BULLETIN: H1N1 Virus Swine Flu may cause 90,000 U.S. deaths — and infect half the U.S. population this year (U.S. Government report)
(Bloomberg) — Swine flu [H1N1 virus] may infect half the U.S. population this year, hospitalize 1.8 million patients and lead to as many as 90,000 deaths, more than twice the number killed in a typical seasonal flu, White House advisers said. In a report by the President’s Council of Advisers on Science and Technology, President Barack Obama today was urged to speed H1N1 vaccine production… Read full article here.
(USA Today) — U.S. report predicts 30,000 to 90,000 H1N1 virus deaths. The global H1N1 flu pandemic expected to infect as much as half the U.S. population, flooding hospitals with nearly 2 million patients and causing 30,000 to 90,000 deaths, according to the first official forecast of the scope of the flu season now getting underway. Read full article here.
