Most cases of severe and fatal infections have been in adults between the ages of 30 and 50 years.
(Also, the first wave of the 1918 influenza in the spring was mild. It was the second and the third wave, after the virus had supposedly mutated, who were the killers. Now, it's of course completely possible and even perhaps probable, due to changed circumstances, that this virus won't mutate in that direction at all, and we might get a vaccine soon enough anyway. Still, I do not think this is just a case of fear-mongering, or completely unwarranted worry. I haven't followed the ET discussions on the flu though so I don't know what's been said...) You have a normal feeling for a moment, then it passes. --More--
Novartis hat nach eigenen Angaben einen Impfstoff gegen die Schweinegrippe entwickelt. Klinische Studien sollen im Juli beginnen. Die Zulassung erwartet der Konzern gegen Ende Jahr.
