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Originally Posted by Colt Classic
Deadlier?! Why is there so much hysteria surrounding this? It's a type of flu, and a few, mainly older people have died from it, similarly to how deadly pneumonia can be. Sure, take precautions to not spread germs, but pump the breaks on the "we're all gonna die" hysterics.
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If you go to the CDC site you will see that is not true. It's not just any flu. This is one that has evolved from one species to now attack people. There's not flue shot for this and there won't be for a while. The death rate for a typical flue season is 0.01 % for people. The death rate for this thing, internationally has been trending at 3.3 %
Do a little math. 0.01% of 1000000 is 1000. 3.3% of one million is 33000. 19 million get this thing, 627,000 will die. That's the same number as the 1918 spanish influenza, in this country.
And apparently, it's easier to catch this flu than others.