Quite frankly I am just plain tired of the media hysteria that has ensued over the last few days with respect to the Swine Flu. Don't get me wrong, pandemics are serious, but in this particular instance rather than fanning the paranoia flames, perhaps we should be putting this strain into perspective. Did you know each year 36,000 people in the U.S. die of complications related to the standard flu? To date, one person in the U.S. has died due to Swine Flu.
Did you also know that the World Health Organization was expecting this, apparently we were past due for a pandemic since they occur ever few years. Luckily, it was caught fairly early and it's epicenter is Mexico rather than a third world country without the means of containing the spread of the strain.
Bottom line, all y'all media peeps need to chill.
1 comment:
Agreed! Now if only I could chill.
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