In Today's News

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In the swine flu/H1N1 forecast (according to the Today show): 90,000 Americans are predicted to die from the swine flu.

I need to try and snip the media fear machine in the bud as soon as possible.




tl;dw (Too long; didn't watch)

Swine Flu is exactly the same as regular flu.

Also, the data there is a little old, there are currently two vaccines in the testing stages, and will hit the market soon. Story here:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31269066/

Sure it can cause death, but the regular flu has caused more deaths than swine flu. For a comical, slightly offensive story about swine flu, read Maddox.

http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=swine_flu