A report issued today claims that America could face up to 500,000 deaths from a moderately severe flu pandemic. Including up to 2 million with
serious complications. However, the report states that America only has 965,256 staffed hospital beds. The report concludes that America is not
capable of coping with a flu pandemic that experts believe to be a matter of "when" not "if". A flu pandemic usually occurs every 27 years and the
last one was 1968, we are 10 years overdue.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Half a million Americans could die and more than 2 million could end up in the hospital with serious complications if an even
moderately severe strain of a pandemic flu hits, a report predicted on Friday.
But the United States only has 965,256 staffed hospital beds, said the report from the Trust for America's Health.
The non-profit group's state-by-state analysis adds to a growing clamor of voices contending that the United States is not prepared for a large
outbreak of disease, whether natural or brought on by war or terrorism.
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Scary report. Could the American economy cope with over 2.5 million casualties? The social impact of half a million deaths are incomprehensible in
todays society.
I think the fact that its a scientific certainty that we are going to experience a pandemic and soon is horrifying.
