Evidence of More Scare Tactics by the News Media and the CDC About the So-called "Swine Flu"?

[WhatISay]

This article in the LA Times:

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-sci-swine-flu24-2009oct24,0,2748081.story



presents the enormous headline: "Flu-like illnesses now higher than at peak of seasonal flu season," but what is a "flu-like" illness? The SIDE EFFECTS of the vaccines being given now to millions of people creates a "flu-like" illness!



Morover, the same article admits the CDC is engaging in bad research methods:

"Dr. Thomas R. Frieden, the CDC director, said that media reports on Thursday that one-fifth of the nation?s children had contracted swine flu early in the month were a misinterpretation of the data and that the numbers were undoubtedly much lower.



That data was from a CDC-conducted telephone survey of 14,000 randomly selected households. Residents were asked whether they had influenza-like symptoms from Oct. 1 to Oct. 11. The researchers found that 1 in 5 children and 7% of adults had such symptoms, but no effort was made to confirm the nature of the illnesses.



Frieden said that although infection rates of 1 in 5 children have been observed in some communities during the peaks of infection, it is likely that the majority of children in the survey simply suffered from colds and sniffles."





Two points that aren't inflated:"The data simply show that kids get a lot of infections," and"Frieden said that the severity of the swine flu virus remained about the same as it was in the spring, and that it is generally comparable to that of the seasonal flu."



--But the rest of this article? Doesn't it look like more scare tactics designed to get the public to run to their nearest pharmacy and get the H1N1 flu vaccine?

Johnny: This is a legitimate question. You don't provide an answer that complies with community guidelines.

[Johnny885]

We get it, you don't like the H1N1 Vaccine, and are obsessed with conspiracys. Good for you. Just because you don't want the vaccine doesn't mean you have to force your opinion on others.

[UNCOLA412]

1,000 people have died in the US from H1N1 in the last few months. The vaccine is basically free, safe and very effective in preventing influenza. Why wouldn't you get one?

You might think the flu is a trivial illness, it's not. If you don't want to be vaccinated that is your prerogative. Personally, I think you are very misguided, foolish and slightly paranoid

[armineh]

I think media is just blowing this out of proportion! Us being human have fear governing us as a natural response. Just because you get the vaccine doesn't mean your all of a sudden an H1N1 super immunity! Yes we all don't want to get sick especially our childern and familys so we will take all precautions! A lot of the statistics are wrong but the media wouldn't dare complain it makes us the people want to tune back to that source! We all just need to escape the fear within us and think logically!