SO FAR swine flu is behaving exactly as expected. The first wave seems to be finishing in North America and the UK, and as the winter flu season hits the southern hemisphere, countries such as Argentina and Australia are feeling the strain.
We can also predict with some confidence that there will be another wave, and possibly several more after that. And as more people acquire immunity to the circulating H1N1 strain, it will evolve, and its effects could change significantly – because that’s what viruses tend to do.
The big question is whether or not the swine flu virus will…
