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To: Sergio H who wrote (23904)	4/26/2009 11:12:20 PM
From: ACAN	Respond to of 23958

From: bumblin bob Read Replies (2) of 192037 I've seen the stories on TV and read a few posts here so I went to the CDC website and found that on average 36,000 people a year die in the U.S. from the FLU each year. cdc.gov That's just shy of 100 people a day.... on average. While there have been reported deaths in Mexico, according to the news there have been no deaths in the U.S. from this strain. Meanwhile I'm reading headlines about a potential pandemic .... on MarketWatch: marketwatch.com And on Yahoo an AP headline says: Mexico fights swine FLU with 'pandemic potential'. The story goes on to talk about Mexico's president assuming new powers to isolate people infected with the strain: news.yahoo.com (Conspiracy theory folks are gonna love that.) Everyone remember when BIRD FLU was gonna kill us all? From Nov. 26, 2003 to December 15, 2008 a grand total of 247 people died from it......worldwide. medicalnewstoday.com I'm not saying that this couldn't become an epidemic, but the news coverage seems to be a little overblown when you look at it strictly by the numbers. I wonder how many hospitals (the large for profit hospitals) will have screenings set up with plugs on the morning and midday TV shows by the end of the week. More fun filled facts from Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org