According to articles linked to by slashdotters, the swine flu epidemic may have peaked:
http://science.slashdot.org/story/09/11/21/1416248/WHO-Says-Swine-Flu-May-Have-Peaked-In-the-US
according to the World Health Organization, and Anne Schuchat, MD, head of the CDC says we're in better shape now than a couple of weeks ago.

We're not out of the woods yet, of course - one data point doesn't make a trend - but fears of widespread death seem now to be fading (among professionals).