>>the public message is “don’t worry be happy, it’s mild mild mild”
From my limited tv viewing lately, that seems to be changing, especially on the local news here in Boston.
That’s what I had asked him initially, is the hype justified, or are they panic mongering.....he said justified. He did add that they didn’t want to start widespread panics, so were toning down the alarmism but they really don’t know how widespread and fatal it may be.
Another thread here reported the first case of swine flu in a bird in Chile, a turkey.
The jump. Bad news.
Thanks for the reply. Yes, their message is changing but the early insistence on “it’s mild, just like regular flu” has really stuck with the public and much of the media (from what I can tell). Plus various Public Health entities keep saying the “mild” thing. Also, the CDC message is not consistent, changes from week to week, spokesperson to spokesperon - seems as though they’re either winging it, or answering to political/economic pressure from above, or most likely both.
I realize that no one can know the future of this flu, but the chances are very high that it will be much worse than a regular seasonal flu. It looks as though Tamiflu resistence is spreading, and that could increase the spreading and fatalities.