tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4461221580583652638.post47020568166850495..comments2024-03-06T23:13:36.562-08:00Comments on Sense of Misplaced: Darwin Gets Swine FluBug Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06253157009010644214noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4461221580583652638.post-16841799835629304502009-12-13T09:02:39.528-08:002009-12-13T09:02:39.528-08:00I'm still confused about why I need to be any ...I'm still confused about why I need to be any more worried about "swine flu" than I do about the annual winter flu, or why I even need to be any more worried about the winter flu now than I was ten years ago. Why is it so important to go out and get your flu vaccination the last few years, when I grew up just fine without ever having gotten a single one? It's not like the virus is new.<br /><br />I don't get it. I'm one of the group who brushes off flu hype. As you point out, fewer people have died from H1N1 than die in an average year from the average flu. And viruses mutate and evolve so quickly last year's flu vaccine is no good for this year's strain. Why would H1N1 be the exception? This needle-phobe isn't going to bother unless someone can make me a convincing argument.<br /><br />That said, simple day-to-day behavioural practices, such as you mention, to help prevent against picking up or spreading "germs" isn't a bad idea at any time of year. A snotty nose isn't much more fun than being waylaid in bed with the flu.<br /><br />Thanks for the link to Carl Zimmer's blog. I didn't know of it, but he's got some interesting content. I love the gallery of science-themed tattoos. :)Seabrookehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09400079400485962650noreply@blogger.com