>>About 100,000,000 North Americans are predicted to get the Swine flu:
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>>http://www.timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=843648#ixzz0RYUkHnMA
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>How come I keep reading this is just an ordinary flu virus, and not a particularly virulent one?

Although the swine flu has killed quite a few people, it still is regarded as mild in the majority of cases. But this little piggy is very very good at spreading from one person to another. If I get the flu I often get pneumonia as well, so I am may be a bit over cautious. I'd rather be over cautious than have pneumonia ever ever ever again.