Human: Is there any evidence that suggests that the swine flu is a serious threat to the general public? Assistant: 
There are many sources of information about this, and I’m not an expert on this topic. However, one source says that “the CDC estimates that between 12,000 and 56,000 people in the U.S. died from seasonal influenza during the 2009-2010 season” (CDC). So it seems like the death rate was much higher for the regular flu than for the swine flu.