That's quite a contribution, Francois. Thanks

There is one aspect to this that might justify the current concern, however. People's lives.

Flu is known to be a "sloppy replicator," hence the continual arrival of new strains. Now mostly this is not too serious with "only" a small section of the populace being fatally vulnerable. But every now and then it produces something that is lethal to a much larger proportion of the population.

Now I wouldn't want to be the one going "They're crying wolf again" on the occassion it turns out to be the real monster.

I think it's worth keeping a close eye on developments.