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The story isn't now. The story is this fall, when we see what kind of mutations have taken place from the people who were infected from this pandemic. Might be nothing.
The part about this that scares the CDC types is that it's cross-species combinations of DNA. This is fairly unusual as most viruses stay species-specific. This one is sort of choosing ala carte and combining in scary ways. So far the combinations haven't been particularly lethal, but the stage is set in a way that worries anybody who studies this sort of stuff.
So...no need to start looting in the streets for Tamiflu just yet, but if you're sick, stay home. Wash your hands frequently. Cover your mouth when you cough. And stop making fun of people who do all those things.
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