For those who scoff at a previously unknown influenza virus that is killing healthy individuals, this is why health officials are extremely cautious: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_flu "36K deaths by the flu every year." Take away infants, the extremely old, the extremely weak from other illnesses, and that number is MUCH smaller. Not to mention it's 36K out of hundreds of millions exposed to the virus. Once hundreds of millions are exposed to this new swine flu we'll have a better idea what we're dealing with.
I will start to worry when they start to close schools, businesses and every bit of public transportation, until then the media is doing a great job of putting fear into everyone.
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i don't even get a 'cold'. my vegetarian diet indemnifies me against such things if you eat pork and meat the western high-fat crap be afraid be very afraid
Well, Mexico closed every school in the country. With these precautions and modern medicine, a repeat of the Spanish flu casualty rate is unlikely to ever happen again, that is, IF it's taken seriously. http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=46644 MEXICO CITY, Apr 27 (IPS) - The deadly new influenza strain that originated in Mexico has led to the closure of schools, universities, museums, libraries, cinemas, theatres and churches here, while it continues to spread to other countries...