[iowamark]

One of every six Americans had swine flu?

[Wissa]

One of every six Americans had swine flu?

That was my first thought too. I don't know anybody personally that got it. Maybe I need to get out more.

[GeronL]

The this was one weak flu epidemic. Normal flu kills more than that

[Vendome]

[Jet Jaguar]

I had it. I gargled with listerine. I lost it.

[Smokin' Joe]

Ping to some really shaky statistics...(I’m not sure how they came up with those numbers, but I have no doubt at least one mucous membrane was involved.)

[Stonewall Jackson]

I had it back in May.

It knocked me for a loop for about three or four days. My fever spiked at 103.1 for about four hours the first night. After that, I had a couple of days where I had a bad cough and felt like I'd been run over. By the end of the week, I was feeling just fine.

[Carley]

And we saved the job of every one of those sicklings.

[DannyTN]

I know at least three people who got it and were tested and confirmed for it. And several other who had the flu, but weren’t tested.

I think the 1 in 6 number might be a little high but might also be realistic.

We know that the CDC website reporting was badly understated.

In Tn, the state was announcing cases and they weren’t showing up on the CDC site. And early on, places like NY City just quit counting and quit testing. Then the CDC made a general policy of not testing and not treating unless the person appeared hospital bound.

We know the CDC assumed that practically all of the flu was Swine Flu. But that was probably based on sufficient sampling and was therefore probably pretty accurate.

We also know the test was producing false negatives. That it only has 24 hour window in which it would give a valid positive result.

It still looks to me like the CDC did too little. They didn’t put forth the energy to close the borders when it might have helped. And then they threw their hands up and said open the schools and let it spread and run it’s course.

[3boysdad]

The “swine” flu was just a prop to bolster public favor for the government health care sting.

[Danae]

I want to see the number of people in that 55 Million who actually had Viral tests done to see what they had. And if this number is correct, then they were WAY freakin WRONG in how deadly this disease was supposed to be. They shot themselves in the foot, the HYPE was not even close to necessary.

Freakin fear mongers.

[politicalmerc]

May I please point out that what I said initially has been borne out by even these (I believe inflated) statistics. The mortality rate of this flu is NO WHERE NEAR .5%. We were all told, some on this board even said, that this was such a dire crisis because of a .5% mortality rate (while it doesn't sound like much) would be a disaster if millions had the disease. As it would, 55,000,000 * .5% = 275,000 dead.

My point all along has been that this is a scare to do NOTHING MORE than funnel federal money to drug companies for a vaccine that is not really needed. If 55,000,000 got the disease this year WITHOUT THE VACCINE and only 11,000 died, then the vaulted mortality rate is only .02%. Welcome to the world of federal swindles.

How many vaccines were sold? MILLIONS and MILLIONS more will be. Influenza is FAR WORSE than H1N1 and we don't have the hype. NEVER TRUST THE GOVERNMENT. They are liars and cheats after your money with scare tactics and statistics.

[ChiMark]

Must be a misprint. 5.5 Million likely. 55 Million with the h1n1 the country would’ve collapsed.

Not possible.

[metmom]

"The epidemiology of H1N1 influenza over the months ahead is unknown, but another rise in incidence, as occurred during the winter of the 1957-1958 pandemic, remains possible," the report notes. "Vaccination remains the best way to prevent influenza infection and influenza-related hospitalizations and deaths."

Can't let all those vaccines go to waste. It'd be too much money lost. Can't have any of that, now can we?