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Scientists see this flu strain as relatively mild
Scientists see this flu strain as relatively mild - Los Angeles Times
Genetic data indicate this outbreak won't be as deadly as that of 1918, or even the average winter.
As the World Health Organization raised its infectious disease alert level Wednesday and health officials confirmed the first death linked to swine flu inside U.S. borders, scientists studying the virus are coming to the consensus that this hybrid strain of influenza -- at least in its current form -- isn't shaping up to be as fatal as the strains that caused some previous pandemics.
In fact, the current outbreak of the H1N1 virus, which emerged in San Diego and southern Mexico late last month, may not even do as much damage as the run-of-the-mill flu outbreaks that occur each winter without much fanfare.
Healthscare=Over.
So now that we have whipped up the world into panic, where fools ignorantly walk around with surgical masks, a nation slaughtering ALL of its pigs, and a VP stating he would not ride the subway..... And a president commenting on it more so than he does on Iraq somali pirates, or many other real issues. Is it time now, we can forget about this nonsense?
After everyone gets done sneezing, Obama will stand up and pronounce that it was swift & decisive action by him & his administration, that averted an epidemic not seen since the plague.
...and the msm went wild...
Though scientists have begun to relax about the initial toll, they're considerably less comfortable when taking into account the fall flu season. They remain haunted by the experience of 1918, when the relatively mild first wave of flu was followed several months later by a more aggressive wave.
The longer the virus survives, the more chances it has to mutate into a deadlier form.
"If this virus keep going through our summer," Palese said, "I would be very concerned."
oh man...
and I was really looking forward to a crises. Shoot, I had my gas mask on and my bomb shelter was equipped with chicken, beef, and turkey.
Does Egypt have to apologize for killing Hellhound's family :shock: :rofl just kidding buddy.
Do you really have a bomb shelter?
Do you really have a bomb shelter?
Yeah it's called the mountains.
From the very end of the article.
Hopefully it disappears come summer.
From the very end of the article.
Hopefully it disappears come summer.
I think it will disappear come summer. But there's a chance that it will not be gone for good, and like the article states, it could be much worse.
Get ready for a slobberfest about how Obama single-handedly cured the flu and saved the world from the Black Plague.
Apparently Mexico is pretty much closed nationwide for at least a week. All schools and all non-essential workers are to stay home.
Are they over-reacting? If the flu is relatively benign in comparison to a typical seasonal flu then why is Mexico essentially shut down for business till May 6th? Joe Biden is on tv telling people to stay off buses. Did he not get the memo that the crisis is over-hyped or was it the memo that said, "Look we need to calm everyone the hell down," that he missed?
It's all very curious.
Get ready for a slobberfest about how Obama single-handedly cured the flu and saved the world from the Black Plague.
Don't forget the pointless attacks against him before he says anything.
A little help for you, ( and I should say very little...), THe flu is on a cycle of something like 88 years. Every 88 years we se the same strain of virus, with some genetic changes. This one killed 25 million people , world wide, in 1918. WE are liveing in different circumstances now. Better everything, homes, food, drugs, medical. Even at that, around 35 thousand people die each year from the flu and related cousin viruses. This version of the swine flu actualy got back around the fullcycle a hand full of years ago, (sorry about the lack of absolutes here,... there are few available, ie, science is still guessing at the facts of life on earth).
The real major difference about this cycle of the return of swine flu # bla bla bla, is the shameless use of it to induce panic. TRUE
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