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Message: [QUOTE="Coxy, post: 2210492, member: 1764"] The risk of Swine flu mutating into a much more vicious virus is limited apparently. It'll be small step changes. Normal Type A influenza mutates every year and that's why vaccines don't stop the death toll. It was also noted that of the major pandemics in the past where hundreds of thousands, even millions of people died worldwide, most were a result of secondary bacterial pneumonia. With drugs like tamiflu available - which if taken within 24 hours of becoming symptomatic render you non-contagious within 24 hours and greatly reduce the severity of symptoms (still takes 7-10 days to get over it) - and the myriad of antibiotics available, the risk of such a widespread fatality rate from any strain of flu is unlikely in the DEVELOPED world...in the third world it's a different story. Hence why Mexico has suffered much more with swine flu. It can also explain a lot of problems in the US too - it's not third world, but a huge number of their population don't have access to medical care as they can't afford it. There's over 1000 cases of swine flu in this country. The only way to stop the spread would be to quarantine EVERYBODY, keep everyone at home for a week. As if that's going to happen. And, given that every mutated virus still bears some resemblance to its predecessor, it actually makes some sense to let this mild variety get exposed to a lot of people to build up some communal resistance - plus it'd be a damn good idea to get a flu shot next year, which will immunise against this strain. [/QUOTE]

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