The latest target of the news is the H1N1 influenza also known as swine flu. The media had a field day, trying to convince the world one by one that they were going to die. Schools panicked and shutdown, people shied away from travel and personal contact and started using excessive amounts of anti-bacterial. This is a sidenote to all: antibacterial doesn't work on viruses cause they are not bacteria and antibiotics cant cure the flu. News headlines jumped on the story about the first american to die from swine flu. Is this much priority given to regular influenza? People, the swine flu is just like every other flu, there are probably more casualties from the average yearly flu then there are from "swine flu" or "bird flu". The point is the media loves to kick up a frenzy about the latest killer and make the public freak out for no reason. If you practice good hygiene regularly you should be fine. Stop paying so much attention to what the media tells and start paying attention to the facts.
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