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Originally Posted by Babaganoosh
I don't understand the swine flu scare. I mean, 36,000 people died last year from regular, seasonal flu and nobody panicked about it. This is a different strain of the flu but it's no more dangerous than the standard flu.
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Simple answer is - we know those strains of influenza and it is very stable. With this one it is new and we do not know it yet, nor if it will remain stable.
We also have vaccines for the normal seasonal flu, we do not for this flu.
PS - people did panic a year or two ago with the regular flu when there was a shortage of vaccine available.
I do think the news agencies are slightly over blowing it. The WHO has it all pretty clear cut, and the whole thing makes sense yet of course anytime there is anything that could be or get bad - people get all retarded, and even more retarded if nothing super bad happens. (aka prevention, precautions, quarantines, etc. work).