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Swine Flu: Panic But Remain Calm?
Pajamas Media ^ | Oct. 29 | Michele Catalano

Posted on 10/29/2009 1:48:47 PM PDT by AJKauf

Now H1N1 has made a comeback, both in strength and news. Or has it? The short supply of swine flu vaccine has caused a new wave of alarm. This is a panic-prone world, and when the news feeds us alarmist headlines in flashing red font we stop and pay attention. “What if the flu gets stronger? What will we do then?” And there will be another round of second guessing after every sneeze from a child and every cough from a coworker. People purchasing NyQuil or Robitussin will be eyed suspiciously. You will worry when you get that first sniffle, and by the time a fever sets in it won’t matter because Dr. Google will have already diagnosed you with H1N1. Perhaps your child will come home and tell you that there were several absent students in his class today, so you’ll decide to keep him home for the rest of the week: “Obama declared this a national emergency! This is serious business!”

“National emergency” sounds worse than the reality is. ....

(Excerpt) Read more at pajamasmedia.com ...


TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: flu; h1n1; influenza; swineflu

1 posted on 10/29/2009 1:48:47 PM PDT by AJKauf
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To: AJKauf

This was a huge social experiment. When will someone explain WHY there is a live type and a dead type when we know the live type is “infecting”.


2 posted on 10/29/2009 1:59:41 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: AJKauf

Please don’t take the swine flu shot, unless you voted for
obama. in that case it’s ok, so do it for America.


3 posted on 10/29/2009 1:59:50 PM PDT by manonCANAL
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To: AJKauf

I don’t know how they know anything about anything when they aren’t even testing for it anymore????


4 posted on 10/29/2009 2:16:34 PM PDT by Kimberly GG (Sarah Palin - Supports a "path to citizenship" for illegal aliens. "path to citizenship" IS AMNESTY)
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To: AJKauf

Just another manufactured crisis to inspire chaos, panic and class warfare.

They are trying to do it in every niche of society.


5 posted on 10/29/2009 2:16:38 PM PDT by Califreak (Obama's Purple Reign must be stopped!)
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To: AJKauf
CBS Reveals that Swine Flu Cases Seriously Overestimated

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6 posted on 10/29/2009 2:21:00 PM PDT by mlizzy ("It is impossible to walk rapidly and be unhappy" --Mother Teresa of Calcutta.)
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To: manonCANAL
Good luck getting it. Can't be found in Tidewater Virginia and the schools are running rampant with H1N1. My point is if this had been Bush, with the severe Tamiflu shortages nationwide, people would be hammering him relentlessly.
7 posted on 10/29/2009 2:31:56 PM PDT by lt.america (wearing my Brooks Brothers shirt proudly)
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To: lt.america

Isn’t that the truth!

One of my children may have just recovered from it, and many of his classmates are out of school with probable cases. I just found out that two people I know were experiencing flu symptoms and feeling pretty awful and within hours they were hospitalized and are now on ventilators. These two have nothing to do with each other, but had the exact same symptoms and are now in ICU. They are in their 40s and were otherwise healthy. Scary.

There must be more than one strain going around.


8 posted on 10/29/2009 2:50:57 PM PDT by Shelayne (Be a FR monthly donor--it is pain-free and easy-peasy lemon squeezy!)
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To: AJKauf
If there is any inherent justice in microbiological evolution, H1N1 will mutate to be 100% fatal to Democrats.

Think of how that would solve every problem America has, from resource shortages, to imaginary carbon footprint burdens and homicidal voting districts...


Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.

9 posted on 10/29/2009 3:17:16 PM PDT by The Comedian (Evil can only succeed if good men don't point at it and laugh.)
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To: Sacajaweau
It's very common and is also done for other vaccines, like polio and seasonal flu. "Attenuated" is the version you are calling live.

good primer here

10 posted on 10/30/2009 11:33:18 PM PDT by MarMema (chains we can believe in)
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To: Sacajaweau

Oh yes and for H1N1 they are using the mist for certain age groups that are less likely to produce a strong enough immune response, something like 4-9 years or so.
It gives them a better shot at a good immune response to get the attenuated instead of killed.


11 posted on 10/30/2009 11:35:04 PM PDT by MarMema (chains we can believe in)
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