THE SWINE FLU PANIC SHOULD START TO FADE AWAY SOON...
HERE'S WHY...?
THIS IS NOT 1918...WHEN PEOPLE WERE STACKED IN NYC TENEMENT BULIDINGS 10 TO A ROOM...
AND PUBLIC HEALTH WAS IN IT'S INFANCY....
THIS TIME THE MASSIVE GLOBAL RESPONSE HAS VERGED ON PANIC... EVERY CASE IS REPORTED AND TRACKED... PEOPLE ARE BEING ISOLATED...
AND PERHAPS BEST...IT'S NOT REALLY THE BEGINNING OF "FLU SEASON"... FLU TENDS TO DISAPPEAR IN THE SUMMER MONTHS...WHEN PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO BE OUT IN FRESH AIR...AND NOT CONFINED IN WARM HEATED PUBLIC SPACES...
THANKFULLY SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES WILL BE OUT SOON ON SUMMER VACATION... AND THEY MIGHT WANT TO SPEED THAT PROCESS UP A BIT...
ADDITIONALLY, THIS FLU IS NOT PARTICULARLY DEADLY...AS WAS SARS...LAST YEAR...
AND THIS FLU STARTED IN MEXICO WHICH IS NOT REALLY A MAJOR ECONOMIC/TOURIST AREA IN THE GLOBAL ECONOMY LIKE CHINA WAS DURING SARS...
AND FINALLY, WE JUST KNOW MORE ABOUT HOW TO HANDLE THIS TYPE OF EVENT NOW...
THAT SAID...36,000 PEOPLE DIE OF THE ORDINARY FLU EVERY YEAR...SO THERE IS DANGER... BUT NOT THE OVER WHEALMING DANGER THAT THE MEDIA HAS OUTLINED...
THE LAST FEW POTENTIAL PANDEMICS HAVE ALL DISSIPATED WITHOUT INCIDENT AND THIS ONE SHOULD DO THE SAME...
WE CAN ONLY HOPE...
