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source of info http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090501/ap_on_re_us/us_med_swine_flu_ ...
First don't get your info from Joe Biden or Paris Hilton, you'll see why if you read the entire above article.
Highlights -
There's no evidence that swine flu spreads through pork.
public health officials say people with flu symptoms should avoid public transportation. But they aren't telling healthy people to avoid all air travel
Dr. Kenneth Alexander, the University of Chicago's pediatric infectious disease chief, says there's no danger in touching pigs, although a sneezing, sick-looking animal should be avoided.
Q: If this outbreak is declared a real worldwide pandemic, tens of millions will get sick and die, just like in the 1918 Spanish flu — right?
A: Public health officials say there are a lot of reasons why that's unlikely, at least in the United States. Unlike that crisis, we now have flu-fighting medicines and antibiotics for secondary infections such as pneumonia, which killed many people during the 1918 outbreak.
If the new flu turns out to be similar to regular seasonal flu, as some authorities predict, Dworkin said it might double the number of illnesses and deaths seen in an average flu season. In the United States, that would mean about 70,000 deaths and more than 400,000 hospitalizations.
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So think about that. Who knew that 35,000 people die of flu every year. Why aren't we panicking every year?
__________________Lucas McCain the Rifleman: A man doesn't run from a fight, Mark...but that doesn't mean you should go running *to* one, either.
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