Is swine flu over? Was all the frenzy just 'a fad'?

Unfortunately no it is not over. There were two more deaths in Maine in late Novermber that brought their total to nine. According to the CDC website, there is a decline and "the number of states reporting widespread flu activity decreased from 32 to 25 and visits to the doctors for influenza-like illness declined nationally.

Of course swine flu is not over. It is mutating and growing, just as any flu does. But better precautions and sanitations are being taken, so it would be detremental to worry and stress over a flu.

Besides the actions to prevent the flu, its mostly Pregnant women, children, and individuals with previous disorders. Mostly, the flu is just more acknowledged now, making more people worry as a result.

No. Swine flu (H1N1) virus is mutating (changing) and the normal swine flu drug Tamiflu (oseltamivir) is becoming resistant. New area and new people are getting sick with H1N1 virus.

Please read the following reports of December 03, 2009: Netherlands reports mutant swine flu (h1n1) death (December 3, 2009) : Dutch authorities said Thursday a patient infected by a mutant strain of the swine flu virus had died. Harald Wychgel, spokesman for the Dutch Institute for Health and the Environment, told AFP that there had been a "minor change in the virus to make it resistant to Tamiflu," a key treatment for influenza. Reports said that two more patients in the Netherlands had shown RESISTANCE TO TAMIFLU.It is the fifth fatal case of mutated A (H1N1) flu in Europe, after two in France and two in Norway.

The World Health Organisation said last month that mutations had been observed in Brazil, China, Japan, Mexico, where the swine flu pandemic began, Ukraine, and the United States, as early as April. The WHO also underlined that there was no evidence of more infections or more deaths as a result, while the mutated virus detected up to that point remained sensitive to antiviral drugs used to treat severe flu, oseltamivir (Tamiflu) and zanamivir (Relenza).

No, its getting worse. The latest information from US Federal Health authorities states /quote/ almost 10,000 people had died of swine flu since April, a significant jump from mortality numbers released last month. /unquote/ nytimes.com/2009/12/11/health/11flu.html?hp" rel="nofollow">nytimes.com/2009/12/11/health/11flu.html?hp Even though flu virulence varies seasonally, Michael T.

Osterholm, director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota, said that it was a problem that so many people were under the impression swine flu had gone away. He says "so two-thirds of the population is still not immune. It’s amazing how many people are acting as if this is all wrapped up.

The numbers could still go up dramatically. € nytimes.com/2009/12/11/health/11flu.html?hp" rel="nofollow">nytimes.com/2009/12/11/health/11flu.html?hp The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other agencies have identified lethal and drug-resistant varieties in countries around the world but none have blown up as a major flair. What is worrying is the relationship to swine flu and MRSA - swine flu patients are far more likely to pick up antibiotic resistant bacteria and thus get sick with associated illnesses, and MRSA is no picnic!

Its better known as 'golden staph' http://tahilla.typepad.com/mrsawatch/2009/11/spike-in-mrsa-infections-with-swine-flu.html It's still a big deal, people are still getting sick and swine flu, and its varieties, are not going away.

No its not over because unfortunately my cousin has it :(.

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.