Originally posted by dizziedame
H1N1 Has hit hard in my area and my family.
It is a real threat.
You can make flippant comments and act like adolescents while there are teenagers in the hospital in my town fighting for their lives right this moment.
One of those teens is my niece. She's been sick 6 weeks now.
This will not lead to martial law. Nor will it become mandatory that we all get the N1H1 shot.
Use your brains and reason this situation out.
I don't know about that but to most of us it seems like hype.
CDC Information
The number of seasonal influenza-associated (i.e., seasonal flu-related) deaths varies from year to year because flu seasons often fluctuate in length and severity. CDC estimated that about 36,000 people died of seasonal flu-related causes each year, on average, during the 1990s in the United States. This figure includes people dying from complications of seasonal flu.
Now that is from the CDC, 36,000 deaths. Hmm and we are tripping up over 1000 deaths?
I'm not trying to minimize the impact it has had on your family, but it is not severe enough to warrant making it a national emergency.
