Swine flu is going to kill half the population... but we have not to worry, this is the view of Tim Ross and Mark Prigg from the Evening Standard. I've been ill all week in bed not keeping up with the news and i wake up this morning to a global epidemic threatning to kill me. It is like this has came from no where.
Transmitted from pigs, swine flu is normally only spread when people who come in direct contact with pigs, but the new outbreak amoungst humans is differant it's caused by a new swine flu virus that has spread from person to person and it's happening among people who haven't had any contact with pigs.
To date there has been 25,805 reported cases of swine flu (08/06/09) resulting in 158 deaths. The most reported cases have came from America, with 12,701. This has acounted for 42 of the deaths. The most reported deaths from the virus have came from where the virus originated, Mexico. With 106 deaths and 5,717 cases reported Mexico's terrible health care system is clearly not helping treat people well enough from the virus. Where other countrys are beggining to cope, Mexico can not. The United Kingdon has 664 reported cases as of yet but still no deaths.
At this time it is hard to see wether swine flu is gunna get worse quickly or die out soon. Maybe what is going to happen has been predicted but i refuse to listen to or read news related to the story as it seems to be the same story repeated over and over, i just want to be told soon wether im going to get swine flu or not... would make things a lot easier. After the initial worry of getting the virus, the U.K has seemed to been able to cope with the idea of swine flu.
Tommy Wilson
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