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US passes million swine flu cases......
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| June 27th, 2009
Posted on 06/28/2009 4:05:27 PM PDT by TaraP
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posted on
06/28/2009 4:05:28 PM PDT
by
TaraP
To: TaraP
Boy It’s gonna be nice when Obama starts off Obama care by calling for the US Gov’t to ration Flu Shots this fall......Anyone over 70 need not apply....
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posted on
06/28/2009 4:08:04 PM PDT
by
jakerobins
( NO)
I don’t believe this for a minute. A million? I wouldn’t be shocked to see mandatory vaccinations with something that, at best, won’t work and at worst....
To: TaraP
The CDC based its figures on surveys, rather than laboratory evidence, but the numbers suggest the death rate from swine flu is lower than thought.
Is this survey also conducted by ACORN? Why do I get the feeling BO is manufacturing a national health emergency as an excuse to prevent large gatherings such as the tea party in Washington D.C. later in the year?
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posted on
06/28/2009 4:13:22 PM PDT
by
Man50D
(Fair Tax, you earn it, you keep it! FairTaxNation.com)
To: jakerobins
Boy Its gonna be nice when Obama starts off Obama care by calling for the US Govt to ration Flu Shots this fall......Anyone over 70 need not apply.... He won't, he'll just send Geithner to Beijing to beg some more.
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posted on
06/28/2009 4:19:24 PM PDT
by
EGPWS
(Trust in God, question everyone else)
To: TaraP
Is this “historical” too? Gotta love that “historical” gig we’ve got going in this country. We are some “historical” making fools!
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posted on
06/28/2009 4:20:41 PM PDT
by
FlingWingFlyer
(Hey America! How's that "hope and change" thing working out? Are you scared yet?)
To: TaraP
Janet Nappyolita is not out telling people to wash their hands and etc, making this a crisis like it was 3 months or so ago.. but then when she was on tv every hr, it kept the American people from getting riled up over the Air Force 1 NYC fly over, so now this will become a crisis again just in time for obama care...
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posted on
06/28/2009 4:21:11 PM PDT
by
JoanneSD
To: TaraP
According to the CDC, there have been 27,717 confirmed or probable cases; some 3,000 people have needed hospital treatment and there have been 127 deaths.
27,717 probables = over 1 million???
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posted on
06/28/2009 4:22:29 PM PDT
by
TomGuy
To: TaraP
More than a million. But don’t worry, O’Barry’s socialist health care will ensure your speedy recovery. Or at least your respectful burial.
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posted on
06/28/2009 4:24:55 PM PDT
by
Costumed Vigilante
(Congress: When a handful of evil morons just isn't enough)
To: TaraP
My son tested positive for the swine flu which he probably caught from me as I was sick first (I didn’t get tested). I had symptoms for three days then the fervor broke and was on the mend on the fourth. For me it was like the regular flu, fever, chills etc. We got our son on Tamaflu withing 24 hrs of showing symptoms and he had half the symptoms I had. He was on the mend in two and a half days with a fever that never went over 101. It wasn’t fun but any flu isn’t.
To: TaraP
According to the CDC, Lyme's disease is just a dose of doxycycline away... if you happen to live in one of the eight states that actually report it. There are 11 strains of one type (Burgdoferi) and 8 strains of another (Boreliasis) yet the CDC only counts the Western Blot test which is pretty much unreliable. But if you don't live in a designated state then it can't really exist, as if ticks can't travel!
Trusting the CDC to be non- partisan and realistic is about as safe as investing with Bernie Madoff.
Good luck to all.
To: always vigilant
I had symptoms for three days then the fervor broke...The fervor, eh? Does the degree of one's desire to have the flu affect its severity?
If so, this could be a hugh medical breakthrough.
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posted on
06/28/2009 4:31:05 PM PDT
by
Texas Eagle
(If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all. -- Texas Eagle)
To: All
So the odds are 7847 to 1 of dying of this mild flu.
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posted on
06/28/2009 4:31:51 PM PDT
by
omega4179
(Not my Communist in Chief.)
To: Texas Eagle
LOL, I knew after I posted and saw that typo someone was going to eloquently point it out :)
To: always vigilant
LOL, I knew after I posted and saw that typo someone was going to eloquently point it out :)That's me. Mr. Eloquence.
My motto is: Let no misspelling go unpointed out eloquently.
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posted on
06/28/2009 4:35:50 PM PDT
by
Texas Eagle
(If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all. -- Texas Eagle)
To: TaraP
Nothing is real anymore. So they “estimate” that 1 million had it, but have not proof; only speculation; probabilities.
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posted on
06/28/2009 4:46:45 PM PDT
by
gedeon3
To: gedeon3
Nothing is real anymore. Real is always a misnomer. To be real a situtation must be extremely and carefully defined.
Probabilities on the other hand, when done correctly, particularly correcting for uncertainties, provide a bound of knowledge for a situation.
Unfortunately, way to many people don't understand the true value of probabilities. Climate modelers are a perfect example...
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posted on
06/28/2009 4:54:38 PM PDT
by
!1776!
To: Crimson Elephant
I dont believe this for a minute. A million? There's a lot of pigs feeding at the gummint trough... / s
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posted on
06/28/2009 4:57:33 PM PDT
by
sionnsar
(IranAzadi|5yst3m 0wn3d-it's N0t Y0ur5:SONY|Neda Agha-Soltan - murdered by illegitimate government)
To: TaraP
Flawed mathematical modelling and endless manipulation underlie practically all US Govt endeavors, and, actual accounting is continually resisted at all levels. When the O administration has exceeded the budgets and indebtedness of all Presidencies combined from Washington to the present, it is reasonable to assume that the administration simply does not have adequate infrastructure to account and manage trillions and tens of trillions whether it wanted to do so or not. Modelling and unprecedented guesswork is extremely dangerous, if politically very convenient. Convenience is not an attribute of governing well.
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posted on
06/28/2009 5:00:22 PM PDT
by
givemELL
(Does Taiwan Meet the Criteria to Qualify as an "Overseas Territory of the United States"? by Richar)
To: TaraP
I’m sure glad they are not blowing this out of proportion like the bird flu, or whatever the last “potential” epidemic was called.
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posted on
06/28/2009 5:18:29 PM PDT
by
OCC
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