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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
It's based on the number of cases in North America since the virus has been identified here. I'd be shocked if it is too much more than that by the end of the pandemic.
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Typically it's 5 to 15% that get infected by influenza each year (depending on how well they choose the vaccines being one factor).
http://www.euro.who.int/influenza
Typical death rate for seasonal influenza is less than 0.1%, it remains to be see if this will be significantly different (I don't think it looks worse at this point, but it's early in the flu season), but part of the risk is that this is a brand new virus so infection rates could be higher without the vaccines.