On 27 April, 6 days after the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) first reported an unusual swine flu outbreak in humans, international agencies were still struggling to determine how serious a threat the virus posed. "Every new strain of the flu virus is unique," CDC acting Director Richard Besser said at a press conference, "and until the outbreak has progressed, you don't know what it is going to do."
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