I think this will be a significant event.

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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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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.