Why is the media trying to scare us with the H1N1?

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The H1N1 is a unique strain of flu that has existed for quite some time. There is an existing yet basically exhausted supply of vaccines, and the estimated crude death rate seems to be not too far off from the regular flu. Why should we care? Is the H1N1 at risk of doing something like evolving multiple times in rapid succession within the decade into something extremely deadly? I just don't get all the hype.
 
We should care about H1N1 just as much as we care about the regular flu. It's true, the media has hyped it up so much that it's either taken too seriously and people panic, or they don't take it seriously enough and treat it like it's a joke. The same precautions that apply to the regular flu season apply to this scenario, it's only been overhyped because it's unfamiliar to most people.
 
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