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Both ABC and NBC followed up with public health FAQs. NBC anchor Brian Williams quizzed his network's science correspondent Robert Bazell. ABC anchor Charles Gibson checked in with in-house physician Timothy Johnson and Julie Gerberding, the former head of the CDC, now an ABC News Contributor.
What is there to fear about this outbreak? "The people in Mexico who have died have been in their twenties, thirties and forties and that is what happened in 1918"--Bazell.
Will it be serious? "The virus can mutate easily. It can get much more serious but it could also be even more mild. I mean it is that unpredictable"--Johnson.
Why does the 'flu seem so virulent in Mexico but not elsewhere? "One explanation may be that in Mexico only the sickest patients have come to medical attention"--Gerberding.
Why is there no protection from a vaccine? "It would takes months of production"--Bazell.
Should people take preventive antiviral medicine? "That would be totally foolish. It would help build resistance. It would not do any good. We need to reserve the stockpiles we have for actual cases"--Johnson.
Should people wear masks? "They do very little good…The virus passes through"--Bazell.
Is eating pork dangerous? "There is no evidence whatsoever that eating pork is dangerous in terms of causing the 'flu"--Bazell.
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