Swine flu update

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Originally Posted by Biggles

Think I read somewhere that while 50 000 000 people died of the spanish flu, 97% or so of everyone that caught the flu survived. Anyone can verify?

Wikipedia says that an estimated 1 billion people caught the Spanish flu, so that number looks about right. There's a huge spread in the numbers regarding the Spanish flu.

The Spanish flu was unusual in that it was more deadly in younger and healthier patients. There are some signs that the same is true for the current swine flu.