stop freaking out

fact: according to the CDC on average, 5%-20% of the population of the united states is infected with the flu each year. the regular flu, not swine flu. 200,000 people are hospitalized from flu complication and 36,000 people die. again, the regular type of flu, not swine flu.

fact: the swine flu outbreak of 1976 killed 1 person. 1 person died in 1988 after she "visited a county fair swine exhibition where there was widespread influenza-like illness among the swine."

fact: you cannot get swine flu from eating pork.

fact: swine flu is treatable with the same drugs used to treat the regular flu.

fact: the transmission of the flu virus from humans to pigs is a bigger problem than vice versa.

do yourself a favor. listen carefully to the media and what they are actually saying. have they told you that swine flu is more deadly than the regular flu? have they told you that it is more contagious than the regular flu? have they told you that it is not treatable? no. so now that you armed with some actual facts, stop freaking the fuck out.