Flying Pigs

I am in no way an expert on medicine or health, but i have taken a few classes on infectious disease and epidemics and i just wanted to share a few thoughts about the Swine Flue "pandemic."

1. All of the cases in the U.S. have been mild. NO U.S. citizens have died from the disease. One Mexican toddler who was brought to the U.S. for treatment passed away in a Hospital. We will most likely hear of a few deaths before the "pandemic" ends.

2. Every year 35,000+ people die of influenza in the U.S.

3. All influenza viruses that make their way to humans started in an animal reservoir (either bird or pig), and most of the swine influenza cases are considered to be a categorized as a Type C. (C being the least severe on a scale from A to C).

4. The W.H.O. estimates that a viable vaccine will be available within a month, but many experts estimate that the spread of the virus will already be over at that time.

5. If you do get the disease you are not going to turn into a pig or die. Although both might happen if you get into a fight with the witch from Willow.


At this point I would be more afraid of the witch than the flu.