Well this is it. The clue's in the name, it's 'flu. It's not ebola.
People die of common 'flu all the time, and no-one's panicking about that.
( Druid, Thu 11 Jun 2009, 16:12, archived)

Also, a healthy dose of beating
to anyone else who goes "ah, yeah, but Spanish Flu, that killed loads and loads, it could be like that"

except 99+% of the victims of Spanish Flu didn't die of flu. It's only a minor point.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 11 Jun 2009, 16:17, archived)