squeak, the reason I posted the similarities between swine flu & the “regular” flu is because most people don’t worry about the latter at all. Although some of the concern about swine flu was because so many in Mexico became infected, & a significant percentage of those became seriously ill or died (including young healthy people). That is not the case in this country, perhaps because of cultural differences or differences in the health care system. I agree that b”h the swine flu here had been less damaging than the “regular flu” usually is.
ames, what do you mean by this, “While no one is looking, the country will turn socialist”? The media hypes up health crises for ratings, and this is true regardless of political leanings.