Do you really think the Swine Flu should really be considered a national emergency?

by **Casey023** on Sat Oct 24, 2009 8:51 pm

I just opened up Comcast and read that President Obama had declared that the Swine Flu is now a national emergency. I didn't really think it was that big of a deal. What do you think?

by **Midnight912** on Sat Oct 24, 2009 8:55 pm

i think it is i mean it KILLED people and a lot at that and since we dont have enough vaccines that is a problem they say its in almost all schools

by **monika544** on Sat Oct 24, 2009 8:55 pm

No, because it can be treated. But it can still kill.

by **doublet780** on Sat Oct 24, 2009 8:55 pm

it is all hype not to worry about this, as long as you take care of your self you won;t get this.

by **JoeDavis** on Sat Oct 24, 2009 9:01 pm

No, Yes it was declared a national emergency. I am not worried about the so called "pandemic". President Obama said that more than 1,000 people have died from swine but think about it. 1,000 people out of 63,000,000 people, that's is a very very small percentage. You can do the math, I tried but.. I'm a terrible mathematician XD

by **AmericanPonderer** on Sat Oct 24, 2009 9:03 pm

It's total hype. The swine flu is a small blip on the map for infectious diseases. The truth is, the media and drug company lobbyists have scared our gov. into believing there is some kind of emergency. There is not. I've know more than a few people with confirmed swine flu and their symptoms were much less severe than the "regular" flu. Truth is, our gov. is paying drug companies millions for some unneeded, untested vaccine.

by **Tom775** on Sat Oct 24, 2009 9:03 pm

Hell no he is just helping out his strongest monetary backers the pharmaceutical companies and his rich pals at the WHO who would look mighty embarrassed if the swine flu doesn't kill enough people to cause a pandemic and sell enough drugs so all politicians can get richer than they already are . The pandemic was petering out but now watch all the reports of increased infections .

by **LINDAR915** on Sat Oct 24, 2009 9:04 pm

I agree with you. People are overreacting. The regular flu kills about 36000 people each year, and I never hear a panic about it. That said, swine flu is a different strain of flu than we've seen before, and when something new appears as a possible threat to health, sometimes people do get scared and overreact. I think it is important for people to be aware of swine flu, but people shouldn't panic about it.

by **amberlove15** on Sat Oct 24, 2009 9:11 pm

I wanna say both yes and no. The article about it said it has killed 1000, but actually it's quite an understatement. After a while, states just stopped keeping track of swine flu related deaths. It could possibly 5000 or more death cased by this horrible thing. The reason people may be "overreacting'' is because it's something new and people just aren't sure if this could get a whole lot worse. Some people would say this isn't an emergency because the regular flu has killed a lot more, and every year. But as i stated before, we're not sure of what can happen.

by **scumbuster** on Sun Oct 25, 2009 1:30 am

The facts of swine flu (H1N1) get lost in the fear tactics of the media...
Here are the just, plain facts! I just read this today and it's got all the iinformation and stats as of October.

http://healthmad.com/conditions-and-diseases/swine-flu-2009-death-rates-and-hospitalizations/

Do you really think the Swine Flu should really be considered a national emergency?