It is a question all parents’ minds : how will they protect their children from swine influenza until the vaccine is widely available? Swine flu has doubtless infected many thousands of kids countrywide, but deaths among children aren’t common. Health officers are keeping track of children’s influenza deaths, but they are saying it is not possible to account for all the influenza cases. So they do not know what percentage of children’s infections are deadly. Many experts say the H1N1 virus doesn’t seem to be more threatening than other influenza strains, but kids have been catching it easier than the seasonal influenza.