This is a control issue. The scientists are all confused, so now its an epidemic/pandemic. This is the problem with science, when people's livelyhood depends on someone else's gravitas anything is possible for science.
Parts of Britain "near an H1N1 epidemic"; 14 dead
All 14 who have died had underlying health issues and it was not clear in how many cases the patients had died as a direct result of the virus, known as swine flu.
http://www.reuters.com/article/topNe...rpc=22&sp=true