Swine Flu Not As Dangerous As Once Thought

Are you ready for this? With the warnings we’ve all received over the last few months about swine flu, medical professionals are now saying that the disease might not be as lethal as originally thought. In fact, it may be up to 40 times less fatal.

The latest figures show that “probability of dying from the pandemic flu strain may be 1 in 10,000 cases and possibly as low as 1 in 100,000.” It’s still a dangerous disease, to be sure, but probably not as deadly as the medical world once believed.

Whenever I hear reports like this (that conflict), I basically try to take the whole of the information with a grain of salt. It seems as if with swine flu we need to take care of ourselves at the first sign of symptoms, but also enjoy our lives and not panic. (I think many of us were doing this anyways.)

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