1918, when a war was going on....erm, rofl?

No. The trench environment meant the disease spread rapidly. The recruitment of new soldiers resulted in infected persons being transferred large distances, greatly escalating the spread of the virus.

There was a massive pandemic shortly after WW1 that caused more deaths than WW1 itself.

considering the war conditions people were put through, etc. it's hardly surprising people were more susceptible to disease.

This is getting ridiculous! 4 people went home ill today.

All of them need a doctors note saying it is NOT swine flu before they are allowed to return to work.

Idiocy

The media have everyone scared and nobody ought to be

It was downgraded because the Mexicans decided less people died of it than they thought originally.

the odds are in favor of surviving

Bit late for that after mass hysteria

i already robbed my local stores for supplies so there better be a pandemic now

I think it is right for governments to make preparations. The media on the other hand would not know a serious issue until it hit it in the face (hundreds of fatalities in multiple countries, etcetera).

I think that the thing that happend to bird flu will happen to this, after couple months/weeks nothing happens and we all lose intrest and it never matter anymore.
btw it is deemed less harmful YAY

OH EM GEE WE ARE ALL SCR@~#D

lol

Nice graphs Si xD

Its totally true though now.... It's like... less than a week later and OMFG no one cares

Even better, it's been 3 years since Mexico actually got it

You bunch of swines.

It's in Suffolk now, see you in hell

HAHA Si NIce!

I have still been keeping an eye on this, and it is spreading. The number of confirmed cases seems to go up each time I read about it, and the first critical case due to swine flu has been confirmed.

I personally think it will get worse.

Well, yeah, but it's still not on normal flu levels and they have nearly got a cure.

Indeed, but it currently seems to have been pushed to the sidelines. Partly, that makes me a little suspicious.



Evidence?

I heard the cure thing on the radio.

As for less than normal flu, the swine flu numbers are less than 20k, which is insignificant.