Swine flu spreading at 'unbelievable' rate: WHO

I got it in Thailand...knocked me for a loop for over a month. It's not too different than the strain 9 1/2 years ago here from what I could tell. That killed quite a few but I also recall 2 strains rolling at that time. I was shocked when I got it 2 months ago (and worried) but held off going to the hospital cause I didn't want to be sequestered and travel visa denied so I rode it out in self isolation for 2 weeks before I went outside again. The airport in Japan has a thermo-sensor you walk past (from the bird flu days) and an alarm goes off if you're febrile and a doctor is waiting in a side office to see you. I'd say 25% wore masks in Asia and over here no one...strange (but they always have worn masks even before bird flu).

We just had an elementary school aged kid die in our county yesterday -- swine flu. Kid had NO prior med hx -- no asthma, no diabetes, was just a normal kid.

I can't remember (BN or AN, before nursing or after nursing) of hearing of an otherwise healthy 9 year old dying from the flu in August....