That would total about 159 million people, according toAnthonyFiore, MD, MPH, of the influenzadivision of CDC's NationalCenter for ImmunizationandRespiratoryDiseases.
But Dr. Anne Schuchat, the director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, said the estimate gives a "more accurate picture" of the scale of the pandemic.
But due to manufacturing delays, "we think at most it will be 10 to 12 million doses less, " said Dr. Anne Schuchat, CDC's director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases.