PANIC POLITICS
A Federal Government organization the CDC which has in previous years made rather conservative estimates has apparently been taken over by the same politicians that are pushing for quick action using scare tactics. The CDC estimated that at least 1/2 the population of the US could (would?) suffer from the Swine Flu (H1N1) and that as many as 90,000 people would(could) die as a result of this PANDEMIC!
Realistic estimates will probably show that a fairly large number of people will contract some form of the flu (upwards of 2 million) while the average number of people who die as a result of the Flu (all forms) may be as high as 45,000. In a Nation of 300 million people, these numbers are not too severe although quite regrettable. In addition, most of these deaths by the flu are, in reality, among people who are the weakest and seriously ill for other reasons.
So, our Government must be pushing the panic button for some other reason. Could it be that the Government wants to show how useful and forward thinking it is and should really be in charge of ALL of our health care needs; and that in our best interests, H.R. 3200 needs to be passed quickly as it is presently envisioned?
By the way, there have been some estimates that the Swine Flu vaccine presently being tested has integral components that previously (within the last 5 years) have caused more harm than good. I wonder what the CDC knows about those evaluations?
posted by Bill Curley at
11:39 AM
1 Comments:
You know it's funny reading your post because when I went into the doctor for my throat we got to talking about the H1N1 panic. He said the CDC pushed the drug companies to make this HUGE amount of the vaccine and now they are worried that people have become numb to all of the swine flu talk, so now they are using scare tactics to talk people into getting the shots.
My doctor, who is big into medical studies, said NOT to get it.
I wasn't going to anyway, but it was interesting.
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