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Old 05-05-2009, 05:06 AM   #2
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Originally Posted by Fly Rod View Post
We don't go walking the streets with a mask.
Go to Asia, they do this all the time.

This flu was considered a pandemic because it met the criteria, it spread so easily to humans and was a new strain of swine flu virus. That being said, until the virus is studied I don't think they really understood how big of a problem it was going to be. Certainly the media hyped the situation (like that's new) but I believe the government health experts were really afraid this could have become something much larger.

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