France-The cost of swine flu.

FRANCE-THE MEDIA FLU HYPE COSTS MILLIONS.

Even as the swine flu’s global progression slows, experts said Tuesday the world must brace for a second wave of infection that, previous pandemics have shown, could be far more virulent. All three of the major flu pandemics of the 20th century - including the Spanish Flu of 1918, which left at least 40 million dead - started with a milder outbreaks in the northern hemisphere’s late spring, they point out.