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This swine flu issue has gotten way out of hand, so I will share the experiences of someone living at ground zero of the swine flu (Texas).  The swine flu is a recently discovered form of flu that originated from Mexico and has now made it’s way into the United States. For those of you who are not familiar with it, you can go here http://www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/ and this will tell you everything you ever wanted to know. There are alot of conpiracy theories about this flu ( a google search will provide millions of these) and the media is working to drive all of the world into a panic using terms like pandemic. Yet, I have not seen any indications this is anything more than a strong flu. I understand that many people have died in Mexico and my hearts sincerely go out to their families, however this is mostly a failure of their socialized healthcare and the lack of a government willing to take care of it’s people. In America, a few people have died but so far, almost every case has been of a individual that already had underlying medical conditions ( which could cause a normal flu to kill them) The hysteria is so out of control where I live that my apartment complex put swine flu notices on our doors stating to take care of ourselves with guidelines from the CDC and multiple schools have been closed for a week for disinfecting during the incubation period. My questions is, after 7 days then what? Are we going to close schools everytime a kid gets sick? I think people are grossly overeacting here. Yes, the flu is very serious and not something to toy with, but we must move on!  I am certainly hoping that this will not turn into a pandemic as I do not want to see people harmed. There is one thing that runs in the back of my mind though regarding this, and that borders on conspiracy. This could be a dry run for terrorist testing goverment response in the event a biological agent has been used. That scares me as this flu almost seems to be genetically engineered based on the mix of components. Anyway, I hope none of us has to experience this awful crap.