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How worried should we be about the Swine Flu epidemic/possible ...

This is being blown way out of proportion, my step brothers are mexicans and just came on wednesday and they say here in the us people ar ejust ignorant to the truth, not everyone can get it and it is somewhat close to the bird flu so ive heard but i dont think so at all. 100 in mexico have died, and those reported also have had low immune systems so that obviously is a good source for the germs to live. 1300 were diagnosed with this flu yet 900 and something are out of danger and safely back home. what they do suggest is to be sanitary and clean and careful when caughing, sneezing, and any bodily fluid. only 2 schools in queens,new york have been closed because there ACTUALLY was a case reported but they will reopen soon after they are done cleaning it up as well as mexico in may6th of this year. they have 1million of antiobics that have helped alottt of those infected. yet they said in mexico they will try to have a vaccine for this in ). I don’t believe that anyone is certain of how quick or widespread this virus will be but judging by the rate of infection I believe that it will eventually reach the entire planet.

Try to look past the hype and media fright mongering and realize that presently it appears that this new mutation is easily treatable with current retroviral drugs and modern medical techniques. Countries with less than adequate medical infrastructures (like Mexico) will make things appear worse than they really are simply because access to quality medical care is limited.

There is a real danger that the virus could mutate into a much more deadly form. Keep in mind that the chances are just as likely, if not more, that this virus will at some point mutate into a form that isn’t even transmissible to humans.

Personally, I would be more My goodness, where did you find this? Pleas don’t stress, stress, stress until you have stress pimples, have to go to the dentist for a grind guard and throw up every morning. WASTE OF TIME.

You know what this is? A bunch of dirty Mexicans + A nasty pig farm + a bunch of up tight doctors PREPARING + a coincidence. You see? Mexico is a filthy place, they have poor health care, poor water, poor people, economic inflation and this will not help them. In America, 40 cases have been reported in America… out of 303,824,640 people in all. They are all recovered or recovering. i believe that it is being blown wayyy out of proportion. the only people who have died from it are the people in mexico who have weak immune systems and poor health care. and i also hear that the reason why people have died is because they did not believe they were sick, so they did not go to the hospital to get treated.

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