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CBS News Exclusive: Study Of State Results Finds H1N1 Not As Prevalent As Feared
CBS News ^ | Oct. 21, 2009 | Sharyl Attkisson

Posted on 10/21/2009 12:31:03 PM PDT by kevin

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To: kevin

So the gov buys 300 million doses and now won’t use half of them. Great win for some companies!


21 posted on 10/21/2009 12:49:06 PM PDT by DonaldC (A nation cannot stand in the absence of religious principle.)
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To: kevin

Why would I trust CBS?


22 posted on 10/21/2009 12:52:23 PM PDT by Izzy Dunne (Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
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To: epluribus_2

I hate feeling like I have to be suspicious of every single thing my government does.


23 posted on 10/21/2009 12:53:51 PM PDT by ElayneJ
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To: library user
"Hello, I'm a Mac"
"And Hi, I'm a PC.... ow!"
"What's up, there, PC?"
"Well, I just got this shot that's supposed to keep me from getting new viruses, but it, uh, seems to be doing something else to me instead."
"Huh, that's weird. Sorry to hear it. Of course Macs don't get viruses: we're immune from all that."
"Well, that's just great, Mac, but that doesn't -- whoa... the room is spinnering..."
"Is there a doctor in the house?"
"Maybe another shot in the arm will do it."
"Sorry, we're fresh out."

[Mac logo to fade]

24 posted on 10/21/2009 1:00:57 PM PDT by alancarp (Obama: treat the unborn with AT LEAST as much respect as you do terrorists!!)
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To: RushIsMyTeddyBear
"Hi sailor ............."

25 posted on 10/21/2009 1:01:12 PM PDT by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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To: kevin

It’s okay it’s going to peak, because in Arizona, our former governor, The Big Ragu, the Homeland Security Director, who has never made our Arizona homeland very secure, has prioritized the first responders for the shot. In Arizonaspeak, a first responder is a Mexican firefighter union member.


26 posted on 10/21/2009 1:14:20 PM PDT by righttackle44
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To: kevin

Funny that CBS comes out with this the day after we learn that the GOV doesn’t have enough H1N1 vaccine and most states won’t have it until maybe the middle of Nov.

I keep thinking about how the partisan liberal media formerly known as the main stream media, used everything they had to trash President Bush over a flu vaccine supposedly going to be late but wasn’t.

Now when it’s obama...... it’s so late that it’s about to miss the flue season all together and they carry buckets of water to cover his sorry Johnny come lately butt!


27 posted on 10/21/2009 1:31:02 PM PDT by GloriaJane (http://www.last.fm/user/GloriaJane)
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To: ElayneJ

You and 47% of the people. The rest voted for CHANGE and are getting it long and hard.


28 posted on 10/21/2009 1:35:06 PM PDT by epluribus_2
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To: kevin
An acquaintance of mine took her daughter to urgent care yesterday with a 103.5 fever, chills, puking, coughing, the whole 9 yards...Doc gave her Zpack, Tamiflu, etc. Mom asked for H1N1 test and the doctor said he didn't recommend it because the results tend to be "inaccurate."

Things that make you go "Hmm."

29 posted on 10/21/2009 1:52:56 PM PDT by ponygirl ("I can see the Olympic Stadium from my house!" - Barack Obama)
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To: Beloved Levinite
CBS admits side effects:

CBS: "However, the CDC recommendation for those who had "probable" or "presumed" H1N1 flu to go ahead and get vaccinated anyway means the relatively small proportion of those who actually did have H1N1 flu will be getting the vaccine unnecessarily. This exposes them to rare but significant side effects, such as paralysis from Guillain-Barre syndrome."

30 posted on 10/21/2009 1:55:10 PM PDT by HowlinglyMind-BendingAbsurdity
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To: kevin

This is BS. The Influenza A Quick-Tests have been proven to have at least 50% false negatives.

If you had high fever, extreme fatigue that did not allow you to go about your day, and a sudden cough or lung congestion with it, in the past 5 months, you had H1N1. Period. Even if you tested negative.

And you may have had different symptoms and STILL have had H1N1; you will never know.

People are not stupid. Just because they thought their child already had H1N1 does not mean they will send her to school very sick now.

This article is crap.


31 posted on 10/21/2009 1:59:17 PM PDT by Yaelle
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To: ponygirl

The doc is right. There is NO H1N1 test outside of the CDC and it would cost too much to test each patient for it.

The only flu around about now IS the H1N1. If you have all the symptoms of it, like your friend’s little girl, you have it. Period. No need to take her in to get a diagnosis. (If you want your child to get meds, you need to take her in, though.)

The Influenza test the doc didn’t want to bother with has been showing over 50% false negatives. It’s a quick nose swab and who knows, maybe it just is not effective at pinpointing the flu.


32 posted on 10/21/2009 2:03:39 PM PDT by Yaelle
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To: kevin

I didn’t need the MSM to tell me that.


33 posted on 10/21/2009 2:12:40 PM PDT by Rick_Michael (Have no fear "President Government" is here)
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To: epluribus_2

“The rest voted for CHANGE and are getting it long and hard.”

And if that’s what they wanted, fine for them - too bad the rest of us have to get dragged along too.


34 posted on 10/21/2009 2:14:09 PM PDT by ElayneJ
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To: oh8eleven

Did Obama poke her in the eye?


35 posted on 10/21/2009 2:18:55 PM PDT by hattend (Sarah Palin's mob minion - Mob Name: Hatman the Hitman)
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To: ponygirl
An acquaintance of mine took her daughter to urgent care yesterday with a 103.5 fever, chills, puking, coughing, the whole 9 yards...Doc gave her Zpack, Tamiflu, etc.

Hmmm, when I was a kid and we had those symptoms, we got in bed, received aspirin, crackers and flat 7up.

Must have worked.

36 posted on 10/21/2009 2:28:38 PM PDT by MrPiper
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To: oh8eleven

Wonder if Rahm decked her? Hmmmmmm.


37 posted on 10/21/2009 2:41:39 PM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear ($$$$$OBAMA MONEY!!!$$$$$ /s)
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To: oh8eleven

38 posted on 10/21/2009 2:58:43 PM PDT by maggief
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To: Yaelle
I agree that this may not change people's minds about H1N1, but people already send their sick kids to school.

They don't need an article to help them make that decision. Plenty of them are irresponsible already, in part thanks to schools reinforcing the idea that parents aren't supposed to be in charge of their children's welfare.

39 posted on 10/21/2009 3:06:41 PM PDT by mountainbunny (Mitt Romney to Conservatives in 2012: Damn the torpedoes! Full speed ahead!)
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To: kevin

PING


40 posted on 10/21/2009 3:56:13 PM PDT by Ulysse (a)
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