Partypup I’m confused. The OP shows your alarm about the airborne nature of this flu, your belief that we should wear masks, it escaped from a lab, that it’s “the first ever bird-pig-human” form of this virus… Now you’re saying your real cause for alarm was the world’s reaction to the news. If you really want to know the answer to why the news is stirring things up, you only need look in the mirror and ask why you’re trying to do the same thing here on the blog. Are you part of a conspiracy?
[quote=partypup]I’m pretty confident that I have the accumulated resistance to fight it without dying, but I can’t say the same for my son.[/quote]Sorry, but this is wrong again and you should really read up on the virus, not just the conspiracy theories about evil vaccines.
Young healthy people with strong immune systems react most powerfully to the virus but the very strength of their reaction produces inflammation and secretions in the lungs which can be overwhelming. In the US, the virus appears to be targeting children who are suffering only mild illness.link
In other words, it is the reaction of STRONG immune systems which cause the greatest damage for this particular virus. Babies suffer mild effects. People aged 20 to 40 have stronger reactions. (still less than 0.5% of those infected die).
This information is readily available if you search for it instead of googling conspiracy + evil plot + doomsday + secret lab virus + obama antichrist
