Advice & Dissent

Jun25

Swine flu about one-eighth as fatal as seasonal flu

With its updated estimate of how many Americans have actually contracted swine flu versus those actually identified, the CDC has given us a death rate of 0.012%. That compares to the seasonal flu death rate normally put at 0.1%. Specifically, the agency estimated one million…Read More
Jun20

Results from WashPost Swine Flu Naming Contest!

The Washington Post has named winners in its swine flu naming contest that seem to suggest a certain skepticism about the WHO labeling it a pandemic - a well-founded skepticism, as I've written. Among the winners: "CNN Flu" "Fox News Flu" "NewFlu" because it will "disappear…Read More
Jun15

The WHO Fabricates a Pandemic

For five years now, the WHO has been crying that a flu pandemic is a "when, not an if." Now it can boast it was right. Problem is, the mildest pandemics of the 20th century killed at least a million people worldwide, while old-fashioned seasonal flu strikes every nation yearly…Read More
Jun8

Obama Encourages "Swine Flu as Bioweapon" Kookiness

"The latest bioterrorism attack by the New World Order is likely a beta test," according to the conspiracy website "New World Liberty." It continues, "Yes, it is a bioterrorism attack. It was a hybrid strain created from human, swine, and bird flu from North America, Europe, and…Read More
Jun4

Mexican swine flu epidemic peaked almost as soon as it began

According to a study just released in the CDC publication Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report, swine flu H1N1 was identified in Mexico just after mid-April and appears to have peaked on April 27. Seasonal flu season in the U.S. lasts about five months. Add in the remarkably low…Read More
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