Is the swine flu over-exaggerated?

During the month of October, local clinics and businesses in Maricopa County remained extremely busy while hundreds of Arizona residents waited hours to receive a swine-flu shot. Dr. Bob England, Maricopa County's director of public health, stated that around 52,000 H1N1 vaccines were to be distributed but the valley is demanding more. The amount of vaccines presented above only covered 1% of Maricopa County's population and, thus, those in high-risk groups (pregnant women and children ages six months to four years) recieved the vaccine first. Many residents throughout Arizona are frustrated and grow worried with the lack in amount of swine-flu shots. Local clinics and stores such as Bashas or Safeway ran out of the vaccines before their schedules for the day came to an end.
Why are residents so preoccupied with protecting themselves from the swine-flu when statistics prove more people die each day from the regular flu than of the swine-flu? Researchers worry because the swine-flu is something "new" they haven't seen before. In my opinion, the swine-flu has been blown way out of proportion. Despite the fact that the number of cases of swine-flu in Arizona continues to grow, what are we doing to prevent the swine-flu, or even the regular flu, in the first place?



For more information check out these links:
(http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2009/10/24/20091024flu-ON.html#)

(http://www.abc15.com/content/living/yourhealth/story/Officials-Arizona-swine-flu-cases-now-at-49/4EVm0RiXS0qG64K2EqDMmg.cspx)

~zippy92