Why is illness from the H1N1 outbreak categorized as “mild,” given the recent upgrade of the pandemic alert to Phase 6 by the World Health Organization?
Public health authorities categorize the recent cases of swine Influenza A (H1N1) as ‘mild’ in the context of this outbreak as an appropriate descriptor of the impact of the disease; for example, the rate of hospitalizations and mortality compared to the impact observed in the past. This is distinct from the number of cases categorized in geographical regions around the world.
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