Ok, so don't play with Poo and don't kiss people outside my family.

Done.

Thanks

It sounds trite but a confirmed transmission route of this sort could be devastating to people in Haiti or Japan right now that are suffering from lack of infrastructure in areas - or just poor areas that never really had any. :-(

Quick everyone be afraid something else is going to kill you if you don't run out and buy this brand new product...

In all seriousness though, I'm getting sick of all these fun, new, antibiotic resistant bugs that are being created. Every 5 minutes it seems your hearing about a new one, and most of it could've been prevented from using a little common sense (ie washing hands often in public, or after using the restroom) and a little less hand sanitizer. You don't have to sterilize EVERYTHING, that's what your immune system is for, you weaken your body when you use it in massive excess like I've seen people do. (medical and food facilities not withstanding).

I'm of the mind that they are being created in a lab, if Mother Nature wants us off, she'll shake us off like fleas. So while ANY loss of life is extremely tragic, there's a small part of me that giggles a little when I see whatever they tried to put out (ie H1N1), not spread all over like Captain Tripps in 'The Stand' (name of the flu bug that killed everyone but a few survivors for those who haven't read Stephen King's "The Stand"). I'm praying this outbreak fizzles fast, and that no one else dies over it. This shouldn't be happening at all, and I hope that whatever karma that comes back at these scientists, includes a supermutated version of the virus that they created.

Some of the above comments really make me feel that all hope for humanity is gone. I would imagine that if this epidemic hit your city and you watched your friends or neighbours fall critically ill that you wouldn't be so cold hearted. And worst that you have no idea if the next food item that you put into your childs mouth will potentially make them critically ill or worse. Please, have some sensitivity in your comments towards international readers and fellow human beings. You would expect no less of me if the table was turned.

Its being hyped because it an alarming story, media has done that from day one, it is what was once called gossip. Printing that 65,000,000 million people die of all causes during a year isn't exciting (but true).

Ever notice how plane, train and bus crashes are news worthy but a steady body count from ordinary car crashes isn't?

Same thing

This is an engineered disease. Anyone who understands DNA knows that despite the musings of evolutionists, unless the organism already possessed the ability to combat various 'vaccines', it cannot magically mutate such an ability.
If this strain really is immune to so many known 'cures' (it is still too early to tell) then this has to be a manmade disease. Just like h1n1, aids was/is.

Wonder if the tamiflu has been repackaged?