What are the supposed symptoms of the swine flu?

I think people should be concerned but in a smart way. The media often blows things out of porportion, but this is something that is okay to. People have died. I would rather we take action and not regret it, then not take action thinking the media blew it out of porportion and not be prepared. The key here: Don't be afraid. Don't panic. Being afraid and panicking will raise your stress levels and make you more vulnerable to the actual disease. Fear spreads like wildfire. It is by fear that these diseases spread so easily. Keep yourself healthy and don't let it stress you out,if you panic you are giving yourself a higher chance of getting the disease. Use stress the right way: Just be smart about avoiding bad and more stressful situations. Eat healthy and exercise and go on with your life as normal as possible if it is safe, but remember to avoid being overly stressed. A little stress is normal, stress that you are going to die from a disease is not. If we keep our cool but work hard to take precautions and make taking those precautions a habit, that is how we can help keep it contained. Diseases thrive on our fear. Fear contributes to a weaker immune system.

Allergy season is here in East Bay of San Francisco area and in many other parts of this nation. So, people who might have allergy problems might think they have the flu also. Hope this flu virus is dead before long because summer is coming and flu virus always noexistent during the hotter summer. But it looks like these flu viruses are evolving and will one day in the future strike hard from human to human transmission. Maybe we all should start stop shaking hands and start using the Chinese bowing system instead to greet each other. Not a bad idea at all. It kind of show some respect to each other fellow human beings.

The symptoms are the same as regular flu, only a test in a hospital or by your doctor can show for sure. Go here for info and symptoms: http://www.cdc.gov/swineflu/

Other people answered it better than me; i would demand to wear a mask at work and gloves, and then sue the school if they refuse your demands of protection.

It's the same as a common cold virus, runny nose, sore throat, fever.. but since the swine flu has a genetic compound of both human and animal virus, your immune system cannot fight it, since it's only capable of fighting human viruses.

to stop swine flu you need to shoot the zombie in the head never approach a "swine flu victim" (zombie), they could bite you and this spreads the virus. stay indoors, keep a loaded gun handy. Tune in to local news. above all do not panic!

Public health officials within the United States and throughout the world are investigating outbreaks of swine influenza (swine flu). The symptoms of swine flu in people are similar to the symptoms of seasonal flu in humans and may include: The symptoms are: * Fever (greater than 100°F or 37.8°C) * Sore throat * Cough * Stuffy nose * Chills * Headache and body aches * Fatigue

Swine flu is not much different from the avian flu that gave us a scare back in 1997. The influenza virus mutates often and we are always one step behind it. This is just another mutation of the virus that the CDC has never seen before. Pigs can actually catch the human type of unfluenze as well as the tyoe that infects birds. When a pig gets infected with more than one type of influenza strain they can mix together genetically creating a new strain we have never seen before. In this instance it is a genetic mixture between all three, human, swine and bird flu all wrapped up into a very scary and potentially pandemic threatening situation. Just to give you an idea of how dangerous this can be, in 1918 the influenza virus killed at least 22 million people and some think even up to 100 million worldwide. Now, that was 1918, our population has increased considerably then and we travel around the world so much more these days making the possibility of spreading the virus very very quickly. Take a look at this article to get a more in detail look at just how threatening it can be.

Anyone with upper respiratory ailments should be tested for a rare strain of swine flu. See your Doctor.