Victoria Hospital Flu Stats 45 Times Lower

The MBC reported yesterday that out of 500 cases of seasonal influenza recorded there only 10 were of the H1N1 strain. That's a 2% prevalence and is about 45 times less than the rate the World Health Organisation's Global Influenza Surveillance Network has estimated for the southern hemisphere. Have we 38 confirmed cases because we are testing only 12 people per day?

Likewise Vasant Bunwaree was heard saying that out of 288 students exhibiting symptoms of flu only 1 was of the H1N1 variety. If the WHO prevalence rate was 10 times lower than the one it reported then about 26 of these students should be carrying the new virus.

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