Today I think I'm going to deviate away from science. Now I here a sigh, even if you don't admit it, there is one, writhing in your soul as you quest for more knowledge. But never fear, when I feel like this a quick trip to newscientist usually works, although some of it is a bit complex and I do find my brain working overtime. Although I think I'm gonna help to shed a bit of light on the outbreak of swine flu, how it occurred, if you are going to get and how you can protect yourself or be cured.

Despite this being the most dangerous flu pandemic of the past century with a mortality rate of 10%, this H1N1 strain is far more dangerous than any other like the Asian influenza (H2N2) in 1957 and Hong Kong flu (H3N2) in 1968. The outlook is gloomy as some of the deaths in Mexico have come in healthy young adults who influenza does not usual effect. Also the modern world has a lot to be blamed for as the advert of cheap air travel has meant the disease can quickly spread all over the world even if you haven't been to Mexico.

However this doom and gloom is hardly the fighting spirit. The outbreak began in Mexico which is not renowned for its health and the only death in the USA was a 23 month old baby. Although this is a major assumption and extrapolation of one point this proposes that the pandemic is not as dangerous as 10%, but we shall see.

Now it is curable but you cannot be immunised, and at any point could the strain change and then it would require different treatments to combat it. But if you want to here a qualified experts view on go to here.

2nd thoughts I'll save the personal revelations for another day.
But I have come across a band that I already knew were good and had thoughtfuly provoked songs, but I never realised how diverse and how many songs they had produced.
The Cure headed by Robert Smith with 'The End of the World'


Just listen to the lyrics, they don't apply to me but nevertheless lovely.
Video is also really well done and I imagine using photography instead of filming it, although Legweak I'm sure you'll correct me.

P.S. Oh and I forgot to metion the spanish flu after the Great War which is estimated to have killed between 20 and 40 million people, this however coincided with the WWI. However although a huge number of lives were lost the mortality rate was much lower. All that can be said on the topic is pandemics are predictably unpredicatable