Swine Flu Garners Pandemic Status [Level 6, and There Is No 7]

ABC News ^ | June 11, 2009 | Gitika Ahuja and Dan Childs

[2ndDivisionVet]

So why scare the whole world?

[bayouranger]

They’re trying to convince us that we are all infected, I guess...

[razorboy]

Funding. Everybody loves funding, and making people panic is the best way to get it.

Of course with this and bird flu and SARS eventually people are going to stop listening to WHO, and right about then is when we’ll get a disease that really is dangerous.

[silverleaf]

I suppose the common cold has been at level 6 for a while?

[Blood of Tyrants]

Never let a crisis go to waste.

[Red_Devil 232]

Because WHO and its swine flu got pushed out of the news cycle and they want attention.

[FourtySeven]

So why scare the whole world?

Who knows? Maybe some of them hold stock in Tamiflu? < /sarc >

Seriously, when was the last known case of the so-called "swine flu"? A month ago? Sheesh. Talk about being late to the party!

[SirAllen]

You know, they’re going to end up regretting crying wolf like this. People won’t take the next one that’s truly a pandemic seriously until it’s too late.

[Cowboy Bob]

I've not heard a word about the Swine Flu in weeks. In fact, there has been more stories about Michelle Ubama's fashion then the Swine Flu.

why is it suddenly a Pandemic?

[Deek]

Swine Flu Garners Pandemic Status [Level 6, and There Is No 7]

Good Lord. What if this were actually killing more people than say...the common cold.

[KevinDavis]

Reminds me of a story of a The Boy Who Cried Wolf..

[bayouranger]

I know this may sound a bit tin foil, but maybe that’s their plan.

Just an aluminum thought....

[razorboy]

Yeah, or Penn Jillette’s patter for the juggling broken bottles routine (”this bottle is really nasty, of course I say that every show but this time I mean, of course I say that every show too but THIS TIME”).

[batter]

I'm not dead...I'm getting better...I feel happy! I feel happy!...

[ican'tbelieveit]

There is some indication that Australia, entering their fall/winter season, has seen an exponential increase in swine flu cases in the last few days.

[MrB]

Just wait for it -

we’ll hear pretty soon what freedoms we’ll have to surrender to get through this “crisis”.

[2ndDivisionVet]

No, there are cases everywhere, whether it is truly a “pandemic” is my question.

[colorado tanker]

It's laughable this few cases would be designated a “pandemic.” I suppose they need to scare people to jack up their funding, but they have no credibility left with me.

[mikelike]

Watch for Big Pharma’s rollout of a Government-mandated vaccine.

The freedom you should expect to be surrendering is the freedom of your (and your children’s) physical determination or as the founding fathers would no doubt surmise - the God-given natural right to life itself.

[homegroan]

I agree-co-inky-dink that we are in the middle of “reviewing” the unstoppable Public Health Insurance “Plan”? After all-it’s URGENT per the big O..

Hmmmmmm.....

Me-thinks somethings afoot...

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