Is this prediction similar to the one how the U.S. was supposed to be facing like 2,000,000 percent inflation over the last few months? JJacksET4
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You nailed it. White House advisers/// staffers playing head games to scare up support for socialized medicine.
The problem with this tack is it might very well come true. WH Health advisors are positing the theory that clinics and hosptitals could be stretched to capacity, and more. Again, it's not the mortality rate, it's the "get sick" rate that could hurt us. We just don't have that many respirators in the US, should a few too many cases come down with more than a "mild strain" of this bugger.
Let's say Palin's fantasy comes true and this gets so bad they set up death panels. Then she comes down with swine flu. Does she get a thumbs up or thumbs down?
Obesity kills 30 times that figure every year in the US. Why arn't people panicing about that? Runningbear
I personally agree with that Australian doctor that came out about 2 months ago. He had a theory that h1n1 was a mistake that got released into the general population. It was a virus that was preserved in egg, that constitutes properties of a genetically engineered virus. That's why governments globally are so fearful of it, they know it is very easily transmissible, and can jump species easily.
CDC reports 36,000 influenza related deaths per year. This is not directed at Papa-Roach... There are too many nut cases in this thread about some kind of scare tactic by the president' council. This is a prudent estimate of the possible outcomes. If there were a terror alert that possibly some 90,000 American could die from an attack, would you not want to know about it and be prepared for it?
The operative word is...."may". I'm getting to be kind of an old dog, so I remember the last time this came up. More people died from the vaccine than the flu, and a whole bunch of people suffered terrible side effects as well. For a little blast from the past check out the 60 Minutes piece. http://www.dailymotion.com/relevanc...video/x9mh9f_swine-flu-1976-propaganda_webcam Beware politicians selling snake oil.
Regular flu kills 36K, a year! Swine flu is nothing. I am not worried. Nor will I take the shot. The shot contains mercury, induces GBS-syndrome in a moderate sample, and has no long or medium-term trials that back its safety in humans!! Recently, the UK Health Agency leaked a memo it sent to the nations top neurologists that the impending swine flu vaccine could cause neurological disorders on the variety of GBS and to be watchful. Yea, okay. Vaccinate away. Just make sure Children under 10 get all 3 shots!