H1N1 Overestimated?
I am not surprised by the results of a CBS investigation that concluded that H1N1 flu cases may be overestimated. Apparently, most people that are diagnosed with the H1N1 are not tested. The CDC decided at the end of July that it was no longer necessary. I doubt they did so to save resources since that never seems to be a government agency’s priority. I think it was a purposeful move so that they could continue to fuel the hysteria even if the H1N1 flu was not as bad as they had claimed it would be. They would hate to be stuck with all those H1N1 vaccines if the bug fizzled out.
I think the majority of people that have “flu-like” symptoms and are therefore told they have H1N1 really only have a nasty cold. The handful of people that I know that have been told they have H1N1 or that their children have it were sick for a couple days. The flu, the real flu, last up to two weeks, the fever usually lasting 5 days. The last time I had the flu (the only time) I was in bed sick for 4 days and felt like crap for about 10.
What I am concerned about is the possibility that H1N1 is actually more deadly than we are being told. If fewer people really have it than they are saying than the percentage of people that get infected and die would really be higher than is now being reported. I need to know the real risk of becoming severely sick before I can weigh the risks/benefits of a vaccine that was rushed to the market
I doubt we will ever really know what the real numbers look like.
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