Oh hey, here’s a thought, maybe you could just make the font darker.... or does that defeat your purpose
Oh well, not my concern anymore, on to readable posts.
Swine flu is striking the young, not elderly, in Texas
08:26 AM CDT on Friday, October 2, 2009
By SHERRY JACOBSON / The Dallas Morning News
sjacobson@dallasnews.com
http://www.kvue.com/news/state/stories/100209kvue-kid-flu-eh.1d8a3cffa.html
Doctors’ offices and emergency rooms across the Dallas area have been inundated this week with sick patients complaining of flu-like symptoms.
But a closer look reveals that the patients most often are children and young adults, seeking care alongside their distraught parents.
Since the swine flu, or H1N1 virus, first appeared in Texas in April, it has seemed to target the young and not the old.
“We’re seeing very little disease in people who are 65 years and older with this particular virus,” said Dr. Jeffrey Kahn, a pediatric infectious disease specialist at UT Southwestern Medical Center and Children’s Medical Center Dallas.
Mutation linked to greater virulence in swine flu
By: The Canadian Press
Date: Wednesday Sep. 30, 2009 8:11 AM ET
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20090930/mutation_swineflu_090930/20090930?hub=Health
TORONTO — Dutch scientists have reported they have found what was thought to be a key mutation in some swine flu viruses from the Netherlands, a change many virologists feared would give the viruses the ability to cause more severe disease.
These are links to some flu websites
Flu Trackers
Pandemic Flu Forum
http://www.singtomeohmuse.com/viewforum.php?f=1
Timebomb2000
http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/showthread.php?t=330395&page=59