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The CDC and the World Health Organization stopped trying to count all the actual cases months ago, once it became clear that H1N1 was a pandemic that would infect millions. WHO's count of lab-confirmed cases showed that at least 15,292 people had died in 212 countries and territories. But WHO and the CDC note there are nowhere near enough diagnostic tests to give to everyone with flu-like symptoms to see if they really have swine flu. The CDC therefore does its estimates based on models, calculated by looking intensively at small groups of people, gathering data on overall reports of...

The response to our country's last pandemic resulted in over 60 million infections. If it has been as deadly as COVID-19 there would have been an outrageous number of deaths. Biden criticizes Trump, but all we have to do is look back a few years to see what would have happened had he been in charge. Trump should hit him with this over and over!

WASHINGTON — More than 3,000 people a day have a heart attack. If you're one of them the day after your swine flu shot, will you worry the vaccine was to blame and not the more likely culprit, all those burgers and fries? The government is starting an unprecedented system to track possible side effects as mass flu vaccinations begin next month. The idea is to detect any rare but real problems quickly, and explain the inevitable coincidences that are sure to cause some false alarms. "Every day, bad things happen to people. When you vaccinate a lot of people...

Is the Obama administration counting on a United Nations-touted H1N1 pandemic to wipe out Town Hall resistance to Obamacare? U.S. officials admit they expect millions of new cases of the H1N1 flu this winter, as the dreaded flu season arrives in the Northern Hemisphere. The fear of a pandemic spread of the virus is already a clear and present danger in killing off any hope of a possible economic recovery late this year or early next.