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Because nothing happened people thing it was over hyped. But in fact it's because people reacted that nothing happened. The following articles I wrote explains
by FollowSteph3 13y ago
Because nothing happened people thing it was over hyped. But in fact it's because people reacted that nothing happened.
The following articles I wrote explains a lot more of the details of what influenza is and why people wrongly think it was over hyped http://www.followsteph.com/2009/10/29/its-only-the-flu/ http://www.followsteph.com/2009/10/29/its-only-the-flu/
- MortenK 13y agoThing is the two strains that caused widespread panic, avian flu and swine flu, had a mortality rate equal to the standard flu. I.e it wasn't any more dangerous than what we deal with every winter season, yet people all over the globe got scared like cattle in a thunderstorm, with a lot of money changing hands as a result. While of course we shouldn't dismiss potential pandemic's, I think we'd all do well to exhibit at least a modicum of skepticism when faced with doomsday alarms, pandemic related or otherwise.
- FollowSteph3 13y agoH1n1 is the same strain as the 1918 epidemic that killed hundreds of millions