[Lovebloggers]

I think the major difference is the age group the death from the swine flu will come from. While there may be deaths associated with the flu yearly in the US, it is primarily the elderly who is hit the hardest by it. With this strain - it is pretty much everyone, and that is the scary part about this.

[TornadoAlley3]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TB5-Y08qbjo
Ron Paul and more perspective on swine flu and the govt.

[frankjr]

“While there may be deaths associated with the flu yearly in the US, it is primarily the elderly who is hit the hardest by it.”

Actually it’s both those over 70 and those under 5 that are the hardest hit normally.

[lonestar]

If I remember, aren’t young adults hit hard by the “bird flu?”

[Straight Vermonter]

I think the major difference is the age group the death from the swine flu will come from. While there may be deaths associated with the flu yearly in the US, it is primarily the elderly who is hit the hardest by it. With this strain - it is pretty much everyone, and that is the scary part about this.

I don't think we have enough information to say this yet. Just remember how bad the reporting of SARS was. They were saying the death rate was 90% when it was actually a small fraction of that.