Basically, i’ve been planning this trip to japan with my friends for ages. It’s meant to be a graduation present. However, recently, swine flu cases in japan as risen to 900. My parents are getting very worried. Should i cancel this trip and go to Beijing instead?
Is this swine flu really something to be so worried about?

swine flu April 27 2009 Q and A.Search http://www.healthmap.org/en for map of swine flu cases,link will not post properly

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