The news from WHO (World Health Organization) that the level for the H1N1 "Swine flu" Virus was raised from Level 4 to 5, indicating that a pandemic is imminent, has caused the U.S. Government and many other countries to implement precautionary protocols to prevent and decrease risks of the virus spreading to thousands and potentially millions of people. This has caused many to panic at the thought of a possible repeat of the 1918 pandemic flu that killed millions of people. The question we need to address and to put into perspective when discussing the new virus threat is how…