Swine Flu 1, regular flu 13,000…so far.
…even if there are swine-flu deaths outside Mexico — and medical experts say there very well may be — the virus would have a long way to go to match the roughly 36,000 deaths that seasonal influenza causes in the United States each year.
“That happens on an annual basis,” Dr. Brian Currie said Tuesday. Currie is vice president and medical director at Montefiore Medical Center in Bronx, New York.
Since January, more than 13,000 people have died of complications from seasonal flu, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s weekly report on the causes of death in the nation.
No fewer than 800 flu-related deaths were reported in any week between January 1 and April 18, the most recent week for which figures were available.
Wash your hands, people. With soap.
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One of the funnier “swine flu” responses I’ve seen:
“This Mexican virus is coming over our borders illegally, taking the jobs that would otherwise be taken by American virii. Sickening.”