Swine Flu Info Blog

My friend works at a cancer clinic, and they have been advised to send any people who come in for treatment for testing if they have flu like symptoms. Since the treatment and in some cases the type of cancer causes "flu-like symptoms" in at least 80% of cancer patients, her department has been sending the majority of their patients to get tested.
Does this seem unnecessary to you? We live in a province in Canada that has not had any confirmed swine flu cases.

Do you think that there is a connection made in people's minds when the hear the word Pandemic that makes them think of Panic and the kind of social chaos that implies. Do you suppose they visualize lootings, shootings and riots?

People are already panicking just because a couple hundred people are infected and a few have died, sadly. How bad do you think the panic would be if we went from a level 5 to a level 6- which means a full on pandemic. How would people react?

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Talk of the swine flu turning into an epidemic has gotten a lot of attention and a few people that I've spoken to seem a little worried. Do you think some people, media included, are blowing this way out of proportion, or do you think everyone should be concerned?

countries into closing borders, causing furthering constriction of world economies.
Who says cases are popping up with unknown exposes and is spreading uncontrollable in areas. Also killing otherwise healthy young adults (19 to 40 range).
Do you believe Obama's administration compentently.

Regular flu kills 34,000 each year just in the U.S. Yet, thanks to our media overblowing this, if swine flu kills just 3,000, it will be sheer panic and terror. Go media!

just a question.