H1N1 Swine Flu Outbreak Probably Infected Thousands

May 18, 2009

Swine Flu



Whilst thousands of people around the world continue to go about their daily business, H1N1 still remains a very valid threat to them.  It’s now widely accepted that most people a very logical view of the Swine Flu outbreak, after all, the common flu virus kills tens of thousands of people each year and the H1N1 outbreak has claimed less than 100 people.

Taking a few moments to look at the comments via news channels of mainstream media, it’s clear that people feel the hype surrounding Swine Flu comes only from the media or government to lessen the ‘heat’ they are feeling with expenses rows raging in the UK through to the torture memo’s that simply won’t fade away in the US.

Shockingly, the CDC (center for disease control) admits today that it has lost it’s ability to track the virus and the likelihood is that 100,000 Americans alone could already be infected with the H1N1 virus, with no mainstream media in the UK reporting this.

Daniel Jernigan from the CDC went on to say that the testing lab for the Swine Flu outbreak was so backlogged and overwhelmed that it has lost the ability to track the outbreak.  It is now tracking the outbreak using statistic modelling.  The model states that we are already at pandemic stage and the outbreak of H1N1 will eventually go on to infect a quarter to one half of the worlds population.

Most people feel there is no need to panic or concern themselves with the latest outbreak because there are so few deaths.  The problem is that if we follow previous pandemic outbreaks, the virus will more than likely return in the autumn and winter months with possible mutations.  It’s when the virus returns when people are low on vitamin D (boosted by the summer months) that the most devastating effects are seen.

Is it time the mainstream media investigated this as journalists should or do they continue to sit around reading their scripted ‘news’?

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