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Originally Posted by Jen
Viruses don't die in the summer. Influenza is a year-round problem.
My local news was saying they are predicting this is the first wave of infections, then it will drop off a bit in the summer, then in the fall a second wave with much more widespread infection, and then late winter/early spring next year another wave of it.
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That's how the 1918 flu went. The first wave wasn't as deadly as the second wave that came back in the fall.
Which makes me think that maybe it would be better to get the swine flu now than to wait for it to become more deadly this fall?
I have a great-uncle who died of the flu in 1918. My grandma used to tell stories of how they didn't even have much of a funeral for him becuase eveyone was so scared.