Janet Napolitano States Swine Flu No More Dangerous Than Regular Flu As It Tops 1085 Cases

Janet Napolitano States Swine Flu No More  Dangerous Than Regular Flu As It Tops 1085 Cases. The swine flu virus or N1H1 virus, that has sparked fear and precautions worldwide appears to be no more dangerous than the regular flu virus that makes its rounds each year, U.S. officials stated Monday, May 4th, 2009.

“What the epidemiologists are seeing now with this particular strain of U.N. is that the severity of the disease, the severity of the flu, how sick you get, is not stronger than regular seasonal flu,” Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano stated Monday, May 4th, 2009, as the worldwide number of confirmed cases of swine flu and technically known as 2009 H1N1 virus, topped 1,085.

The flu has been blamed for 26 deaths: 25 in Mexico and one in the United States, according to the World Health Organization or WHO.

Still, Napolitano noted, the seasonal flu results in “hundreds of thousands of hospitalizations” and roughly 35,000 deaths each year in America. There are still concerns that this particular strain of virus will return in the fall, in the typical flu season, as a stronger strain.

“We are cautiously optimistic that this particular strain will not be more severe than a normal seasonal flu outbreak,” Napolitano stated.

Napolitano acknowledged claims by health officials in Mexico, the epicenter of the H1N1 outbreak, who believe their cases have peaked and stated, “I have no reason to think that is inaccurate.”

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