Swine Flu Parties
People are starting to buzz about having swine flu parties. This means if someone comes down with the virus now while it’s still in it’s mild stage, other people want to expose their children to it so that when it hits heavier in the fall, theses kids will have some resistance to it. Experts say this is not a good idea because this virus is still unpredictable and there is still much to be studied about the way it behaves and will behave later on.
The World Health Organization says there have been 311 deaths from 70,000 infections from 13 countries.
I have heard conflicting reports that say people who are in good health are less at risk of death than people who are very young, very old, and with previous medical conditions. Other reports say most who have died have been between the ages of about 5 to 25. I can’t verify those ages but that age group should be among the strongest and the healthiest, I would imagine.
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