State of panic: H1N1-virus
This is not really a tip just a general ramble about the state of panic being created about the H1N1 virus.
According to many sources the H1N1-virus has taken the lives of about 1000 people 1,2 during it’s entire public lifespan.
This of course is tragic but every year Seasonal Influenza (also known as regular flu) takes the lives 36.000 people 3
Just wanted to get that of my chest…
1 http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,569392,00.html
2 http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091023/ap_on_he_me/us_med_swine_flu
3 http://www.cdc.gov/flu/keyfacts.htm
