on a local radio station and he attempted to put this into perspective. I didn't sense any hype from this guy.

What seems to be alarming about this possible pandemic is the speed it's spreading and that the deaths have not necessarily been in the expected age groups. The majority in Mexico were in the 25 - 45 group which is backwards from normal flu deaths.

However, he was quick to point out that conditions in Mexico were hardly the same as in our country where people have much more access to health care and immune systems weren't already weakened by the parasitic diseases you find commonly in third world countries.

The speed of transmission comes from the fact that it isn't a disease that our bodies have been exposed to before (it's got a unique signature) and we have no natural immunity to it. He actually believed his own granddaughter had a 10 day case a week or so ago.

So, while he wasn't greatly alarmed at the threat to our country, he said he probably wasn't going to be going out to any public events in the near future and certainly wasn't going to be shaking people's hands.

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