Flu’s
True Severity Is Still Unknown So is this new
swine flu outbreak the next great plague, or just
a global spasm of paranoia? Are we seeing a pandemic
or a panic? The pathogen that has seized the world’s
attention has an official name (swine-origin influenza
A H1N1), an acronym (S-OIV), a nickname (swine
flu) and an apparent birthplace (Mexico).
SWINE
FLU UPDATES
Lower
Mexico flu death toll heartens nervous world New laboratory
data showed fewer people have died in Mexico than
first thought from a new influenza strain, a glint
of good news for a world rattled by the threat of
a flu pandemic.
