Am i being stupid for being so scared about the swine flu?

Question

Am i being stupid for being so scared about the swine flu?
I live in London, and im really scared.

Answer

The whole swine flu thing is completely blown out of proportion. The number of global cases is so incredibly small that its laughable. In the U.S. about , people die each year of complications from regular, everyday variety of flu viruses. brbrFour years ago Avian Flu was the next global killer... the end of life as we knew it...know anyone that had it? I lived in Southeast Asia at the time and even there in Avian flucentral, the number of cases was tiny... I believe it was in the hundreds and those were all people who had direct, prolonged contact with people, i.e. family members, that had it also.brbrFor the moment there is nothing to worry about. The media has every all worked up and this will pass and . of the world will never actually encounter it.