ok, so i know i kinda argued the other side in some earlier post, but
im pretty sure more than 7 people have died, and its not people that are in the 65+ age bracket. its people 20-55 that are passing away too.
its [swine flu] also has a much higher mortality rate than regular influenza.
20% of the american public generally gets the regular flu every year-- a figure that rounds to about 51 million
if we just use the 1 in 91 (deaths/cases in america) the mortality rate is still higher than that of the normal flu (36,000 / 51.2 mil)
edit: source http://www.cdc.gov/swineflu/ and http://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/qa/disease.htm