How many people have actually been affected by the swine flu? #swineflu?

Human cases of swine influenza A (H1N1) virus infection have been identified in the United States. Human cases of swine influenza A (H1N1) virus infection also have been identified internationally. The current U.S.Case count is provided below.

Overall, there appear to have been 20 known cases of swine flu within the United States, as per report by the CDC: U.S. Human Cases of Swine Flu Infection State # of laboratory confirmed cases California 7 cases Kansas 2 cases New York City 8 cases Ohio 1 case Texas 2 cases TOTAL COUNT 20 cases (for more detailed information check out the Center for Disease Control and Prevention website: http://www.cdc.gov/swineflu/investigation.htm#general). A recent report (24 April 09) describes outbreaks in Mexico that may be related to swine influenza: http://www.who.int/csr/don/2009_04_24/en/index.html Since 2007, there have mainly been reported cases of swine flu contracted by humans in the United States and in Spain. For general information about the swine flu, please follow this link to a FAQ page by the WHO: http://www.who.int/csr/swine_flu/swineflu_qanda_20090425.pdf There are many more links I found, however, I think the best way to find valid and accurate information on this topic is to search "swine flu" on www.webmd.com, www.cdc.gov, www.who.int.

First we need to distinguish between confirmed and suspected cases. The number of confirmed cases will always be lower than the number of actual or suspected cases. According to April 27th's Washington Post: "As of last night, there had been 20 confirmed cases of swine flu in the United States, 19 in Mexico, and six in Canada."

But in Mexico "the infection is suspected of causing as many as 86 deaths and more than 1,300 illnesses" So, in other words it is very uncertain. We know very little and will probably only get real numbers as people figure out what's really going on.

The problem with answering this question is that if it is really a pandemic, the numbers will start changing hour by hour, and by the time you choose a best answer, the numbers will be different. It's a great question, but maybe it should wait a bit till we get a better picture of what's happening.

There have been 69 confirmed to have died from this strain so far.

The number of infected people is unknown but in the united states there are 20 known infections. In the world More than 80 people are now thought to have died as the first scare hit Britain. The death toll of the H1N1 virus could reach 50million.

Thats as high as the Spanish Flu of 1918, according to John McCauley, of the National Institute For Medical Research. He claimed the virus – a contagious respiratory disease of pigs caused by type A influenza is much more similar to the Spanish Flu than the feared H5N1 bird flu. 'It could be a similar death rate to back in 1918,' he said.

Over 1000 persons so far have been affected by swine flu. This outbreak started in Mexico and has jumped from there to the U.S. With 2 in Kansas, 1 in California and 10 in New York confirmed cases. Other locations that are affected are Canada, Spain and unconfirmed cases in the following countries: New Zealand, Australia, Brazil, Britain and Israel who fell ill following travel to Mexico.

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.