The CDC states that 90% of all seasonal flu deaths are persons ages 65 and older. But in this current pandemic, just over 87% of the deaths are of persons aged 64 and younger. Only 12.6% of the deaths are of persons 65 and older. A full 10.5% of the deaths are pediatric ages 0-17.For those who believe this H1N1v to be a “false pandemic,” your argument just got shot out of your backsides. In a traditional flu season, fewer than 1% of the deaths are of children ages 0 to 17. In fact, that number is fewer than one-half of one percent. So the number of children who have died from H1N1v is seven times the yearly average. Sorry, debunkers. You don’t generate those kind of numbers with seasonal flu, no matter how bad it is.
…….. If this mutation (225) takes hold and replaces the current H1N1 strain, it will pose a serious risk of producing additional sick and additional dead, based on the fact most of the amino acid changes were detected in the lungs of dead victims…….
….. Quoting the the UK’s Guardian, The last big flu outbreak in Britain occurred in 1999/2000, when 22,000 people died, which is 10 times the average for a winter flu season. Professor John Oxford is one of the oldest and most respected flu researchers on the planet, and is habitually quoted on this Blogsite. In late December 2009, Professor Oxford famously said (thanks to Crof for the link):
My greatest fear is that the virus will mutate next year, to enable it to infect older people. If it does, then the death rate next year will be much worse than this, perhaps even as high as the winter of 1999-2000.