Swine Flu Has Killed Over 10,000 Americans

Swine flu has killed nearly 10,000 Americans, including 1,100 children and 7,500 younger adults, and infected one in six people in the United States

* more than 200,000 Americans had been hospitalized — about the same number who are affected by seasonal flu in an entire year.

* and some 85 million doses of the vaccine had been made available for distribution so far, with 12 million more doses added this week.

The World Health Organization is defending itself against the charge that it exaggerated the risks of H1N1

The US numbers are not in sync with the World numbers which are At least 8,768 people worldwide have been killed by A/H1N1 influenza, an increase of 942 in the past week (reported Dec 4, 2009)

The Center for Disease Control provides an H1N1 (Swine Flu) update

Flu season statistics