Quote Originally Posted by Reggie View Post
The media enjoys blowing things like this out of proportion. The regular flu infects 40,000+ people a year, while this has only infected 2,000. So far, no one outside Mexico has died from it (excluding the baby in TX). Oh, and fyi, its name is H1N1 XD.
This isn't "blowing something out of proportion". The Swine Flu is something new that is not known about, how do they know it cannot evolve into something far worse? People die from the the regular influenza because it turns to pnemonia. There is nothing wrong with saying something about it on the news. This could be more dangerous then the flu, by far. Those 40,000 people do not need to die a year and the Swine Flu may have the same effects. There is nothing wrong with trying to educate the public on a disease and contain it from spreading further if it has the same effects. If it saves 1 more person from dying that's great.