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<div style="text-align:center;"><br /><big>'''Welcome to the Flu Wiki'''</big><br />Documenting the current Flu outbreak with a wiki that [[Help:Editing|anyone can edit]]</div>
▲As you know this new strain of [[swine flu]] was first identified in [[Mexico]] in April 2009. Cases have been confirmed across the [[United States]], [[Canada]], [[Spain]], the [[United Kingdom|United Kingdom]], [[Brazil]], [[Israel]], [[New Zealand]], [[Australia]], [[Costa Rica]] and [[Germany]]. It has caused deaths in Mexico and one in the United States, but not elsewhere.
There are other ''suspected'' cases across [[Europe]], [[Guatemala]] and [[South America]]. No cases have been reported in [[Asia]] or [[Africa]].
As a reminder, [http://www.cdc.gov/flu/keyfacts.htm over 36,000 people in the US die annually due to the Flu]. That's around 100 per day or 700 per week, and since the deaths are not distributed evenly throughout the year, it is not unusual to have over 1,000 deaths from flu in a week. Keep this perspective as this story progresses. While the new strain may cause a higher number of deaths, it is crucial to remember that flus come and go naturally, and overreacting (as well as under-reacting) does not help.
Bookmark this wiki to stay informed, and share the link to help others get informed. This wiki is dedicated to sharing accurate information without scaremongering.<br /><br />
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