The Wall Street Journal today (page A6) reports that almost half of those afflicted with swine flu who went to the hospital had no chronic underlying condition. Sounds scary, right? Well, so far a total of 644 people out of the entire American population fit this category. The WSJ also fails to compare this number with the numbers for seasonal flu. One can be sure that seasonal flu is probably worse.
The media and their employers want so much for there to be a swine flu pandemic, that they are willing stretch any little truth into a big, big deal.
Today's Agence French Press has an article that claims that seasonal flu is more deadly than swine flu. So far, so good. But the article goes on to say that a second wave of swine flu should be expected any time now. Try, try again. The first wave was a complete dud. So now, the scare campaign directors are going to try to conjure up the real deal for a second wave.
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