From...
Time Online
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/health/article6716477.ece
Britain could face up to 65,000 swine flu deaths
July 16, 2009
Sam Lister, Health Editor
“The number of swine flu cases has jumped by nearly 50 per cent in a week”
Up to 65,000 people could die as a result of swine flu as the pandemic takes hold of the country, according to latest planning calculations by the Department of Health.
Sir Liam Donaldson, the Chief Medical Officer, said that the estimate of 65,000 deaths was based on 30 per cent of the population becoming ill. But the actual figure could be anywhere between 3,000 and 750,000 fatalities, he added.
He said that statistics showed “exceptional influenza activity” in terms of the number of people visiting their GP across most of the country, except Yorkshire and the Humber.
Please consider the facts.....
In the U.S., an estimated 25–50 million cases of the flu are currently reported each year — leading to 150,000 hospitalizations and 30,000–40,000 deaths yearly. If these figures were to be estimated incorporating the rest of the world, there would be an average of approximately 1 billion cases of flu, around 3–5 million cases of severe illness, and 300,000–500,000 deaths annually.
http://www.flufacts.com/impact/statistics.aspx
So in the grand scheme of things what does any of it all mean. Is 65,000 any more than any other year????