Something about the current level of hype surrounding swine flu isn’t adding up. Could it be the actual numbers???
- 149 number of deaths globally from Swine Flu (all in Mexico)
- 40 number of confirmed U.S. cases of Swine Flu
- 1 number of U.S. hospitalizations from Swine Flu
- 0 number of U.S. deaths from Swine Flu
- 30,000 to 40,000 number people who die in the U.S. annually from seasonal flu
- 200,000 number of people hospitalized in the U.S. annually for seasonal flu complications
- 0 number of strains of the current swine flu that do not respond to the antiviral drugs, Tamiflu and Relenza
- 3/5 amount of the World Health Organization Tamiflu stockpile held in the U.S. and Switzerland
Will Bloomberg, Fox, and the rest give CDC this much play when seasonal flu season hits this fall and infinitely more people die??