Another Pandemic of Fear

 ·        According to Wendy Barclay, chairwoman of influenza virology at Imperial College, London, the swine flu looks like a mild strain. It is an H1N1 virus, the same type as seasonal flu which circulates around the world every year and kills about 0.1% of those infected. --The Sunday Times, 5/3/09

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      But just because the current outbreak of Swine Flu doesn’t seem very deadly, we must never stop being afraid.

 ·        “CDC officials said the swine flu may seem to be mild now, but they worry the virus will mutate into something more dangerous.”--MSNBC, 5/14/09

      If that happened, the swine flu could come back in the fall and threaten “all of humanity”; or if the Bird Flu mutated into something that could quickly spread throughout the human population; or if the two viruses combined; or if pigs had wings--they could fly.

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      Obviously, I believe the Swine Flu threat is being hyped by the pharmaceutical industry to sell drugs, but I could be wrong. In that case, get lots of rest, drink plenty of liquids, and get well soon.

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