Posted on 04/30/2009 9:26:18 AM PDT by SlaveNoMore
Now, let me get this straight. Several hundred people get the flu in Mexico and 150 Mexican nationals die, now lowered to seven. A few Americans get the flu, 91 people at last count, but no one dies. A Mexican toddler did die in Houston, but had undisclosed other "underlying health issues."
Even before this number reportedly died US Pravda, otherwise known as CNN, NBC, CBS, MSNBC, etc., hyped the "flu pandemic" story up to astronomical levels. Here we go again! The sky is falling, the sky is falling! BE SCARED! TERROR, TERROR! CRISIS! BE AFRAID! ...
Does anyone buy this line anymore? We have a pandemic alright, a "fear pandemic."
Are you aware that tens of thousands of U.S. citizens die each year from influenza and pneumonia? Excuse me a minute while I change my surgical particle mask and guzzle some more Tamiflu.
What happened to the Hope and Change and "the end of the politics of fear?" If we keep having so many crises, there's really no point in living. I feel like I'm cast in a never-ending soap opera, and I might as well end it all now.
But, is there possibly another motive behind all of this chicanery? As a result of each "crisis" immediate action had to be taken. After 9-11 we received the Patriot Act that allows warrantless government surveillance of not only foreigners but American citizens as well. Who needs the 4th Amendment anyway? We also received the Department of Homeland Security, yet another federal police force. DHS ignores millions of illegals and terrorists openly operating in the U.S. while labeling veterans and conservatives as "terrorists" or "right wing extremists." Exactly when did being right become extreme anyway?
Later, we had the "credit crisis" and we got TARP, or is that TRAP? As a result, the Federal Reserve, a private corporation which is as federal as Federal Express, leaves U.S. taxpayers on the hook for TRILLIONS of dollars without having to explain where the money went. That number is now over 12.8 TRILLION DOLLARS. The Federal Reserve has great power over the value of our money and the direction of our economy and yet does not have to disclose its operations to the American people. In fact, the Federal Reserve apparently doesn't have to answer to Congress, the President or anyone.
There is currently pending in Congress H.B. 1207 calling for an audit of the Federal Reserve, something that has never occurred since its inception in 1913. The bill currently has 100 co-sponsors and may very well pass. I'm certain the foreign banker owners don't want this to happen. Cockroaches do tend to flee when the light switch is turned on!
Recently, the "stimulus" bill, another whopping $787 billion, passed because of the dire emergency. One thousand pages of eye-popping pork that not one congressman even read. The bill had to be passed right away or we would fall off the edge of the earth, even though "The One" didn't sign the legislation until 4 days after returning from his vacation.
Then, there was the uproar over the AIG bonuses. The public was instructed to focus on $165 million in bonuses to camouflage the 10s of billions that were shipped to foreign banks. Remember, they're the Fed, they transfer the money and you pay the amount back the amount lent, with interest of course. Move along there's nothing to see here.
Does anyone else see a pattern here? Everytime there is a "crisis" more of our rights are confiscated and we get the short end of the stick.
Maybe it's time that "we the people" start issuing terrorist alerts, with a focus on the domestic variety. Particularly, the financial terrorists.
Apparently, we're supposed to be frightened out of our minds because of the flu, and the media is now preparing the public for the potential of mandatory flu innoculations. TIME magazine is also soothing the public for this possibility. While discussing the mandatory flu vaccination debacle during President Ford's administration, the TIME article does have an interesting quote by Howard Markel, director of the Center for the History of Medicine at the University of Michigan. Markel states, "the political climate in the U.S. is much less combustible today than in the post-Watergate era, when Ford faced a skeptical public. Even so, he says, citizens still need to trust that the government is working for the greater good." What planet is this guy from?
Now, the federal government has chosen Baxter International to develop a vaccine for the swine flu. Never heard of Baxter? Why this is the same company that gave the world HIV infected treatments in the 1980s and more recently sent live avian flu in vaccinations to 18 European countries. I feel safer already.
So what are we supposed to ignore while focusing on this latest "crisis?" Does the government not want you to focus on the dismal quarterly economic data? The continued rising unemployment? This week's vote on the preposterous $3.5 trillion budget? Forget about the concerns over the unbridled Federal Reserve?
