Health Dept Declares Public Health Emergency Over Swine Flu

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  • wonka
    Worry! Panic! Concern!

    Ugh... Another overblown media frenzy over a virus that is less dangerous than the flu.

    Pardon my callousness, but 100 people out of around 6.5 BILLION is a incomprehensibly tiny percentage of the population and is far from a world wide epidemic that people seem to be treating it as.

    Considering the population density and the amount that moderns travel, I'm amazed we haven't been hit harder by something more serious.

    This is not a reason to panic, it's merely a reason for concern and actions to contain/control the problem, obviously.

    I've lost track of the numbers of people that are stressing out/panicking about this so-called "emergency" when there is no reason for it.

    People are pathetic. Are we so far lost that we panic on command now?

    - wonkaUS April 27, 2009 11:58PM

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  • zaneman1
    Right On!

    I absolutely agree with you wonka. The fearmongering about this disease is just incredible.

    - zaneman1US April 28, 2009 10:56AM

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