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Am I personally worried? No. I'm young(ish) and (reasonably) healthy. I may get sick and suffer but I don't think I will be damaged beyond belief if I DO catch this thing.
There are those who will not be as lucky. They are frail, old, terribly young or generally unhealthy. These are the same people who could be killed by a bad case of "regular" flu.
As usual, the hardest hit demographics will be those with fewer priviledges and that will be terrible. There aren't many equal opportunity diseases around these days.
I tend to look at the fear the media is currently inciting with a chunk (better than a grain) of salt. I rarely watch TV and, when I do turn it on, there's always something ridiculous like "Storm Watch 2005" (reporting on California). I just can't take it seriouslt any longer and I'm not willing to go into any sort of panic mode just yet (if ever).
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