I think you missed what willow was getting at bino
the flu is deadly in all of its strains. It is especially dangerous to the very young, elderly and those with compromised immune systems...it could even be debated that men that are particularly tall with narrow rib cages are also at a higher risk due to a propensity for spontaneous pneumothroax....
I think this particular strain got so much attention because most weren't immunologically (sp?) prepared because it wasn't one of the "normal" strains
that said, my children haven't gotten this yet, the vaccine because Im leary of new vaccines