Pandemic
[pan-dem-ik]
–adjective "(of a disease) prevalent throughout an entire country, continent, or the whole world; epidemic over a large area."
Are you surprised it doesn't mean wide spread death? h1n1 is currently wide-spread across the globe, so by definition it is a pandemic. It doesn't mean we're all going to die. Whether you want to vaccinate or not is completely up to you. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise :)