While this is true, the threat is to those who already have a weakened immune system, the very old, very young, respitory illness/disease, heart disease, etc etc.
Here it is alot worse than regular flu.
Note that otherwise healthy young girls have fallen victim to it (fatalities), so assumed rules dont always apply.
As noted earlier, the virus mutates and therefore its effects will vary. If you were actually diagnosed with it and suffered only mild/reg flu effects, consider yourself lucky, rather than the virus 'nothing to worry about'.
Regular flu knocks the crap out of me, though fortunately im done with my once annual (spring) dose.
Due to media hype, lots of people are 'pretty sure' they had/have swine flu, where infact
they didnt. Unless im mistaken, testing for that particular virus involves taking cultures/blood tests to determin its presence.
At the height of our flu season here, media hype and paranoia were at an all time high, with folk wearing mask in the streets, and doctors and hospitals overrun with paniced folk, all sure they or there love ones were dying of swine flu. Folk were waiting days to see doctors in hospital corridors.
While informing the public is responsible, the media have a duty of care not to embellish figures and facts and cause panic for the sake of a sensational story.
Im not sure of the number of deaths here, but confirmed cases were quite high.
No doubt as the colder weather arrives, you will experience similar in the states.
If you get sick with flu symptoms, dont immediately assume it must be swine flu, but all the same see your Gp and take standard precautions against sharing it around.
Hopefully you all get through the season with no more than regular colds etc.
Stay well.
. About 3 of my friends have had confirmed cases? (I believe they were confirmed, they were yanked out of school and haven't come back yet.) 
