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"So far, 309 people have died across Canada" ... "it is reminiscent of 1918, when upward of 50 million worldwide died" SHRUG
by rrhyne 17y ago
"So far, 309 people have died across Canada"
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"it is reminiscent of 1918, when upward of 50 million worldwide died"
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- kogir 17y agoThis is a legitimate reaction. I'm having trouble finding references on my iPhone, but I've heard that the standard seasonal flu has a similar or higher fatality rate than H1N1. If that's true, this new variant, while intellectually interesting, is not really of real concern.
- henrikschroder 17y agoThere seems to be a slight difference in that people who aren't in the normal influenza risk groups can also die, but the risk is still very small, and regular influenza still kills more every year than this one has. But hey, at least the ailing newspaper industry can make some money on riding the hype and fear wave. The only problem is that the usual conspiracy nuts are given some time in the spotlight and this in turn makes a small amount of people more sceptical towards modern medicine, which is just sad.
- stcredzero 17y agoThe 1918 flu went around once, and wasn't a big deal. Then it went around a 2nd time and killed lots of young people with the same "cytokine storm" pneumonia from an excessive immune response. http://www.ted.com/talks/laurie_garrett_on_lessons_from_the_1918_flu.html http://www.ted.com/talks/laurie_garrett_on_lessons_from_the_...