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Swine Flu Spreads to 'Virtually Entire Country'

H1N1 has claims 76 children since April

By Nick McMaster,  Newser Staff

Posted Oct 9, 2009 3:58 PM CDT
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(Newser) – The swine flu is “widespread” in 37 states, the CDC says, and extended into 10 new states this week. And reports that areas where flu activity was relatively high last spring will be spared this winter are incorrect—in 50 such locations under study, "the vast majority of people are still susceptible," a CDC official reports. Nineteen more children died of H1N1 last week, bringing the pediatric death toll to 76 since April.

"In the last three flu seasons, the number of pediatric deaths has ranged from 47 to 88 per year. Now we have 76, and it is only October," the official told the Los Angeles Times, though she noted that only 20% to 30% of the children who died were healthy before contracting the virus.

FILE - This Tuesday, April 28, 2009 file photo shows Hayden Henshaw, 18, who was recovering from swine flu, at his home in Cibolo, Texas.
FILE - This Tuesday, April 28, 2009 file photo shows Hayden Henshaw, 18, who was recovering from swine flu, at his home in Cibolo, Texas.   (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
Frontline care providers like nurse Gail Symanik, left, is given the swine flu live virus vaccine nasal mist by nurse practitioner Judy Gallob Thursday, Oct. 8, 2009, in Phoenix.
Frontline care providers like nurse Gail Symanik, left, is given the swine flu live virus vaccine nasal mist by nurse practitioner Judy Gallob Thursday, Oct. 8, 2009, in Phoenix.   (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
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riffran
Oct 10, 2009 4:01 AM CDT
next is that guy that puts the "obama is a blah blah blah" comment on every page when it is not even related.....it gets old really fast
Unaffiliated
Oct 10, 2009 2:16 AM CDT
Yeah, Newser's been doing some house cleaning today. Many of the over-the-top reactions to the story of the day caught the attention of the admins, apparently. The Obama peace prize comment stream is all disconnected now, but missing most of the worst. Thanks, Newser, for keeping it classy!
pwnage
Oct 9, 2009 9:29 AM CDT
I must say, the 'jackass' remark has me lol at my desk. Good thing almost everybody is gone already!
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