Written reports are available in the press that quote medical experts who say that this 'flu is not a particularly deadly one. It may be that thousands of people, particularly in Mexico, have had mild attacks of this virus over the past months without feeling particularly ill and they recovered quickly with no long term problems. The people who carried it back to other countries have not died and are recovering. I have no idea which version of this 'flu story is correct - a pandemic or just another virus. The point is that our modern communication systems seem to encourage widespread dissemination of alarming news at "the speed of light" and it then takes a few days for a sober assessment of the situation to give us the real facts.