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Undernews is the online report of the Progressive Review, edited by Sam Smith, who covered Washington during all or part of one quarter of America's presidencies and edited alternative journals since 1964. The Review, which has been on the web since 1995, is now published from Freeport, Maine. See main page for full contents

November 11, 2009

SWINE FLU STATS

Number of swine flu deaths: 4,000

Doses of flu available: 40,000,000

Reported adverse effects: 1700

Number of serious adverse effects: 68

Number of reported subsequent cases of Guillain-Barre syndrome: 6

[CDC]

5 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

to put these numbers in context, can we please get the corresponding numbers for the seasonal flu and vaccine?

November 11, 2009 9:09 PM  
Anonymous MonkeyMuffins said...

Once again Sam "Conspiradroid Moonbat" Smith encourages fear and ignorance through the promulgation of clap trap and bullshit.

Shame on you Mr. Smith.

Would that there were a way to bring you up on charges for your continued criminal negligence with regard to H1N1.

For those of you not so easily swayed by Mr. Smith's brand of profoundly offensive and mortally counterproductive snake oil:

An Epidemic of Fear How Panicked Parents Skipping Shots Endangers Us All

Separating myth from fact in debate about flu vaccine

H1N1 is bad enough without myths to make it worse

You're a disgrace Mr. Smith.

You've been pushing--explicitly and implicitly--this intellectually, morally and scientifically bankrupt anti-vaccine agenda, specifically against the H1N1 vaccine, since day one.

Your usual backdoor conspiradroid moonbattery is one thing--often publishing bylines by all manner of easily debunked, John Birch Society style, conspiracy theory sites and shills--but actively endangering public health is quite another.

May your conscience find you when you least expect it.

November 11, 2009 9:25 PM  
Blogger TPR said...

I'm sorry. I didn't realize that the Center for Disease Control, from whom these stats came, was among the "easily debunked, John Birch Society style, conspiracy theory sites and shills." I shall be more careful in the future.

November 11, 2009 9:54 PM  
Anonymous Julian B said...

In what time period did those 4,000 swine flu deaths occur? What is the average number of deaths from flu (all and any varieties) per year. I ask this to try and understand the gravity or otherwise of swine flu.

November 12, 2009 1:23 AM  
Anonymous RFK jr on vaccines said...

http://globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=16014

November 12, 2009 9:11 AM  

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