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Originally Posted by mikey_the_redneck

Well, considering about 36,000 die in America annually from regular flu, yeah swine flu is hype.....
How many have died from the new swine flu strain that came out in April?
This article from late July says "more than 700"
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/...swine-flu.html
This WHO article says 1800 worldwide.....
http://www.news-medical.net/news/200...each-1800.aspx

So I guess it depends who you ask....

The main thing is that those that are dying from the swine flue are otherwise healthy adults. Regular flu tends to kill the very young or the very old.