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• Opinion: Swine flu response dismal at best

  Mon Nov 9, 2009
  • The timeframe was through 10/31/2009 and the numbers came from two reports at the CDC (numbers near bottom): http://www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/updates/090409.htm (Prior to 8/30/2009) http://www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/updates/us/ (8/30/2009 - 10/31/2009)

• Opinion: Swine flu response dismal at best

  Mon Nov 9, 2009
  • But when 60% of any population is infected by any pathogen, it proves that it is quite virulent despite RDH's assertion.

• Opinion: Swine flu response dismal at best

  Mon Nov 9, 2009
  • No, basically what we are saying is the scare tactic you are trying to use is weak. Comparing the the situation now to nearly a hundred years ago is ignorant - and willfully so.

• Opinion: Swine flu response dismal at best

  Mon Nov 9, 2009
  • We had one person get sick in our dept (out of 50+ I'm in contact with on a typical day). It's *possible* I was the carrier but not very *probable* considering she has contact with a lot more people all around our complex due to her position.

• Opinion: Swine flu response dismal at best

  Mon Nov 9, 2009
  • I thought the first step was to go on the news, tell everyone they are going to die from some virus unleashed on us from the Mid-Easten barbarians and then let hysteria and mayhem rule the day.

• Opinion: Swine flu response dismal at best

  Mon Nov 9, 2009
  • The ignorance and misinformation spread about this flu are astounding. Oh, the irony...

• Opinion: Swine flu response dismal at best

  Mon Nov 9, 2009
  • Shhh... don't let the facts disrupt a fine example of fearmongering.  Both my kids (5 & 10) had it (H1N1, not the immunization) about a month ago.  They were miserable for a few days with typical flu symptoms but they survived without hospitalization (shocking, I know). 

• Stephen Colbert Causes Chaos on Wikipedia, Gets Blocked from Site

  Tue Aug 1, 2006
  • >I think Colbert is right. Wikipedia is a collection of stories that are not necessarily proven to be true. Yes, much like the New York Times.