3rd US citizen dies of swine flu, global death toll above 50 - but health authorities say 'No sweat'

SHOOT: In order to allay fears, we're told that H1N1 had an ancillary effect on these people, that it was simply a complication. Complication? Be that as it may, H1N1 unleashed on the African continent would decimate the million-strong AIDS sufferers here.

Meanwhile Canada's flu inflected is approaching 300, with the worldwide total at about 3500. All these figures are probably much higher in reality.

clipped from news.yahoo.com SEATTLE – A Washington state man with underlying heart conditions became the third person infected with swine flu to die in the U.S., health officials said Saturday, while Costa Rica reported the first swine flu death outside North America. A Snohomish County man in his 30s died on Thursday from what appeared to be complications from swine flu, the state Department of Health said in a statement. The man had underlying heart conditions and viral pneumonia at the time of his death, but swine flu was considered a factor in his death, the statement said. The man, who was not identified, reportedly began showing symptoms on April 30. His death and the death of a 53-year-old man in Costa Rica on Saturday brings the global death toll to 53, including 48 in Mexico, three in the United States and one in Canada.