Swine flu in Mexico stats overblown

Flopping Aces ^ | 05-02-09 | Mataharley

[Starman417]

In a stunning New York Times headline today comes the antidote of reality....

Outbreak in Mexico May Be Smaller Than Feared

oh noooooo... say it ain't so?! What, no mass death headed our way? What will Kathleen Sebelius do now after her "expect many more deaths" prediction... "twitter" her thumbs?

Why just last week, here's a breathless Anderson Cooper on CNN

Over "1000" people in Mexico back on April 24th, and "68" people have died.....

A day later, the New York Times chimes in:

Mexican officials, scrambling to control a swine flu outbreak that has killed as many as 61 people and infected possibly hundreds more in recent weeks, closed museums and shuttered schools for millions of students in and around the capital on Friday, and urged people with flu symptoms to stay home from work.

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Mexico’s flu season is usually over by now, but health officials have noticed a significant spike in flu cases since mid-March. The W.H.O. said there had been 800 cases in Mexico in recent weeks, 60 of them fatal, of a flulike illness that appeared to be more serious than the regular seasonal flu. Mr. Córdova said Friday that there were 1,004 possible cases.

The WHO... that would be the same group, hyping the fear by notching up the Phase levels first to Phase 4, and then up to Phase 5 on Friday, warning of a world wide pandemic.

[DoughtyOne]

Thanks. I would like to think I can too, but I haven’t given much slack to be honest, so perhaps not.

Take care bud.

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