Well Duh

WASHINGTON – U.S. officials said Monday they were acting aggressively to confront the spreading swine flu virus — now confirmed in 40 victims — while President Barack Obama said there was concern but not yet "a cause for alarm," A travel advisory was being prepared suggesting Americans not travel to Mexico, center of the outbreak.

Dr. Richard Besser, acting director of the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention, said that so far the disease in the United States seems less severe than the outbreak in Mexico, where more than 1,600 cases have been reported and where the suspected death toll has climbed to 149. No deaths have been reported in the U.S.



In the usa people are in generally in better health than those in a third world country. Yes the flu will make you sick. You might even wish you were dead, but unless you are already weakened, you should recover from it easily. This is another one of those over blown media stories. Yes if I lived in Argentina or Africa I would be pretty darn worried. But I don't and they probably don't even know it is coming.

I live in a country that has proper health care facilities. One where those facilities are available to everyone, insured or not some kind of health care is available. Try that in Mexico. The poor malnourished and uncared for peasants living in poverty and disease will die. The wealthy, well cared for will be sick. In this country the deaths will be few and confined to the old and weakened ones I'm sure.

Oh hell I'm old... Maybe I should be worried more after all.