Swine flu. The recent outbreak of the H1N1 virus has sent the world into shock. They say thatwe need to be alarmed. People dieing! Wear masks! Don’t send your kids to school to get an education!.. Was what people were saying. Swine flu really has come and gone. People may not share my point of view on this but i believe that swine flu is really a joke virus. The only people that have died from it are either in little numbers or are from Mexico where the health system isn’t optimal. Why did the media make so much fuss over a disease that has less casualties than the influenza virus? People stock up on your vitamin C tablets! Stock the shelves with tamiflu! Cower in fear or the all mighty swine flu. To me it sounds like a way to horde the good tax payers money. Quick fact. Eating vitamin C tablets and all those other health supplement pills and drinks and chewable health lollies will not stop you from getting a virus like the flu or a dose of swine flu. This is because your body can only stop diseases that have already been introduced to your body and that your body has made anti bodies for. So eating all those things and ingesting horrible tastes and textures no more! You see a virus like swine flu or the common cold have a highly mutatable protein coat so your body doesn’t recognise it when it is introduced to your body. Take chicken pox for example. Doesn’t mutate much so you can only get it once. There have been rare cases of a second dose of chicken pox but I guess that’s just unlucky for them. SO in conclusion you can now stand out in the rain naked tipping your vitamins on the ground because in no way will you get a disease from being cold or not taking your tablets. How ever taking these tablets when you are sick is beneficial so a recommended time to take them is when you are sick. Back to Swine Flu. So after that quick fact don’t you feel so much more reassured about swine flu and receiving it? Swine flu’s symptoms are no worse than the influenza virus so why does everyone lose their heads when someone is coughing and sneezing but a different virus is present in their system? People in my opinion swine flu is nothing to be scared of, continue your everyday life and don’t worry about swine flu. Unless of course you have some other condition that may exasperate the effects of swine flu and actually lead to your untimely death. Cya round everyone unless we’re all sick with swine flu.