Another aspect to know - yes, it is affecting healthy adults more IN MEXICO and this is due to the hyper immune system response which causes the lungs to fill with fluid = pneumonia, and more serious illness/death.
BUT, this flu has a type A component which apparently was in the flu shot we (U.S.) got last fall and that's why it is not as bad in the U.S. (deaths) as in Mexico.
I think everyone is being overly cautious - but again, this is s new type of flu and even if it turns out to be relatively mild in the U.S., it still could make lots of people sick.
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