The biggest thing with any of these "newsworthy" epidemics is to keep it in perspective. The only reason why anyone cares is because the media tells us to be afraid.

This swine flu has killed around 100 people, SARS killed 775 people in 2002, the h5n1 (avian) flu has killed less than 300. These are things to be taken seriously but there are much more important things to worry about:
More than 500,000 people die worldwide every year from the common flu. Malaria kills 1-3 million a year (and infects 350-500 million). Tuberculosis kills more than that.

Unfortunately sometimes the media gets wind of a particularly interesting strain (by which I mean one that has higher chance of killing people in developed countries) and they go out of their way to scare everyone.

Maybe instead of scaring us with small-time diseases the media should be attacking figures like the Pope who are helping AIDS/HIV kill 3 million people each year.

Kinda puts Swine Flu into perspective, don't it?

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that played the wrong video for me, nothing about the aporkalypse.

>> ^quantumushroom:
Righty is just stating the obvious: diseases from Mexico are brought across the border by the illegal invasion. Other side effects include increased crime, drugs, gangs, uninsured motorists and bankrupted hospitals.


I find it amusing how quickly scapegoating plagues the minds of so many the minute a situation they know little about occurs.
Please remain silent on this matter until you know at least some epidemiology basics.

Ok let's see what else I can find to scare myself shitless today.

This whole swine flu thing doesn't have me too worried...but avian flu gives me the heebie jeebies.

how did the pig get on the roof?

the swine flu.

>> ^volumptuous:
nochannel talks worldaffairs politics controversy

This is definitely not news. It is a DIY web-video.


"The News channel is for:
1. Videos covering a topic being discussed by the news media at the time of posting."

Oh look, we don't even need to read past the first one! Motherfucking *news!

*dupeof=http://www.videosift.com/video/1970-s-Swine-Flu-PSA-s

This video has been declared a duplicate; transferring votes to the original video and killing this dupe - dupeof declared by ant.

>> ^volumptuous:
nochannel talks worldaffairs politics controversy

This is definitely not news. It is a DIY web-video.


oh dear i feel a flame coming on. oh the vapors.

The Swine Flu fiasco in 1976 was one of the big negatives of the Ford administration, which cost him re-election.

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Expand deficit from 1 to 3 trillion dollars
Bow to Saudi King
Socialize medicine
Hire tax cheats for Cabinet
Take over banks
Take over Detroit
Raise taxes
Kiss Castro's ass
Kiss Chavez's ass
Weaken CIA and national security by releasing secret memos
Use media to scare public with swine flu
Lend SOUL PLANE to rich donors for NYC joyride
Amnesty for illegals

Has anyone mentioned that there was a Swine Flu outbreak in the 1970s? The vaccine killed more people than the damn virus. Everyone's acting like this is Captain Tripps. STFU and wash your hands.

>> ^vairetube:
... no one remembers .. THE SARS?
remember how that went no where because it is... just not that big a deal?
you're more likely to die from reading this post then to even get swine flu.



I always thought it went nowhere because it was publically recognized, proper precautions were taken and it was swiftly dealt with?

I'm certainly not going to argue that the media does not carry these things too far, but this is the among the sort of things the news industry (is supposed to) exist for.

... no one remembers .. THE SARS?

remember how that went no where because it is... just not that big a deal?

you're more likely to die from reading this post then to even get swine flu.