Sheesh...

[pandorablue]

Why is everybody freaking the fuck out about H1N1? Seriously. I mean, I am not running around trying to catch it, but people are seriously up in arms about something that still hasn't killed as many people as regular flu does every year. UNM has stopped testing kids that come in with flu symptoms for H1N1 after every test they ran came back positive.

I will admit that death rate among children is slightly higher with H1N1 than with regular flu, but I still wonder what other complications could be involved in that. I guess I just don't understand the ignorance of people with the *OMG, WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE!!!!11!!!* Do they not read or watch the news? Oh yeah, that's right the news is covering up the government conspiracy to implant us all with microchips...





Yeah... MICROCHIPS!!!!

Comments

[wyrdling.livejournal.com]

i'mnot thinking the microchip claim is very credible...

[elegantelbow.livejournal.com]

A friend of mine was telling me that the thing about H1N1 that alarms doctors is how many healthy people with no underlying conditions have died. Mostly the flu kills children, the elderly, and the sickly. H1N1 has been knocking out healthy teenagers (which is very rare for a flu).

Also, I think the incidence rate has been lower than expected, but the death toll has been as expected or higher -- which would suggest that the death rate is higher than expected, even though the actual numbers of deaths has been relatively low.