How bad is Swine Flu really?

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Swine flu’s effects are nasty, but so far have been much milder than truly deadly influenzas of the past. As a result, many health experts predict that the pandemic won’t live up to the worst-case scenarios. Most people experience nothing worse than fever, body aches, a sore throat, a runny nose, and, in about half the cases, stomach distress. “If you get it, you feel like you’ve been hit by a train,” says Dr. Harold Standiford of the University of Maryland. “But in terms of causing serious illness, it has not done that very often.

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