Doctors who have the opposite opinions have lofty sounding titles too and whose jobs may only tangenitally be researching viruses. Do we have the curriculum vitae for all the people who are throwing around the idea that this is 1918 all over again.
But I can say the doctors in this article are far more reliable than a friend of a friend.
Additionally, I have never suggested that people be cavalier or ignore what is going on. People should be listening but not spreading deliberately false or misleading information.
I wish I had a dollar for every time I have read that “this is just like 1918” or “it’s going to come back in the fall”. We don’t know that yet and it can only be labeled “fear mongering”.
But as I said in private mail to you, my “friend of a friend” is a reliable source; I can't get more specific than that on a public forum.
Also, have you ever been interviewed for a news story? I'm not debating whether these docs who are quoted are reliable sources or not — they MAY be. What I was saying is that we don't know that from the article because it doesn't say these docs are studying THIS virus, only that they work with the USUAL/NORMAL/SEASONAL flu virus, or the one doc who works at a Vet medicine college, who works with the NORMAL and singular Swine Flu. This is a multi-pronged flu virus, and the article doesn't state that these docs have any direct knowledge of this virus. AND, reporters don't always quote accurately, even when they use QUOTE marks. I was just interviewed recently for an article, and the reporter didn't get the details right in the article, and he didn't quote me word-for-word. I KNOW that reporters don't get things accurate, and I'm sure you do too. So you can believe this Vet Medicine expert, and I will believe my friend's source at the CDC. :-)
But you're absolutely right, no one should be spreading misinformation. No one should be in a panic. Even if it was as bad as the worst fear-mongering would lead us to believe, we still shouldn't panic, we should prepare. That's all I'm saying. Better prepared and not needed, than needed and not prepared.