Swine flu: " likely widespread and impossible to contain"

New swine flu likely widespread, experts say

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A new and unusual strain of swine flu is likely widespread and impossible to contain at this point, experts agree.

The H1N1 strain has killed at least 20 people and possibly 48 more in Mexico and has been confirmed in at least eight people in the United States, all of whom had mild illness.

Probable cases also were found at a school in the New York City borough of Queens and experts at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say they fully expect to find more cases. Here is why:

• This new strain of influenza has shown it can spread easily from person to person.
  
• It has been found in several places and among people who had no known contact. This suggests there is an unseen chain of infection and that the virus has been spreading quietly.
  

Comment: Have to wonder how far this will go? Of interest to me because my Father born during the 1918 flu pandemic (3/29/1918)