▁member ▁of ▁a ▁federal ▁pan demic - pl anning ▁committee , ▁said ▁on ▁April ▁ 2 9 : ▁ ▁There ▁was ▁a ▁lot ▁of ▁spec ulation ▁and ▁what ▁seemed ▁to ▁be ▁evidence ▁there ▁were ▁do z ens ▁and ▁do z ens ▁of ▁death s . ▁Care ful ▁analysis ▁showed ▁these ▁people ▁likely ▁died ▁of ▁something ▁else , ▁and ▁not ▁influen za . ▁That ' s ▁really ▁good ▁news , ▁and ▁that ▁would ▁fit ▁with ▁what ▁we ' ve ▁seen ▁outside ▁of ▁Mexico . ▁ ▁Moreover , ▁another ▁Canadian ▁expert , ▁Neil ▁R au , ▁critic ized ▁the ▁W HO ' s ▁decision ▁to ▁raise ▁its ▁Pan demic ▁alert ▁to ▁level ▁ 5 , ▁saying : ▁I ▁don ' t ▁agree ▁with ▁( the ▁W HO ) ▁because ▁I ▁think ▁it ' s ▁a ▁pan ic ▁met re , ▁not ▁a ▁pan demic ▁met re . ▁[...] ▁If ▁that ▁flu - like ▁ill ness ▁is ▁not ▁dead ly , ▁I ▁don ' t ▁know ▁what ▁the ▁cause ▁for ▁alarm ▁is ▁for ▁people ▁who ▁are ▁not ▁really ▁sick ened ▁by ▁this ▁virus . ▁[...] ▁I ' m ▁really ▁eager ▁to ▁know ▁how ▁much ▁worse ▁this ▁is ▁than ▁season al ▁flu . ▁So ▁far ▁it ' s ▁looking ▁like ▁it ' s ▁not ▁that ▁serious . ▁ ▁CNN ▁stated ▁on ▁April ▁ 2 8 , ▁ 2 0 0 9 ▁that ▁there ▁were ▁at ▁least ▁ 8 0 0 ▁death s ▁in ▁the ▁U . S . ▁due ▁to ▁normal ▁influen za ▁in ▁each ▁individual ▁week