Swine Flu Worst Case Scenario, Hundreds of Thousands Could Die
July 25, 2009 by national
Filed under Homeland Security News
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Hundreds of thousands of Americans could die over the next two years if the vaccine and other control measures for the new H1N1 influenza are not effective, and, at the pandemic’s peak, as much as 40% of the workforce could be affected, according to new estimates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
That is admittedly a worst-case scenario that the federal agency says it doesn’t expect to occur.
