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The A/H1N1 outbreak is already here and a vaccine will not help since this virus has already spread to the population and this is confirmed since the WHO declared a Pandemic.

This is a difficult to treat virus that mutates and easily spreads to 100's of people with a single sneeze from one infected person.
Plus it is very expensive if you require the longterm hospital care.

The government has done very little to help stop H1N1 from spreading.
Except tell you that closing schools is a faux pas and wash your hands.
At least we have clean hands and schools open with no pupils.

The 1918 Spanish Flu H5N1 outbreak infected half the world and 10% died.
If we assume a similar amount of infection (50% of the world infected) and draw the conclusion that the death rate will be much lower since our modern medical technology is vastly superior to 1918.
But, hospital expenses are so prohibitive that many of the viral inflected will can not afford hospitalization in time.
You could make a rough estimate that perhaps 1 to 1.75 million americans could die from swine flu side effects.
Since the Flu does not kill you, the side effects which come after 2 or 3 weeks later are the killer.
The side effect of H1N1 is that you literally lose your ability breath.
You realize it too late. That is how this virus kills you.
Alex Kalman