Comments on: A government influenza

By: IT and Tech Support Services

IT and Tech Support Services — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 05:36:37 +0000

government has made some rules for the workers, we should not irrespective to those

By: public works environment

public works environment — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 13:43:04 +0000

Public works environment headline in 10 years: “Government record-reporting breaks national records”? Shay I can not understand your message.

By: Thimmy

Thimmy — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 16:53:15 +0000

Don’t forget to take into consideration that many of those 18,000+ people vaccinated might have ended up with the flu, or passed it on to somebody else who was not vaccinated. Those 18000+ vaccines protected many more than 18000+ people.

By: I. Sato-Mato

I. Sato-Mato — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 17:51:37 +0000

According to the CDC, H1N1 has now been responsible for more than ten thousand deaths in the United States. Here is a link to their statistics.

http://www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/estimates_2009_h1n1.htm

I can’t find any data on deaths in my own area.

By: Shay

Shay — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 16:22:25 +0000

In the rural MN area where I live, the epidemic was pretty serious.

So, how many people died? Sustained lifelong injuries? Was it any worse than a typical flu season?

By: Yus A. Tomato

Yus A. Tomato — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 15:33:13 +0000

Well…

In the rural MN area where I live, the epidemic was pretty serious. Over the course of about three weeks, the virus ran through all portions of the population. At one point, the local schools were reporting that a third of their students were absent due to the illness.

No vaccine was available at that point. By the time the vaccine became available, the epidemic had passed. Nevertheless, a massive immunization campaign was conducted. The papers were filled with admonishments to attend clinics held in gymnasiums, etc… However, attendance was spotty.

The strangest part about the whole thing is how few people were able to connect the government’s abysmal handling of the epidemic with the likely quality of “health care” under the then tentative socialized medical scheme.

By: Shay

Shay — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 18:50:25 +0000

And I used my own H1N1-vaccination, composed of eating spaghetti on odd days of the week, and reading mises.org daily. What, you say that isn’t what prevented me from catching H1N1? Thousands of people became ill with it, but I didn’t; what more proof do you need?

By: Joshua Park

Joshua Park — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 17:34:19 +0000

Exactly. Side-topic: I'm glad my tiger-repellent spray has been working so famously. You wouldn't believe how few tigers I see wandering around northern California.

By: tfr

tfr — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 16:21:57 +0000

Yes, our local TV news is also, all of a sudden reminiscing about pig fever.
Their favorite factoid is “600 DEATHS IN US!” Ok – so how many did the regular, seasonal flu kill? 20,000+?

By: tlpalmer

tlpalmer — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 14:47:53 +0000

In my local area the drug stores still have signs in the stores, on their doors, on their grass areas, etc. Earlier in the week Vons supermarkets even had the vacine on a radio ad. It never went away in California.

By: Shay

Shay — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 05:04:07 +0000

Headline in 10 years: “Government record-reporting breaks national records”

By: Robby

Robby — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 04:20:57 +0000

Mr. Fedako,

Please don’t point this out to your local government. Because then, instead of getting to read stories headlined “Local Authorities Apologize for Severely Overreacting to Pig Flu,” everyone will have to read stories headlined “Local Authorities’ Efforts Prevented H1N1 Epidemic in Central Ohio” and hear local news report teasers like “Local health officials may have saved tens [nah, let's go with hundreds] of thousands of lives with push for flu vaccinations. More at 11.”

So just sit on this one.

By: htran

htran — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 03:48:00 +0000

Yep, I remember this H1N1 scam. With the attention it was getting at the time, you’d think the world was about to end in a violent epidemic. 4-5 or so months later, Mises is the first place where I get to hear about it again. Awesome.