05-27-2009, 10:10 PM
What's interesting to note is the way in which different people are reacting to the same issue; as one may be fearful while another scoffs. As for myself, I'm wondering (without panic) if this may be the calm before the storm. To date, it's mild but what bothers me is that it may be mutating, and we must bear in mind that while the "flu season" is over, this virus is still spreading. The swine flu of 1918 killed about the same number of Americans as were lost in the Civil War, our biggest taker of lives, and global deaths were about the same as World War 2. In both instances, it happened in a fraction of the time span; and the primary delivery system was a cough rather than bullets, bombs, and nukes. Let's also bear in mind that the world population is considerably greater than it was back in those days. Good news is that "we're" close to having a vaccine and the bottom line to the issue is that once it's over, I'd rather be laughing than crying; alive rather than dead.
Below is my edit. I also changed one word from above.
As a point of reference, this thread was posted just 33 days ago. The last numbers I heard, of which I'm fairly sure are outdated by now, put the number of confirmed world-wide infected at more than
10,000. In a world of billions, the number is laughable, yet we should remain sober because it's happening in the off-season, and if nothing else, something new has been added to the environment that can kill us, and we've already seen what its nasty cousin can do.
Below is my edit. I also changed one word from above.
As a point of reference, this thread was posted just 33 days ago. The last numbers I heard, of which I'm fairly sure are outdated by now, put the number of confirmed world-wide infected at more than
10,000. In a world of billions, the number is laughable, yet we should remain sober because it's happening in the off-season, and if nothing else, something new has been added to the environment that can kill us, and we've already seen what its nasty cousin can do.