Swine flu its time to move on

Swine flu: Almost 900 cases of Swine flu or H1NI as its now called, have been confirmed across the globe, the WHO said, and authorities had to remain vigilant.

This is more silly scare mongering by the press, in what is just a bad case of flu, if the hype were taken away no one would be really concerned. It really is time to move on.

The Mexican tourist industry has been hammered by swine flu, for no real reason, the deaths were caused mainly by huge delays in getting medical help.. And flu does kill in a country of some 109 million 18 deaths is nothing.

The Viruses has both increased and decreased in activity, the WHO has said, and it was too early to tell whether the outbreak had peaked where it emerged in Mexico.

The warning came after health officials in Mexico said that cases of the virus appeared to be declining.

But an expert from America’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the virus was fairly widespread.

“Virtually all of the United States probably has this virus circulating now,” Dr Anne Schuchat said. “That doesn’t mean that everybody’s infected, but within the communities, the virus has arrived.”

She said she expected cases to become more severe and to lead to deaths. She stressed that this in itself would not be unusual as every year 36,000 people die in the US after contracting seasonal flu.