11-15-09: H1N1? Another useful crisis?
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H1N1 is not more deadly than seasonal flu- On average, the seasonal flu kills approximately 36,000 people nationwide each year….
“In past pandemics, influenza viruses have needed more than six months to spread as widely as the new H1N1 virus has spread in less than six weeks. …
… appear to be effective against the human swine influenza H1N1 strain, Q: Why should we be worried about it?
… mmunity should the virus strike back with more lethal effect in a second phase as occurred in the 1918-1919 pandemic. ..
The swine flu pandemic still appears to be raging, albeit somewhat silently….More worryingly, the UK government is predicting that the swine flu pandemic may lead to as many as 65,000 deaths in the coming winter….
The group said a pandemic reaching 100,00 cases a … Continued here: Swine flu threatens deflation slump Ernst & Young ITEM Club report warns…Britain risks sliding into a long deflationary recession if the H1N1 swine flu pandemic develops along lines predicted by the Government, according to the Ernst & Young ITEM Club report today….