Can we please - PLEASE - apply some common sense here.
Swine flu is less like to kill you than almost anything. Take a look at this
from the CDC:
Causes of Death in US Last Year:
- Heart disease: 652,091
- Cancer: 559,312
- Stroke (cerebrovascular diseases): 143,579
- Chronic lower respiratory diseases: 130,933
- Accidents (unintentional injuries): 117,809
- Diabetes: 75,119
- Alzheimer's disease: 71,599
- Influenza/Pneumonia: 63,001
- Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome, and nephrosis: 43,901
- Septicemia: 34,136
Now, here's the latest stats on Swine Flu,
also from the CDC: 141 cases in the US, 1 death.
Did you notice that Influenza/Pneumonia (that is the good, old fashioned human kind) killed 63,001 people last year? Are you afraid of it? How about Septicemia? Do you even know what that is? Yet is has killed 34,135 more people last year than Swine Flu has killed this year. While you're at it, better not do anything that gives you cancer (i.e. everything). Might also want to drop that hamburger too, as it is likely to cause one of the top 3 causes of death.
I have read that Swine Flu is actually milder in its symptoms than regular flu. Milder than a plain old flu... and yet all we hear on the news day and night is that Swine Flu is on the verge of turning this planet into a scene from of a Mad Max movie. I believe Joe Biden actually said something like, "WE'RE ALL GOING TO DIE!!!!!! RUN, RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!!!!"
Can I tell you how much I hate the mainstream media? I already hated them a whole lot, but this Swine Flu thing is pushing me into a borderline violent frenzy of hatred. In fact, I think "Media-Induced Frenzy Related Death" will probably exceed Swine Flu in the body count for 2009.
