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?

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?

How can you tell the difference between a regular flu and the swine flu?

I don’t see anything except that swine flu came from pigs. Why are people so scared of it now?