People have died from it though and if the authorities did not take the precautionary appropriate steps things could have got worse.

I think this will be contained much like bird flu was. Right now though there is fair bit of hysteria being whipped up about this by the media. I have not heard much professionals calming things down. If it is really that dangerous, then they better give us all vaccines.

I have a hell of a lot of stories about people being given unnecessary/ wrong treatment. I am a strong believer that we, the patient must educate ourselves about the way the body and mind work and make ourselves knowledgeable about the different therapies out there. Doctors generally will not let you know about what options are available to you unless you ask or question.