Scientists disagree about whether the H1N1 pandemic will be mild, or it is too early to rejoice. Politiken quoting U.S. researchers say that the H1N1 pandemic could be the mildest pandemic in the last 100 years. Although expected 15,000 Americans died as a result of swine flu, it is less than in previous pandemics.

WHO advises contrast for calm and says that there are still places where the disease is on the rise. Pandemics runs generally from west to east, and only now begins countries like China to be hit by the disease. This can eventually lead to a smaller third wave of infection in the Western world.