"The virus up to now has killed 42 people in Mexico and two in the United States. "
Fatalities just yesterday:
Automobile: 102.227 (37,313 annually) -
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/
Heart disease: 1,786.55 (652,091 annually) -
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/FASTATS/lcod.htm
Cancer: 1,532.36 (559,312 annually)
Stroke (cerebrovascular diseases): 393.3671 (143,579 annually)
Estimated civilian deaths in US Air Strike in Afghanistan: 70
Media Flu seems more appropriate as a name.