H1N1 flu activity down, H1N1 flu-associated deaths up-Is H1N1 getting more deadly?

The latest U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) swine flu update shows that H1N1 flu activity is decreasing once more, for the 6th week in a row. H1N1 swine flu-associated deaths, however, are going up. At the same time, reports of an H1N1 mutation that attacks the lungs and is resistant to the antiviral medication Tamiflu are circulating here in the U.S., as well as other locations around the world.

CDC swine flu update

According to the CDC swine flu update for December 11, 2009, key flu indicators are all decreasing, except for H1N1 flu-related deaths. Doctor's visits for flu and hospitalizations for flu have gone down for the 6th week in a row, and there are now only 14 states reporting widespread flu activity. At the same time, swine flu-related deaths have increased. This may result from the spread of a deadlier strain of H1N1 mutation that attacks the lungs and is resistant to the antiviral medication Tamiflu.

H1N1 mutation D225G/D225N

Learn more about the H1N1 mutation that attacks the lungs here:

New York swine flu victims show lung damage

Utah patient with lung hemmorhaging

Source of swine flu samples may explain low numbers of D225G

Swine flu vaccine ineffective against D225G in Ukraine

H1N1 deaths increase as mutations combine

Fatality in France due to mixture of swine flu mutations

Iowa medical examiner reports local H1N1 lung damage

Demographic information in Ukraine fatalities linked to D225G receptor binding domain

D225G swine flu mutation same as Spanish flu

Swine flu mutation H274Y/H274Y

Learn more about the swine flu mutation that is resistant to Tamiflu here:

Tamiflu-resistant H1N1 spreading

Swine flu pandemic complicated by antiviral resistance

Tamiflu doesn't work anymore

Tamiflu-resistant strain of H1N1 found around the world


P.S. BOOST your immunity by eating Vitamin C and Vitamin D rich foods and fruits.



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