Today WHO raised the pandemic alert level from 4/6 to 5/6, one step short of declaring swine flu a full out pandemic, and encouraged all countries to activate their pandemic preparedness plans.
Despite this, 70% of My Emergency Medicine Blog readers (as of this blog entry's post time) think that swine flu is no biggie.
Who's missing the boat?
Only time will tell. But personally I'm switching sides. Where's my mask?