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Item: CDC confirms one swine flu case in Idaho: 10 more probable cases reported in Washington/SR, AP
More Info: According to the Panhandle Health District, the woman became ill after a recent trip to Texas. She has been recovering at home. The woman, who represents the first confirmed case of swine flu in Idaho, is retired and has had limited contact with other people since she began feeling ill, health district officials said. Spokane Health District spokeswoman Julie Graham said Sunday there has been no such confirmation for the two probable cases in Spokane County.
Question: Are you more/less concerned about the swine flu outbreak today than you were a week ago?
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toadman on May 04 at 9:53 a.m.
About the same…though my chances of getting it just went up. I usually get these things, my immune system is pretty compromised already. I just don’t want to pass it to my two year old….but….I don’t feel that way about swine flue alone…that goes for pretty much any ailment I come down with.
LukeB on May 04 at 10:33 a.m.
Less, if that’s even possible.
JeanC on May 04 at 11:28 a.m.
Not concerned about it at all.
JeanieSpokane on May 04 at 11:35 a.m.
Much less. I think it was a flash in the frying pan and it has lost its sizzle. But I’m still washing my hands. (Went to a buffet place in the Valley and there were hand sanitizer bottles every where you looked.)