Swine Flu

I am not trying to be mean and i know that it could be serious but Swine flu has been out for a while now and only five people outside of Mexico has died. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/11/health/11flu.html?hpw. How many people have died from regular flu? I am going to say many more than 5. So which one is actually more dangerous the common flu or swine flu? Right now i am going to say common flu is. So why is everyone freaking out about this? Its something new and only the worst cases have been mentioned. I truly don't want to take anything away from anyone who has been effected by the swine flu because it can be dangerous if not treated properly. My point is don't worry about swine flu because i give it 1 or 2 more months and nobody will even think of it anymore.