[cpst12]

I don't see the need for a panic....if in a normal year 36000 people die from the flu, and lets assume flu season is six months (I bet its shorter than that), 200+ people would need to die every day just to have an "average" year...so far 11 have died, sad indeed anytime anyone dies prematurely (especially children), but why is the prpjected to be worse than usual?

[Born Conservative]

Also, how many of those who died also had chronic underlying conditions? People usually don't die from the flu; death usually occurs with a secondary bacterial pneumonia, which often spreads to the blood, causing sepsis, and then death.