a similar rise to last year, indicating a bad flu situation.

Outpatient visits are high "Nationwide during week 4, 3.3% of patient visits reported through the U.S. Outpatient Influenza-like Illness Surveillance Network (ILINet) were due to influenza-like illness (ILI). This percentage is above the national baseline of 2.0%. (ILI is defined as fever (temperature of 100°F [37.8°C] or greater) and cough and/or sore throat.)"but below last year's rate.

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The current results Week 4 January 25, 2014 while less states widespread, continue to indicate the Flu season has not peaked and in some areas, it is still bad.

Perhaps the reports of positives over all have decreased many individual personal reports would indicate the majority of the Flu is severe and people are getting multiple times after appearing to recover.

Personal data that I have gathered over the U.S. after months of infection some people still have severe symptoms, headaches, coughing, upset stomachs, mental state on edge with many fighting to continue working and functioning with a flu that will continues to come back.

There has been a mutation in China which will be posted on or commented on.

The Flu season - is not over.

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