On October 21, 2009, CBS published this story online two days before the President re-affirmed the Oct 1st reinstatement of the "National Emergency" declaration that was in place before July... i.e. Obama reminded us, wihtout mentioning that he was reminding us, that we've been in a National Health Emergency for months... immediately on the heels of CBS reporting the following:

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/10/21/cbsnews_investigates/main5404829.shtml?tag=cbsnewsLeadStoriesArea

Excerpt:

While we waited for CDC to provide the data, which it eventually did, we asked all 50 states for their statistics on state lab-confirmed H1N1 prior to the halt of individual testing and counting in July. The results reveal a pattern that surprised a number of health care professionals we consulted. The vast majority of cases were negative for H1N1 as well as seasonal flu, despite the fact that many states were specifically testing patients deemed to be most likely to have H1N1 flu, based on symptoms and risk factors, such as travel to Mexico.




(CBS)

It’s unknown what patients who tested negative for flu were actually afflicted with since the illness was not otherwise determined. Health experts say it’s assumed the patients had some sort of cold or upper respiratory infection that is just not influenza.

With most cases diagnosed solely on symptoms and risk factors, the H1N1 flu epidemic may seem worse than it is. For example, on Sept. 22, this alarming headline came from Georgetown University in Washington D.C.: "H1N1 Flu Infects Over 250 Georgetown Students."

H1N1 flu can be deadly and an outbreak of 250 students would be an especially troubling cluster. However, the number of sick students came not from lab-confirmed tests but from "estimates" made by counting "students who went to the Student Health Center with flu symptoms, students who called the H1N1 hotline or the Health Center's doctor-on-call, and students who went to the hospital's emergency room."

Without lab testing, it's impossible to know how many of the students actually had H1N1 flu. But the statistical trend indicates it was likely much fewer than 250.

H1N1 is a myth.

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To put H1N1 in perspective...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/michaelpaukner/4052849920/sizes/l/in/pool-16135094@N00/

I did not make the graph, cannot validate his numbers.. but in the grand scheme it is still very insignificant.

Unless you are a mexican infant you are probably going to be ok... Infact REGULAR flu is probably more worrysome

RayJay is crackin me up!

lol

Swine Flue barely beat out Leprosy....

Affluenza is a much bigger problem.

H1N1? Need intelligent, stimulating talk? How about them GLORYHOLES?

well its called an epidemic or pandemic based on certain criteria. So should you be scared of this? no, you're a pussy if you are. But to question the fact that it is an epidemic or pandemic is bullshit, because again, its based on statistics (the number of infections and the areas that have become infected).

it doesn't have to be deadly or dangerous to be a pandemic or epidemic. considering that it's striking a younger population, it's not as likely to progress to pneumonia and other illnesses that usually do in the elderly.