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Dire warnings were premature, experts suggest (Experts Downplay Flu Fear)
Houston Chronicle ^
| May 2, 2009
| By TODD ACKERMAN
Posted on 05/03/2009 5:12:16 AM PDT by truthandlife
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To: truthandlife
“swine flu”, AKA “we don’t want you to know Hussein threatened Chrysler investor flu”
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posted on
05/03/2009 6:26:19 AM PDT
by
prismsinc
(A.K.A. "The Terminator"!)
To: truthandlife
It’s May 3 and the CDC still does not show the three confirmed TN cases, that have been known since Apr 29th.
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posted on
05/03/2009 6:39:14 AM PDT
by
DannyTN
To: dawn53; smartymarty
The flyover...who knows what that was about.Michael Moore was shooting a new film which extends 9/11 with a 'what if the planes hadn't been grounded so quickly?'.
One of the planes is on Target for Ellis Island.
Moore wanted some good crowd shots, so the public was not informed, per orders from the 'top'.
And the Administration didn't 'lie'. They said it was a 'photo op'.
(maybe I'm kidding, maybe I'm not)
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posted on
05/03/2009 6:51:11 AM PDT
by
UCANSEE2
(The Last Boy Scout)
To: truthandlife
Damn! I thought I was going to be able to finally use those 50 lb bags of rice I still have left from Y2K.
To: truthandlife
When the World Health Organization raised its swine flu threat level last week to suggest the first pandemic in more than four decades was imminent, the groups director warned that all of humanity is under threat. When the MSM ran with it ( the same folks who give us eviro-alarmism) we should have known either it was either high liberal drama ( government must take control) or the "flu" was suspected of hitting some protected liberal victim group...
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posted on
05/03/2009 7:04:46 AM PDT
by
GOPJ
(We sleep safe..because rough men stand ready..to visit violence on those who would do us harm-Orwell)
To: truthandlife
This flu thing was just another attempt to portray obama as this superhuman man of action. The media has blown this way out of proportion for the sake of the magic negro.
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posted on
05/03/2009 7:07:34 AM PDT
by
odin2008
(EVIL TRIUMPHS WHEN GOOD MEN DO NOTHING)
To: GOPJ
When the MSM ran with it ( the same folks who give us eviro-alarmism) we should have known either it was either high liberal drama ( government must take control) or the "flu" was suspected of hitting some protected liberal victim group... Here you go:
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posted on
05/03/2009 7:08:58 AM PDT
by
truthandlife
("Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God." (Ps 20:7))
To: cgbg
(1) There appears to be a three week lag time from onset to the disease to deaths. How long has the disease been outside of Mexico? The people who have gotten it here have all (AFAIK) had a mild flu for a week and recovered. Are they suddenly going to die two weeks later?
The Mexican government has lied about the disease
If anything they have overstated. They have 12 confirmed deaths. Lots of other deaths suspected (blamed) are more likely due to their extraordinarily poor sanitary conditions.
On the rest of your points, yes, there are probably 1000's of cases here now and it is everywhere and like you said many more mild cases went unreported. On Biden and Asians being spooked, Biden is an idiot and Asian countries have had their own problems with the much more lethal (but not human to human spreading) avian flu. The only wild card that would support your case is the possibility of a random mutation.
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posted on
05/03/2009 7:09:10 AM PDT
by
palmer
(Cooperating with Obama = helping him extend the depression and implement socialism.)
To: April Lexington
People have been around for 10,000+ years. If there was such a thing as a deadly pandemic, we would never have survived this long. All of this is just part of the natural flow of life on Earth. The Black Death killed two thirds of the population of Europe. That was the natural flow of life on Earth.
Species die out, become extinct. That is the natural flow of life on Earth.
Pandemics are real things.
I understand your point about . The peasants panic and the millions $$$ roll in! But I would blame the news media more than governments and drug companies.
The media love a story thats a little bit scary because those stories get attention and that sells advertising.
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posted on
05/03/2009 7:14:21 AM PDT
by
Pontiac
(Your message here.)
To: truthandlife
I just wish they would post the number of folks in the world who DON’T have H1N1 flu.
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posted on
05/03/2009 7:45:48 AM PDT
by
varina davis
(Life is not a dress rehearsal)
To: truthandlife
Wait until this fall for a second wave.
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posted on
05/03/2009 7:54:57 AM PDT
by
ßuddaßudd
(7 days - 7 ways Guero >>> with a floating, shifting, ever changing persona....)
To: palmer
update: AP says 19 confirmed cases in Mexico this AM
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posted on
05/03/2009 9:13:06 AM PDT
by
palmer
(Cooperating with Obama = helping him extend the depression and implement socialism.)
To: palmer
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posted on
05/03/2009 9:13:57 AM PDT
by
palmer
(Cooperating with Obama = helping him extend the depression and implement socialism.)
To: Just mythoughts
I have heard them say a couple times that there are a couple of the H1N1 cases every year. It is most likely from pigs, and has very little potential for transmission from human to human. Apparently, the 2009 has mutated to allow for human to human contact much more easily.
Not sure whether the 2 cases in CA are related to this outbreak. The article states that they couldn’t have gotten it in Mexico because they didn’t travel there. It doesn’t explain how they could have been the source of the Mexican outbreak, when they didn’t travel there.
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posted on
05/03/2009 9:46:28 AM PDT
by
ga medic
To: palmer
In a couple of weeks we will know for sure what the story is on this wave.
One early indicator to watch--Cal State Long Beach just had its first confirmed case (reported today). The CDC is recommending "schools" close for fourteen days when they have confirmed cases.
Let's see what this large state-run college decides to do. Arnie will earn his money this week. :-)
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posted on
05/03/2009 9:51:50 AM PDT
by
cgbg
(Cap and trade + electric cars = stranded and broke.)
To: ga medic
I have heard them say a couple times that there are a couple of the H1N1 cases every year. It is most likely from pigs, and has very little potential for transmission from human to human. Apparently, the 2009 has mutated to allow for human to human contact much more easily. Not sure whether the 2 cases in CA are related to this outbreak. The article states that they couldnt have gotten it in Mexico because they didnt travel there. It doesnt explain how they could have been the source of the Mexican outbreak, when they didnt travel there. Thank you for the information.
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posted on
05/03/2009 7:37:08 PM PDT
by
Just mythoughts
(Bama and Company are reenacting the Pharaoh as told by Moses in Genesis!!!!!)
To: April Lexington
Well, 1.5 BILLION has been allotted so far...BY OBAMA. Who owns Tamiflu.
The big thing early on was that there was no vaccine for this flu....BUT WAIT...Here's a whole bunch of Tamiflu "STOCKPILED"....which will work. Imagine that!!
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