CDC: About 1 in 6 Americans have had swine flu
By MIKE STOBBE Associated Press
Dec. 10, 2009, 2:29PM
ATLANTA — Health officials now estimate that swine flu has sickened nearly 50 million Americans and killed nearly 10,000.
The new estimates
mean about 1 in 6 Americans have had the illness. The figures were
released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday.
The CDC also
estimates that 200,000 people have been hospitalized since the virus
was first identified in April though mid-November. That's the same
amount that occurs normally in an entire flu season.