I was just diagnosed by my doctor today to have the regular flu virus after going through a big swine flu scare. I have researched swine flu a lot and have every symptom associated with it. Is the only difference in terms of actual illness how much more contageous swine flu is? Is swine flu actually worse to get than the regular flu or is it just overhyped? I read a newspaper artical today that said swine flu isnt actually as life threataning as the regular flu (not that I’m dying).

I’ve heard that they’re pretty much the same thing, except people are scared for swine flu because there’s no vaccine yet.
Please explain?

People seem to be panicked about swine flu so I’d like to know the differences between swine flu and other types of flu. What makes it more dangerous?

Before swine flu, there was still flu that people catch during flu season. Does anybody know the official name of the flu that people got every flu season?
And what makes swine flu so different?

The symptoms of both are the same and I’m guessing that having the swine flu is more severe, but does anybody know the difference?