Is the swine flu as dangerous as people say it is

Is the swine flu as dangerous as people say it is

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The WHO declared global H1N1 flu pandemic. This is based on number of cases, not severity. 45 deaths in U.S. out of 17,855 cases.

Why do people say that the H1N1 Swine Flu Not So Catchy??

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“Study Shows H1N1 Flu Less Transmissible Than Previous Pandemics” H1N1 Swine Flu Not So Catchy Study Shows H1N1 Flu Less Transmissible Than Previous Pandemics By Daniel J. DeNoon WebMD Health News Reviewed by Louise Chang, MD Dec….

Is the swine flu as big as people say it is?

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I think it is b/c yesterday there were like 306 cases in the US actually confirmed laboratory cases diagnosed on the CDC website and today it has more than doubled with like 642 cases oh and one actual US death. I think if this wasn’t such …

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Do you support H1N1 (swine flu ) VACCINE, 10 reasons not to.?

Q: 10 Things the CDC and our government doesnt want you to know.Ten things you’re not supposed to know about the swine flu vaccine (At least, not by anyone in authority…) #1 – The vaccine production was “rushed” and the vaccine has never been tested on humans. Do you like to play guinea pig for <http://www.naturalnews.com/Big_Pharma.html>Big Pharma? If so, line up for your swine flu vaccine this fall… #2 – Swine <http://www.naturalnews.com/flu_vaccines.html>flu vaccines contain dangerous adjuvants that cause an inflammatory response in the body. This is why they are suspected of causing autism and other neurological disorders. #3 – The swine flu vaccine could actually increase your risk of death from swine flu by altering (or suppressing) your immune system response. There is zero evidence that even seasonal flu shots offer any meaningful protection for people who take the jabs. Vaccines are the snake oil of modern medicine. #4 – Doctors still don’t know why the 1976 swine flu vaccines paralyzed so many people. And that means they really have no clue whether the upcoming vaccine might cause the same devastating side effects. (And they’re not testing it, either…) #5 – Even if the swine flu vaccine kills you, the <http://www.naturalnews.com/drug_companies.html>drug companies aren’t responsible. The U.S. government has granted drug companies complete immunity against vaccine product liability. Thanks to that blanket immunity, drug companies have no incentive to make safe vaccines, because they only get paid based on quantity, not safety (zero liability). #6 – No swine flu vaccine works as well as vitamin D to protect you from influenza. That’s an inconvenient scientific fact that the U.S. government, the FDA and Big Pharma hope the people never realize. #7 – Even if the swine flu vaccine actually works, mathematically speaking if everyone else around you gets the vaccine, you don’t need one! (Because it can’t spread through the population you hang with.) So even if you believe in the vaccine, all you need to do is encourage your friends to go get vaccinated… #8 – Drug companies are making billions of dollars from the production of swine flu vaccines. That money comes out of your pocket — even if you don’t get the jab — because it’s all paid by the taxpayers. #9 – When people start dying in larger numbers from the swine flu, rest assured that many of them will be the very people who got the swine flu vaccine. Doctors will explain this away with their typical Big Pharma logic: “The number saved is far greater than the number lost.” Of course, the number “saved” is entirely fictional… imaginary… and exists only in their own warped heads. #10 – The swine flu vaccine centers that will crop up all over the world in the coming months aren’t completely useless: They will provide an easy way to identify large groups of really stupid people. (Too bad there isn’t some sort of blue dye that we could tag ’em with for future reference…) The lottery, they say, is a tax on people who can’t do math. Similarly, flu vaccines are a tax on people who don’t understand health.

A: i totally agree, and one more thing- the WHO is pushing to get laws requiring the vaccine be administered to every one.

Has anyone else noticed that it is really hard to find detailed information about swine flu in New York State?

Q: I live in New York State and they are using the term “confirmed cases.” They are telling people to stay home if they feel sick, and only to go seek medical care if it gets really bad. So how do we know how far spread it really is? Then they say Americans aren’t as badly effected as Mexico, but it hasn’t been here as long as it has been there. They are telling us that you can’t catch it from eating properly cooked pork. They don’t say if you can get it from touching raw pork and then getting the germs in our eye nose or mouth. I have 2 kids and it seems crazy to buy something crawling with flu, cooking out the flu, then feeding it to my kids. I would rather live of canned food personally.All my local news is saying “swine flu across the country” as if it is not more dangerous for residents of New York right now. Then I go to Canada news and they say that in New York we are taking precautions. Febuary is national preparedness month and we were all told that we should have a few boxes of food in case of an emergency. But at the same time, most people didn’t use their money for that sort of stuff because we have been so complacent here in the U.S. Instead, as soon as they get sick, they go grocery shopping.A lot of people I talk to aren’t worried about it because they are in an age group that is less likely to be negatively affected. But what about all the babies and elderly people in the world?God/Mother Nature is trying to tell us something obviously. And I personally care more about my children than the 20 bucks a day that the school earns for my kids being there. I care more about my children than I care about the pork farmers who, through unethical practices, put these pigs in a position that compromised THE PIGS immune system badly enough to foster this sort of virus. The say they will close the school if there is one confirmed case, but that takes a week of incubation and a dna test. Why not just give the kids a week off and call it good? They had no problem doing that for Febuary break then April break. Or at least make it optional for parents to keep their kids home if they want without it reflecting on absenteeism lists. People seem to think because we are American, nothing bad can happen to us. We know the media is dramatizing everything so much that we aren’t even taking it seriously. But at the same time, the media is playing with words to tell the truth in a way that is misleading. Like talk about “confirmed cases.”Maybe if the media and the government stopped talking down to it’s citizens like we were 5 year olds, then we would stop acting like it.

A: Lots of people have the regular flu, some have it very bad. A confirmed case orf swine flu means that the doctors they have gone through the trouble and expense of testing a very sick person and ID-ing this particular year’s strain of swine flu…H1N1…which is a virus that first came FROM live pigs. This flu was only reported about a week ago! What more info do you want!? It takes time for people to get it and suffer, let alone for use to observe what is happening. Wait to see how many more deaths are reported in your town and cities near yours. The virus does not thrive in the meat of pigs. It is just like the typical human “bad cold” virus. It’s in the mucus of people’s and pig’s ear nose and throat. Pork is OK. BUT, if you are concerned, it is the raising of pigs that puts them into close proximity to people and that did cause the virus to spread to people in the beginning, so by all means: don’t eat pork.

How dangerous is the swine flu?

Q: My mom thinks she may have the swine flu and is worried about it. I told her not to worry so much because it’s no more dangerous than the regular flu.So can someone tell me how many people in Canada died from the regular flu/swine flu this past year?Also, is the swine flu more dangerous to your health as, lets say, tonsillitis or strep throat or other common things?Thanks!

A: You’re right the swine flu is pretty much the same as the original flu. If you already have a weak immune system or upper respiratory problems it could be really bad though.