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Abraham wrote:What happened to the swine flu?

No news lately.

Was it a simply something to keep the masses in an uproar?

Xander wrote:

dleewo wrote:

txfireguy2003 wrote: To put things into perspective....20,000 people die as a result of complications associated with the common flu every year. .

That actually does put it into perspective. I don't know if 20,000 is in the US or worldwide, but that is almost 55 people per day whereas the current reported deaths from swine flu is just over 100 over several days.

It's actually higher. On average each year, 36,000 people in the United States are killed by seasonal flu, and over 200,000 are hospitalized. http://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/disease/index.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Worldwide (as you mentioned in your later post) there are between 250,000 and 500,000 deaths caused by regular ol' seasonal flu. http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs211/en/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

LaUser wrote:In the early 1900's, 20 million people died of the flu. It was believed to originate in the central United States from pigs.
This is nothing to play around with. Supposedly the current swine flue is curable if caught early.

txfireguy2003 wrote:I was working in the ER earlier today and we lost count of how many people we had come in thinking they had swine flu. Here's what the doctors are saying, I mean the real doctors that are actually in the hospitals treating patients, not the "Doctors" that are in some lab working in hypotheticals. Swine Flu, like any other flu is a mutation. Flu mutates, that's why we have to get a new vaccine every year, it's a different strain each year. Swine Flu is no more deadly than your run of the mill everyday flu. People are not dying from swine flu, they are dying from the respiratory distress and dehydration caused by it because they either have underlying medical problems, or they don't seek medical care. The only thing that is bothersome is that this strain crosses species, but there are hundres of other diseases that have been doing that for centuries, so that's nothing huge either. To put things into perspective....20,000 people die as a result of complications associated with the common flu every year. This is media hype....I won't say liberal media, but, well, they are, and it's understood. There is no vaccine for this one as it was previously unknown, but the treatment for this flu and any other common flu is the same. Tamiflu, respiratory support as needed, and rehydration as needed. Overall, if you get sick, go see your doctor and you'll be fine. Oh, and before someone thinks that my information comes from some podunk ER doc, this came from the director of one of the largest and most advanced ER's in the state.