Hospitals and clinics would be forced to turn away millions of patients. Critical medications and care would not reach people in time. Millions of people in every state would be felled by the virus, and hundreds of thousands—including newborn babies, toddlers and older adults—would die in the weeks and months following the initial outbreak. The … Continue reading “..in a severe (flu) pandemic, the U.S. healthcare system could be overwhelmed in just weeks.