There is a disturbing news about Swineflu. CDC has estimated that it might affect up to 40 percent of Americans this year and next. Several hundred thousandsare expected to die vaccine campaign and other measures.
Swine flu has already has killed about 300 Americans and sickened more than 1 million, comparable to a seasonal flu .
Flu cases may explode in the fall, when schools open and become germ factories, and the new estimates dramatize the need to have vaccines and other measures in place.
First vaccines are expected in September and October. The estimates are based on a flu pandemic from 1957, which killed nearly 70,000 in the United States
Avoiding crowded places, handwashing, cough covering and timely use of medicines like Tamiflu are th emeasures that are advised for prevention of the spread.
The World Health Organization says as many as 2 billion people could become infected in the next two years – nearly a third of the world population. Past flu pandemics have occurred in waves over more than one year.
Because the swine flu virus is new, most people haven’t developed an immunity to it.
The virus has caused an unusual number of serious illnesses in teens and young adults.
