Swine Flu Lessons

Dr. Charles Ericsson gives this primer — everything you needed to know — about the swine flu outbreak.

It turns out that we have come a long way since the last incident. In 1918, a severe flu outbreak killed millions. However, today we have put into place a coordinated effort that is actually quite efficient and impressive.

Here is a look at how we have updated our response system to react and defend against this kind of potential large scale infection … in order to prevent it from becoming a large scale infection!!

Good news is so seldom reported. That we are managing this contagion is good news indeed.