| Sicilian. said: The swine flu is as harmless as the regular flu. The only people who are dying are the people who are not treating it. or the people that cant afford to treat it like the mexicans. Oh and the one person that died in texas was a mexican infant. The swine flu is noteven as harmful as the regular flu. "The strain in most cases causes only mild symptoms and the infected person makes a full recovery without requiring medical attention and without the use of antibiotics "
This hype over nothing needs to stop.
36,000 people die each year from the regular flu in america alone. This is something more to be worried about.
Pretty much if you feel sick go to the doctors and get antibiotics and you will be fine. If you dont you still probably be fine |
So how does antibiotics help you get over a flu virus?
This flu outbreak (if initial numbers are correct), the death rate is ~2.4% (or closer to 5%). Now the (more) common flu virus has a death rate of <0.1%, so not the same (a quick math calc shows the worldwide death toll could easily reach 150 million with the low death toll estimate). Another real concern that is possible is that the genetic material that caused death in the spanish flu outbreak is probably still present in birds, and if a serious uncontrolled outbreak occurs (I'm expecting class 6 WHO pandemic by Monday), it would be very easy for Human/Bird H1N1 influenza viruses sharing genetic material, thus putting the chances of multiple human H1N1 influenza strains with human infecting characteristic.
Panicking is never the right thing to do, but concern for your fellow man should be a very serious concern, especially if the someone told you over the next few years the death toll could easily top out closer to 300 million.
