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Swine flu in USA - 4,000 dead, 22 million ill
by Magdalena Rosova

Although swine flu has caused four thousands of deaths since April, it does not mean swine flu suddenly has worsened. Furthermore, since April swine flu has sickened about 22 million Americans and killed about 540 children and it is only early in the season. Doctors are expecting that these numbers will, unfortunately, continue to rise. However, most cases still do not require a doctor's care. The illness spreads fast also because of tight supplies of vaccine. There is currently a few million less doses of vaccine than CDC, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, announced last week. Nearly 1 in 6 parents has gotten vaccinated some of their children against sw! ine flu. 14 percents of parents could not find any vaccine for their children. Normally during a winter, only about 30 percent of children get vaccinated against flu. But it seems it is not higher number this year, even though the new flu sicken mainly children and young people. The reason? Shortage of vaccine. There are thousands of adults trying to find vaccine for themselves, but they do not succeed. CDC asks people to be patient and urges that more vaccine is ordered and delivered every day. New report say since April 98,000 people in USA have been hospitalized from swine flu, children represented 36,000. Normally, seasonal flu cause 200,000 hospitalizations and 36,000 deaths in U.S. The flu infects mainly people over 65. These estimates will definitely effect public which views swine flu as not a big threat. Although swine flu targets young adults, only 16 percent of people aged 18 – 29 were trying to get vaccine.

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by Magdalena Rosova for PocketNews (http://pocketnews.tv)

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