threat of H1N1 exaggerated, WHO in cahoots with big pharma

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washingtonpost.com

European criticism of the World Health Organization's handling of the H1N1 pandemic intensified Friday with the release of two reports that accused the agency of exaggerating the threat posed by the virus and failing to disclose possible influence by the pharmaceutical industry on its recommendations for how countries should respond.
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I guess we shouldn't be surprised, should we?
 
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Well, I can attest that there was a significant infection rate and patient load last fall, and there are plenty of families who lost loved ones to the illness that would be sickened by that story. The sharp decline in cases and fatalities since then is a testament to the success of modern vaccines.
 
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kiddiedoc said:
Well, I can attest that there was a significant infection rate and patient load last fall, and there are plenty of families who lost loved ones to the illness that would be sickened by that story. The sharp decline in cases and fatalities since then is a testament to the success of modern vaccines.
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The H1N1 mortality rate was not much different that the rates for the common flu virus.
 
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Which ever flu I had was the worse I've ever felt in my life. Lost 14 lb.s and was completely out of commission for 7 days.
 
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volinbham said:
Which ever flu I had was the worse I've ever felt in my life. Lost 14 lb.s and was completely out of commission for 7 days.
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Cause your getting older and cant handle it like you used too.

I know several of my co-workers who had it and they quarantined parts of the building because of the fear pushed out by our leaders and the media. The symptoms were no more severe than the regular flu.

Its just like any virus, it will effect people different ways.
 
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CountVolcula said:
Cause your getting older and cant handle it like you used too.

I know several of my co-workers who had it and they quarantined parts of the building because of the fear pushed out by our leaders and the media. The symptoms were no more severe than the regular flu.

Its just like any virus, it will effect people different ways.
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It affected the hell out of me - bird, pig, cow, frog, Eskimo - I don't care what kinda flu it was.
 
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I am just saying it was potentially a big deal, it just didn't pan out that way. We could be mocking the environmentalists (like many here do) about the oil rig explosion not being a big deal, but for the millions of gallons that have leaked. Naysayers would have said it could never happen. That we had too much technology and it hadn't happened before.

As you said about the spill, people suffer from a lack of imagination.
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IPorange said:
I am just saying it was potentially a big deal, it just didn't pan out that way. We could be mocking the environmentalists (like many here do) about the oil rig explosion not being a big deal, but for the millions of gallons that have leaked. Naysayers would have said it could never happen. That we had too much technology and it hadn't happened before.

As you said about the spill, people suffer from a lack of imagination.
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To be fair, we have been told for many years that we, the U.S., didnt have any oil and that we were running out. We didnt expect millions of gallons to pour out of such a depleted oil supply.
 
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Rasputin_Vol said:
The H1N1 mortality rate was not much different that the rates for the common flu virus.
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This.

Not saying it wasn't a worse flu or that it wasn't something to take seriously, but I think the idea of it "killing us all" was exaggerated.

Then again, people also rush out to the store when there's a snowflake.
 
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VolsSportsFan said:
This.

Not saying it wasn't a worse flu or that it wasn't something to take seriously, but I think the idea of it "killing us all" was exaggerated.

Then again, people also rush out to the store when there's a snowflake.
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I think it was more about the ease with which H1N1 spreads that was the bigger issue. The notion of the pandemic was more about the number of people infected rather than the mortality. Even at normal flu mortality rates, more infections = more deaths.
 
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