Guest guest Posted April 28, 2009 Report Share Posted April 28, 2009 Fear, sometimes clouds judgement and perspective. The current outbreak of " Swine Flu " , has caused alarm worldwide. The flu, if contracted has killed people, but so does the regular everyday strains of flu. This gives arise to the question " is this alarm warranted ? " Let me give some examples: 1. After a whole week of knowledge of the flu's existence it has sickened at least 2000 people in Mexico. 1000 were in Mexico city, a highly congested area of 18 million plus people. According to Health officials in Mexico during the same time period.. " Mexico's Health Secretary Angel Cordoba said 68 people have died of flu and the new swine flu strain had been confirmed in 20 of those deaths. " http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090424/ap_on_he_me/med_swine_flu 48 people died of the standard grade flu, and 20 died of the Swine Flu. If 0. 1 % ( 1/10th) of Mexico city became ill with the swine flu there would be 18,000 cases, there are only a little over 1000.... hardly an epidemic. In the past week in the United States.... 55 children died of the regular flu. Are parents pulling their children from schools because of this? Not at all, for this is just the flu, not the " Swine Flu " . http://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/ If Swine Flu is so bad.... in the past couple of weeks it should have spread like wildfire through the population of Mexico City. Relatives that live with the deceased have not come down with the disease a good week after the death. My thoughts are to be careful with ones health and take no unwarranted risks. It could be worthwhile do further research on your own about the situation. Jim Bare Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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