n Depending on the severity of the new viral strain, between 865,000 and 9.9 million Americans would be hospitalized, with as many as 1,485,000 requiring intensive care.

n If the severity was ''moderate,'' similar to pandemics that occurred in 1957 and 1968, the U.S. death toll would be around 209,000. But a ''severe'' U.S. epidemic such as the 1918 disease would leave 1,903,000 dead.

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