[alyscat]

Swine flu has been around for ages - it's the usual type A flu that most people get. This flu appears to be GM, because it has several different flu strains from several different countries.

Washing hands is important, but at some point, masks will be even more so. The issue is to keep the flu virus out of the areas of the body that infection can enter by - mouth, eyes, nose, and ears. Most of the doctor's masks that you see are pretty useless - they cover a mouth that coughs, but if the droplets are already in the air, they don't provide enough coverage to prevent the droplets from getting into the areas above.

I think people are "taking it in stride" because they don't know what else to do. They've been dumbed down for so long that now they wait for TPTB to tell them when to worry and when to not. So far the MSM has given a mixed message (depending on where you live) - somewhere between don't stop traveling to don't go to Mexico. The great fear is that commerce will be affected.

And, they aren't sure of the initial vector, etc. (and if you believe it's a 4 year old boy living near a pig farm, I have a bridge to sell you).

My thoughts? I hope I'm wrong, but I think it's the real thing, that it will come in waves, each succeeding wave more difficult than the past. The worst will start in the fall. Be prepared to wear masks as your new fashion statement NP95 masks (nano-particle 95).

alys