H2N2 swine flu

The State Fair is about to start up here in Minnesota, and the top epidemiologist at the University of Minnesota has very clearly stated that the swine should be excluded this year in order to avoid swine to human transmission of a flu virus that has been showing up in increasing numbers lately. I’ve blogged about this before, and here is an update with new numbers. Also, I’ll address a few questions I’ve heard asked. How many people have been affected with the new Influenza A (H3N2) Variant Viruses (“H3N2v”)? The CDC reports that 12 people were known to have been affected in 2011, and 225…