Is the CDC Expecting a Surge in Swine Flu cases

The swine flu epidemic in the US is showing signs of waning in most places. Barring the Northeast, swine flu is beginning to slow down. The CDC is now marshaling its resources preparing for a rise, a surge in influenza infections, come fall. The CDC feels that the coming months will provide a lull in the swine flu activity seen around the country; this time is planned to be used to thoroughly research all the data gathered about swine flu so far. The CDC is also looking closely at the work underway on creating a new swine flu vaccine. Normal seasonal flu vaccines are still being made today. Manufacturers will be ready to make a swine flu vaccine when they are asked to. It is now the job of the CDC to determine answers to many questions:

1.Is a vaccine for swine flu really necessary?

2.Since swine flu viruses keep mutating, is it correct to make a vaccine for the current model or version of the virus?

3.Would it be smart to wait and watch to see if the virus changes drastically over the next few weeks?

4.How many vaccinations will people generally need? One or multiple ones?

5.Should people be provided with supplements to help boost their immunity system? Or will there be a side effects to worry about?

6.There may not be that many vaccine doses available to begin with. What kind of priority system should be formulated to decide who gets it first?

The CDC is working to address all these concerns before answers are needed. The questions to do with whether a vaccine is needed at all are kept separate from the questions that come later, to do with manufacture and how many people need to be vaccinated. It isn't as if the CDC will put off thinking about its vaccination program until it decides whether not to make the vaccine. When one crucial decision is ready so will all the others. The answers are not just matters of opinion though; they are based on evidence and scientific study.

The CDC is looking carefully at what happens in the Latin American continent this flu season. The WHO has thrown its lot in with this and declared that things are not yet serious enough to warrant a pandemic alert. It needs to be sure that the swine flu outbreak becomes a serious and other parts of the world as it has been in North America. It is always of great concern to health authorities that their declarations do nothing to start off a panic which is always counterproductive.

Linus Orakles

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