H1N1 More Prevelant now in Brazil

You haven't heard much lately about the H1N1 virus. Maybe because that it doesn't seem to serious here in the United States. Now with winter in full force, especially the the northern states, the virus seems not a prevalent as it should be. In the south, recently cold and snow has reached as far south as Texas and Florida, but flu traditionally has its peak during the winter months, and South America, where it is winter, has had a large number of cases recently.
But one of the countries in the Southern Hemisphere, Brazil, is experiencing one of the highest outbreaks for the H1N1 virus in the world, and have reported the most infected, a total of 5,206 people to date. The state of San Paulo has the highest number of deaths, totally 223.  Through August, there have been at least 1,600 people die from the virus.
There was allot of worry and concern that the H1N1 anti-virus vaccine was not available in time. There was a delay in production and distribution, but it seems as if luck has been on our side, as the deaths reported have been at a minimum, especially compared to other countries such as Brazil. Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Mexico and the United States have the most total cases globally, but real concern for the virus in the United States will not surface again until next spring and summer. However, the World Health Organization said this week that the United States and other heavily populated Northern Hemisphere countries need to brace for a second wave of H1N1 as their winter approaches.