First of all - there have not been 14,000 lab confirmed H1N1 deaths worldwide. That 14,000 figure includes the outrageous and overblown 'estimate' by the CDC of 11,000 deaths in the US. Here, directly from the CDC website: "From August 30, 2009 – January 2, 2010, 37,778 laboratory-confirmed influenza-associated hospitalizations and 1,735 laboratory-confirmed influenza-associated deaths were reported to CDC." 1,735 US lab-confirmed deaths in the US - the CDC just decided that gee, we must have missed over 10,000 deaths - maybe, doctors just weren't aware enough of H1N1 to order the correct tests. The CDC would have you believe that the US had 11,000 deaths and the rest of the world combined - had only 3,000. Give me a break - and for god sakes, read the fine print when you do your 'research'.
As for those who 'know' people who have had swine flu - unless they got a confirmed strain-specific lab result positive for H1N1 (which takes several weeks) - you, or your friends, most likely did not have swine flu. At any given time during the 'pandemic' less than 40% (and sometimes less than 3%) of samples sent to labs as suspected swine flu wound up negative for any flu at all (you can check this all on the CDC website). This means that at best, over half, and at worst, over 97% of folks told by the doctor 'Its the swine flu!" - actually had NO FLU AT ALL. And bloggers are wondering why the WHO is under investigation? Add the CDC to the investigation would ya?
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First of all - there have not been 14,000 lab confirmed H1N1 deaths worldwide. That 14,000 figure includes the outrageous and overblown 'estimate' by the CDC of 11,000 deaths in the US. Here, directly from the CDC website: "From August 30, 2009 – January 2, 2010, 37,778 laboratory-confirmed influenza-associated hospitalizations and 1,735 laboratory-confirmed influenza-associated deaths were reported to CDC." 1,735 US lab-confirmed deaths in the US - the CDC just decided that gee, we must have missed over 10,000 deaths - maybe, doctors just weren't aware enough of H1N1 to order the correct tests. The CDC would have you believe that the US had 11,000 deaths and the rest of the world combined - had only 3,000. Give me a break - and for god sakes, read the fine print when you do your 'research'.
As for those who 'know' people who have had swine flu - unless they got a confirmed strain-specific lab result positive for H1N1 (which takes several weeks) - you, or your friends, most likely did not have swine flu. At any given time during the 'pandemic' less than 40% (and sometimes less than 3%) of samples sent to labs as suspected swine flu wound up negative for any flu at all (you can check this all on the CDC website). This means that at best, over half, and at worst, over 97% of folks told by the doctor 'Its the swine flu!" - actually had NO FLU AT ALL. And bloggers are wondering why the WHO is under investigation? Add the CDC to the investigation would ya?
January 28, 2010 - 7:25amThis Comment
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