Obama: Swine flu may run course like other flus

[Enrique]

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hxNSbTBv3oDBbiqGXWiQvAK-0nkQD97TIM381

Obama: Swine flu may run course like other flus

7 hours ago

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says the swine flu might end up running its course "like ordinary flus" but the government is preparing for the worst just in case.

Speaking to reporters after a Cabinet meeting, the president said it is not clear that the flu will be more severe than other flus. But he said the flu is a cause for concern because it is new strain and people have not developed an immunity to it.

Obama said, "I'm optimistic that we're going to be able to manage this effectively."

edited to change thread title.

[Trajan]

1. I'm bullish ?

Not exactly the meaning expressed in the story ...

Confident ? ... yes ....

Bullish ? .... Bullshit ....

[dionysus]

2. nice editorializing... not

fail

[elocs]

3. Well, the regular and ordinary flu does kill 36,000 here each year.

That's a huge number and the swine flu is not even remotely in that ballpark in spite of all the fear and panic over it. The sky is not falling.