But is it a hamdemic?

Just thought I would draw your attention to the World Health Organisation's pandemic phase system, which can be found on the WHO's website. We're currently in phase 5 which suggests that we may be facing a pandemic. However, that is not a reason to panic: we still don't understand what that means as we don't yet have an insight into the morbidity (rates of illness) or mortality (rates of death) associated with H1N1 inflenza virus.