Our current situation now is not a good situation. We have these ongoing and widespread outbreaks.

We remain sobered by the ongoing transmission in Hong Kong, China and probably Singapore,

[That is] something that we're evaluating very carefully to determine whether or not there's anything about this particular flu strain that's preferentially affecting children or causing more severe disease in children, ... We don't know the answer to the question yet. It is common for children to develop severe influenza and for deaths to occur in every flu season, unfortunately, so it will take us some time to figure that out.

There is no firm dividing line between what is an epidemic and what is not an epidemic, but I think, when you look at a map that shows widespread influenza activity in 36 states, that we regard it -- from a common-sense perspective -- as an epidemic.

WHO sees the current situation in China as one requiring heightened vigilance, but still not one of a significant threat to public health,

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