Presenter: I’m afraid I’ll have to interrupt you there because the mayor of Mexico City has just revised the local death toll up to 150. This is one of the world’s largest and most overcrowded cities. Dr Hunt, should we imagine scenes of medieval Black Death-type horror?
Dr Hunt: Certainly not. Those deaths are tragic but there are 28 million people in Mexico City, so 150 fatalities after nearly a month is actually rather …
Presenter: I’m going to have to interrupt you again and ask why all the fatalities have been in Mexico City if there is nothing thrillingly awful about it?
Dr Hunt: Because most flu-related deaths are due to pneumonia, which western healthcare systems are superb at treating, and all the non-Mexican cases so far have been tourists from western countries. It’s really quite simple when …”
Pig flu not that bad? Sorry, we’ll have to correct you on that
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