Swine Flu Boo Hoo

Am I the only one who thinks the concerns about swine flu are a bit unfounded? The Toronto Star had today a screaming headline about four cases in the GTA today. And the deal is, they're only mild cases.

I don't want to sound like I'm trivializing something that's fairly serious, in certain cases. Yes, I know people have died from this disease. Yes, I know it's a threat mainly to babies and the elderly. But doesn't the media have something better to report than every mild case that comes across the border? Cripes. They're now talking about raising the status of this to pandemic levels. I think there's a bit too much paranoia and hype surrounding this. It's only the flu, for crying out loud. They have a vaccine to combat the thing. You'd think this is another SARS or something -- now that's truly scary. The return of SARS would be cause for a pause. But not the flu. Most of those who've got it will probably recover. This is not 1918 over again, which the media would have you believe.