>>>>>>>http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/140492/Million-hit-by-plague-worse-than-swine-flu-
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>>>>>>http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5iNNTDa8W3qJUuPAfx3fqSsToWvOQ
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>>>>>Thank you.
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>>>>This whole flu thing is just so much fear-mongering headline news fodder. People die from many things and this whole flu thing accounts for very few relative to major causes of death.
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>>>Right. Except every hundred years or so, a strange and strong mutation seems to occur. Maybe, now that we have vaccines, we can avert them from now on.
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>>There is no indication that a "strong mutation" has occurred or, even if it has, whether this will have any real impact on society at large. It is entirely fear mongering, news propaganda using pointless comparisons to a society that was so dramatically different from today’s.
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>I hope you are right, but 1918 to 2009 is close enough to a hundred years or so for me to pay attention.

But Grady, what happened then occured in a society that was so enormously different from the one today. The comparison is not meaningful other than at both times there was a flu virus.