By MIKE STOBBE, AP Medical Writer
ATLANTA – In a disturbing new projection, health officials say up to 40 percent of Americans could get swine flu this year and next and several hundred thousand could die without a successful vaccine campaign and other measures.The estimates by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are roughly twice the number of those who catch flu in a normal season and add greater weight to hurried efforts to get a new vaccine ready for the fall flu season.
Swine flu has already hit the United States harder than any other nation, but it has struck something of a glancing blow that's more surprising than devastating. The virus has killed about 300 Americans and experts believe it has sickened more than 1 million, comparable to a seasonal flu with the weird ability to keep spreading in the summer.
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~Sandy G.
2 comments:
Hello Sandy, Swine flu made me worried. Btw, thanks for posting this news. I have to be more aware for any kind of flu.
Hi Fida. I'm concerned about the Swine Flu as well. I have four kids in the age range they say are being hit the hardest. I'm just praying it doesn't get as bad as predicted.
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