I think this will be a significant event.

[novapsyche]

White House Warns of Massive Swine Flu Spread: Dire Report Says 50 Percent Infection Rate, Up to 90,000 Deaths Possible This Flu Season From H1N1

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[kittenkissies.livejournal.com]

Are you going to get a shot?

[novapsyche.livejournal.com]

I have never gotten a flu shot, but I am seriously thinking about it this year.

[kittenkissies.livejournal.com]

What makes this year any different for you?
I know the shot is free most places, and this flu sux, but still, I dunno...what do you think?

[novapsyche.livejournal.com]

The fact that this flu strikes people in the prime of their life scares me.

I've read accounts from 1918. This may not be as devastating but, for a strain of flu to triple the death rate we normally expect from the disease, it may devastate us yet.