Swine Flu

This past week the World Health Organization raised the global alert because of Swine Flu. As most people know the Swine Flu has raised lots of concern. It was originally believed to come from pigs, thus the name Swine Flu, but now the name has been changed to the H1N1 flu because the connection with pigs is being questioned.

Is this flu really all it's cracked up to be? Schools have been closing. The vice-president told people not to travel on plains trains or subways. However, what is their reasoning behind all this concern? I think their reactions are overrated.

They have been very few deaths in the United States. Most of them have occurred in Mexico. This could be for a variety of reasons. The main reason could be because in the United States we have a much better health care system. It also could be people are genereally more healthy in the U.S.

Schools have been closed from this. However, people just have flu like systems. I understand it is better to be safe than sorry but have we become too paranoid? Most people can just wash their hands and if you think you might have it stay away from people. Using common sense would help to prevent most of these cases of Swine flu from turning into something serious and would allow for people to continue their life as normal.