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Originally Posted by cookmo
I think its different from a normal flu because the age demographics of mortality are different from a normal flu. A normal flu kills mostly young and old, and this swine flu is killing people with usually healthy immune sytstems aged 20-40.
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Except that virtually all of the cases in the US and the only death follow that normal pattern. The large number of unconfirmed cases in Mexico follows the dangerous "young and healthy" trend, but it's been very hard to tell how reliable those are right now.