What is a "pandemic?"
Saturday, May 2, 2009 5:33AM / Standard Entry
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Total number of confirmed swine flu cases (U.S.): 141
Number of deaths caused by swine flu (U.S.): 1
Total number of positives for regular flu last week: 259 (out of 2873 specimens tested by the CDC)
Number of pediatric deaths last week as a result of regular flu: 8
Total number of infants and children who have died of regular flu this season: 55
Percent probability media is will freak out, sow fear, and salivate over the ratings on doing 24-hour coverage of the (8) kids who died as a result of coming down with plain flu last week, or the (55) kids who've died in the last 15 weeks because of the common flu: 0.01%
Percent probability that media will equate the (1) U.S. death caused by swine flu to the Black Death: 99.9%
By the way, Egypt just decided to slaughter 300,000 pigs immediately despite the fact that there hasn't been a single case of swine flu in the entire country.
I, for one, refuse to participate in this media farce. If you're reading this, I hope you consider some of the numbers in this post the next time some news hack or self-important politician/medical professional breathlessly refers to the swine flu as a "global pandemic."
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