As the father of a 7yo I have been following this virus closely, personally I think it is quite deliberate that officialdom is playing it down at the moment.
I don't think the are ready yet to fight this and are trying to keep the cap on until they are, Lani says there is a vaccine being released in conus in September, here in Aus we have been told the vaccine will be ready by October.
It does look like they are gearing up for the major fight of the second Winter.
Ken