The damage done resembles that found in bird flu as well as 'acute respiratory distress symptom,' reports Branswell - the latter being a condition that can rise from a number of causes, and which kills 30% of those who get it. (That is, get ARDS, not swine flu.)
Yet more signs that this is a strange strain.
The Canadian Press: Lung damage in fatal swine flu cases more bird flu than seasonal flu: expert
The lung damage in fatal swine flu cases is more like that normally seen in avian flu than seasonal flu, Helen Branswell reports.
