And by the way, of regular flu cases in the US every year:
- 15-60 million cases
- only 200,000 are hospitalized (0.3 - 1.4% of cases)
-Approxiamtely 36,000 deaths (0.05 -0.2% death rate)
Right now, in Mexico, though the data is very limited at this point, death rate seems to be 5-7%.
If it does this in US and infects the typical amount of population as other flu, this would result in approximately 1 to 4 million deaths.
So, until the public health officials figure out why the death rate in Mexico will reamin in Mexico, you are going to have to deal with some government prep activities.