Swine Flu: Facts and Fiction

First Don’t Panic Although the name 'swine flu' brings up a lot of extra fear and worry, it is important to note that swine flu is just a virus.

That means that it is just another type of flu virus, just like that causes our typical seasonal flu symptoms. The big difference is that the current swine influenza A (H1N1) virus is new and most of us don't have any immunity to it. That is why it so easily became a pandemic virus (with the ability to cause a global outbreak), because it could easi...