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Interesting article on some recent, and slightly rough, results:

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/ … luglimpse/

Taken together, all these findings fit the notion that more Mexicans are infected than was originally thought, that severe cases represent a fraction of the outbreak, and that mortality rates are lower than originally feared.

Researchers with the Great Britain’s National Institute for Medical Research say swine flu’s proteins suggest that it infects the upper rather than lower respiratory tract, reducing the damage it causes.

But...

Asked whether a visitor to Mexico several months ago might have carried an early, less-virulent version of the virus to the outside world, while the Mexican version evolved in a more dangerous direction, Columbia University epidemiologist Ian Lipkin answered, “Absolutely.”

However, as many have already been saying (here and elsewhere):

“I don’t think this is going to hit us hard in the northern hemisphere,” said Lipkin, noting that influenza spreads less easily in the summer, and vaccines should be ready by the time winter arrives. “But the southern hemisphere is going into the winter right now. They’re at the greatest risk.”

NokX wrote:

cable newscasters are freaking out over nothing.

fixed.

NokX wrote:

30,000 - 40,000 people die each year from the common flu.

in 1976, when the government decided they needed to inoculate people about 30 people died from the inoculation...1 died from the flu.

people are freaking out over nothing.

So you think a flu pandemic isn't possible ?  Or that this strain is far from able to cause a pandemic like the 1918 "Spanish" Influenza epidemic ?

And that medical professionals in America, as well as those staffing agencies such as the CDC and WHO, don't know what they're talking about ?

Just live recklessly enough to lower your immune system.

jah66 wrote:

Hello, Im new to the forum and have just been reading some of the posts and ran across this thread and thought...wow this is an interesting topic for a computer forum so anyway anybody got any good swine flu Jokes? I'd love to post them on one of my websites.

lol