Europe to Investigate the UN Over H1N1 ‘Pandemic’ - Page 4

On January 12 2010 03:19 Wr3k wrote:
Got swine flu before vaccine was available in my city (still think it was overhyped, I didn't die or anything, just felt like garbage for 4-5 days)

On January 12 2010 02:30 Jathin wrote:


*sigh*

To summarize, of course people with underlying illnesses are more susceptible, but H1N1 has been hitting people with even benign conditions such as asthma (see the .pdf below for distribution of incidences according to disease category)

Source: CDC

Prevalence of H1N1 is higher in asthmatics, diabetics, and obese patients (once again, these are considered relatively healthy people, and comprise a huge portion of US population). Smoking is particularly prevalent in European countries, and has been linked with inpatient prevalence. High burden of CVD ( considered 'unhealthy' ) is also of concern with H1N1.

Additionally, influenza annually leads to 36,000 deaths and 226,000 hospitalizations in the US. 50% of pediatric deaths have no underlying high risk condition.

Source: Lisa L. Maragakis, MD, MPH
https://jshare.johnshopkins.edu/jbandar1/public_html/influenza.pdf

EDIT: Oh, and to answer your question -- there were 20 million deaths from the previous H1N1, more than any other pandemic of the 20th century.