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Politics : Swine Flu -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Yorikke who wrote (256)	6/18/2009 4:11:48 PM
From: Rock_nj	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 463

The reason why this H1N1 Swine Flu outbreak is a pandemic is because people born before 1957 have no resistence to it. Therefore, the infection rates, and eventually the death rates as well, will be significantly higher than the seasonal flu. H1N1 Swine Flu doesn't seem like much right now, but what if 30% of the U.S. population contracts the H1N1 Swine Flu by next spring when the next flu season has run its course? That's about 100 Million people in the U.S. alone. A staggering figure that will impact the economy and society in a way that the seasonal flu does not because it has a much lower infection rate due to resistence and vaccines. If 1% of those infected in the U.S. die from H1N1 Swine Flu, that is 1 Million people. Not your typical seasonal flu impact. The key is to prepare now before the next wave next fall and to get vaccines into the marketplace.