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Danny:
Here in Melbourne is the Swine Flu Capital of the World. We have nearly two thousand cases in our city and not one single death. We have a few people in hospital and they're people who were sick with other things already. I hope I am right, but my feeling this is not big deal.

Neil:
I believe the big deal with swine flu is that the more people that get it, the more chance it has of mutating.  the 1918 flu pandemic was similar.  The first wave was relatively mild and mostly ignored.  The second wave was 100% fatal to pregnant women and their unborn children, had a 10-20% mortality rate otherwise.  When this thing mutates, nobody knows how it will behave.  It could become benign or it could become deadly.

Sylvain D:
About Swine Flu, the french government said that France should be "prepared" to see more signs in Spring, because as the weather gonna change, there are lot of chances to get it back in France. Actually, there are some cases but in Paris, I know it's ok, even where I'm living.
But it is said that the Pandemic at the highest level is ready to be reached and activated...

Irishman:
I think it would almost be preferable to get it now so you have some immunity if there is a second more nasty strain coming later on.

Neil:
I've read that Ronan.  Most people that got the flu in 1918 were immune to the second deadlier strain.  I also read that they've released a swine flu vaccine weeks earlier than anticipated.

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