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Swine Flu Spreading Widely; Worry Over Pregnant Women
By DONALD G. MCNEIL Jr.
Published: October 1, 2009
Flu’s peak to be strain
Study: 42,000 in N.C. may need hospital care
http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2009/oct/02/flus-peak-to-be-strain/news/
By Richard Craver | Journal Reporter
Published: October 2, 2009
The swine flu may strike as many as 1 in 3 North Carolinians and require more than 42,000 to receive hospital care, according to the forecast from a national study released yesterday.
If that happens, most of the state’s hospitals would barely have enough beds to handle the peak of the outbreak, according to Trust for America’s Health. The study was financed by a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
The projection is based on the FluSurge model developed by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Nearly 3.3 million North Carolinians are expected to get swine flu.