Even though we're hoping that we're past the peak for this early phase of the season, in past years we have seen flu come back, ... And we've also seen new strains emerge late in the season. So it's still important to be vigilant.

We haven't identified anything about this strain that's different from strains in the other areas.

We've probably never been closer to a pandemic than the year 1917.

We still have no capacity to predict where it's going.

Right now in the shelters where most of the people are located we have seen sporadic reports of gastrointestinal illness,

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.