Swine Flu Shot Safety Program

If you’ve been diagnosed “probable” or “presumed” 2009 H1N1 or “swine flu” in recent months, you may be surprised to know this: odds are you didn’t have H1N1 flu.

In fact, you probably didn’t have flu at all. That’s according to state-by-state test results obtained in a three-month-long CBS News investigation.

In short, only a small fraction of cases that doctors flagged as most likely to be swine flu actually tested positive for swine flu in state labs. The vast majority of the cases were negative…
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State-by-state results:
Florida – 8853 specimens – 83% negative for any flu
California – 13704 specimens – 86% negative for any flu
Alaska – 722 specimens – 93% negative for any flu
Georgia – 3117 specimens – 97% negative for swine flu