主题：【讨论】中国的萨斯和美国的猪流感 -- landlord

Swine flu: Eight myths that could endanger your life

Swine flu myth: This is just mild flu. The death rates are even lower than for normal flu

Swine flu is killing young people rather than the very elderly, and although winter is just starting, more young people have already died of flu than normally die over the entire winter.

Nearly 5000 people worldwide are known to have died of swine flu so far. But on average 36,000 are said to die of flu each winter in the US alone. On the basis of such numbers, many have concluded - wrongly - that swine flu is less dangerous than normal flu. These numbers should not be compared directly.

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