Oh, I forgot. I'm not supposed to think. I'm supposed to be terrified.
Can I have another sip of that Kool-Aid?
Yeah the vaccine for the ‘76 flu killed more people than the flu. And even outside of death “precautions” can do a lot of damage. We’ve got a weak economy already, if people start avoiding public places that’s not going to help any.
Then of course there’s the “silly” precautions. One of my favorites was the advice to get 6 months supply of prescription medicines, sounds good on the surface but try getting that much of your drugs approved by any insurance plan, I suppose those of us in border states could always drive down to Mexico...
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There are TWO stories here.
First, the fact that there is a new strain of swine/avian/human flu is a true story. It includes a limited amount of confirmed deaths, a higher number of suspected deaths, and an unknown actual infection rate. It also appears to show a primary infection locus of Mexico.
Second, there is the pandemic hype, which includes the new Massachusetts “pandmic law” bill, the hysterical and specious 6% death rate, etc. The reports of pandemic are greatly exaggerated, to mangle a phrase.
Pandemics can be real. So far, I have seen no evidence this one is.
Wow! Way to bring out the Kool-Aid drinkers in full force!
Less than 300 confirmed cases worldwide, and folks here are screaming Captain Trips!
36,000 flu-related deaths annually in the U.S.
1 from this strain (and the victim had prior complications.)
Get a grip, people!
Wow dude, you just freaked me out, so what stage of denial are we all in? Crap, it’s true, we are all gonna die, well, at least I’m onto acceptance now ...
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Agreed. As someone on another thread said, we won't know whether or not this is going to be a problem until it's over. It never hurts to have aspirin, bottled water and various staples on hand whether in the event of disease or natural catastrophes. Anyone who has lived in New England in the winter does this as a matter of course.
Never let a good crisis go to waste. If there is no crisis, create one.
I’ll put you down as one vote against emergency public health measures.
The death toll was only lowered at the pressure of the WHO, which has a vested interest in keeping numbers inaccurate.
“Mexico has lowered its confirmed death toll from swine flu from to seven, after World Health Organisation officials questioned the total.
However, Mexican Health Minister Jose Angel Cordova also raised the toll of “probable’’ deaths from the H1N1 virus from 152 to 159.”
You have to combine two reports, first the one on them approving the potential declaration of martial law, and second the one showing 2 confirmed cases in MA, but once you add those up that is indeed what the reports say. Based on two cases they have taken the steps necessary to declare martial law. And I want to know if you think that’s a good idea? Answer the question: do you agree that on TWO cases a state should be preparing for martial law?
Yes, we need to organize some patriotic flu parties, mariachi bands, tacos, big crowds in public places, best mask and death prizes. Let the good times roll
I'll ask a fourth time. Have they instituted martial law? Has it been declared?
How about just putting me down as being against Martial Law here? Is it okay to put you down as being for it?
Whenever you set the name “AD Council” look out, the propaganda is incoming in high tonnage!
In your final paragraph you get to the meat of the problem. There’s no evidence at all that this flu is a cytokine storm producer, yet people are waving 1918 around like it’s an established fact. And you admit that modern medicine would dramatically reduce the deaths from the 1918 flu, which there’s no evidence this flu is anywhere near that bad.
completely agree!
I think we need to understand that the drs and researchers are looking at history (1918, avian, etc) and seeing how the first wave hits in the spring/early summer, then goes almost dormant in the summer/early fall, and comes back harder in the late fall/winter.
Vaccines and medicine to treat or shorten the duration or seriousness of the flu can sometimes take 4-6 months to make. The whole point of raising the level to 5 was so the countries could notify vaccine makers to begin production immediately for availability for this fall.
Exactly. There have been some troubling posts by Freepers with connections that this could be worse than is reported.
Now, does that mean it is, no. I am skeptical of “my friend told me” reports.
But, to just accept the WHO’s word like gospel truth when they are the ones that pressured Mexico to lower its death toll.....come on.
They have very strong political reasons to minimize this!
I remeber it well. Intelligent people took note, ignored them and carried on.
Rarely are we treated to such condescending excrement as you just posted!
(actually, its not as rare as it should be)
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