Finally some point of reference (last sentence in the article):
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/12/18/h1n1-who.html
What happened to all the "you're selfish and uninformed if you don't get this shot" people? Haven't heard from them in awhile. I particularly like the "comments" that people post after these articles.. a couple of my favorites:
"H1N1 kills 10,000 people. Seasonal flu typically kills 250,000. Maybe the headline should read, "Seasonal flu kills 260,000 people worldwide". Perhaps there was an over-reaction. Perhaps GlaxoSmithKline helped the government over-react and as a result make billions of dollars.
AIDS, cancer, heart disease, stupidity, and various others will each kill more people in one day than this so called pandemic will kill in a year. I think there are bigger issues out there."
"Interesting fact..... 24,000 people die worldwide each year from LIGHTNING STRIKES.... that's 2.4 times more people than H1N1."
http://www.lightningsafety.com/nlsi_histor...initiative.html