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Re:2,000 students at Washington State University report flu ... by jimmybot on Sunday September 06, 2009 @11:00PM (#808498)
"In the grand scale of things, the number of people likely to die from it seems miniscule compared to other threats."

What are other threats are you thinking of?

What other diseases are estimated to cause half the US population to be infected, one million hospitalizations, and 90,000 deaths? Even if most people who get it are fine after a few days, it's a pretty big deal if half the population is going to come down with it; H1N1 sure is going to get a lot of chances to kill even if it's not so deadly for any one individual.

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Re:2,000 students at Washington State University report flu ... by axod on Monday September 07, 2009 @03:15AM (#808745)
Your standard seasonal flu kills thousands every year :/
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Re:2,000 students at Washington State University report flu ... by onreact-com on Monday September 07, 2009 @03:47AM (#808775)
Exactly, 30k dead in the US annually due to seasonal flu. I doubt the swine flue will kill 90k. They want to scare people to sell Tamiflu and the vaccine. It's a billions of dollars business.

The same people who own the pharma companies were involved in the propaganda of WMDs in Iraq, most notably Donald Rumsfeld who is the owner of the Tamiflu selling company.

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