H1N1 Swine flu spreading

[Torillian]

megaman79 said:
"The issue is that if you don't have a vaccine you really can't get rid of the virus, all you can do is use anti-viral drugs to slow down the virus until your immune system is able to put it into remission. "

@Torrillian, Ok so that explains why kids and old people die, weak immune systems. What about these people then? Theyre generally young adults.

Will it take 6 months to make a vaccine for this particular strain? Thats what someone said on the news.

 

It could take that long to make the vaccine for a particular strain in large enough quantities.  I don't know the logistics of the large scale production. 

Onto why young people may be killed, it's hard to say.  all we deal with is chances, there is a greater chance to live through the flu if you are younger, but young people often don't get flu vaccines, so they might not have as "prepared" an immune system.  That's all just theory off the top of my head though.