This is just another bird flu and SARS. Yes, it's something to worry about, but the news media is blowing it WILDLY out of proportion. What the news has only mentioned a few times in passing amidst the DANGER WE'RE ALL GOING TO FUCKING DIE RED ALERT ALL HANDS TO BATTLESTATIONS headlines is that the flu is perfectly treatable and not any more dangerous than contracting any other kind of flu. All you need to do is practice good hand washing and common sense and it'll be fine.
I agree, it's a bit much, it's like 'SWINE FLU INFECTS THE GLOBE - FIND OUT HOW YOU'RE GOING TO DIE SHORTLY AFTER CATCHING IT (which you will) BUT MAKE SURE YOU BUY THIS PAPER FIRST'. Malaria kills little over a million each year yet it's not given the same coverage as this.
Facts are more people die from the normal flu than this one. I suppose the fear lies with how it could evolve into something stronger, maybe more easily transmissible. Then again it might not.
On a lighter note, I was on the train yesterday with a friend and he started sneezing uncontrollably and pretty violently. I wasn't fussed by it cause I've seen it before but I took a look around the carriage and there were people looking at him pretty intently and I just knew what they were thinking. I was tempted to ask 'So how was your trip to Mexico?'
Although I think I might have swine flu....I'm coming out in rashers
Might need some oinkment /rimshot