Think About It

We are accustomed to flu season. We are not too bothered with the 36,000 people that die each year. Why? Because they are mostly the elderly.

Think about it. We are going to have a probable 70,000 deaths instead of the number we are used to. We are going to be replacing the deaths with young people and children.



Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano on August 4th:


• “it's more likely that the pandemic would mirror 1957, when flu killed about 70,000 people in the USA...”


• One difference between swine flu and the 1957 version is that the new virus strikes a higher proportion of children and young people than the elderly.


• “pandemic flu probably will flare up soon after schools open in the fall, before vaccine is available.”


• there would not be enough pandemic flu vaccine for everyone, at least in the early stages of the flu season. "There will be prioritization of vaccinations,"


• The first batches of the vaccine are due in mid-October.


• About 36,000 people in the USA die and 200,000 are hospitalized in typical flu seaons.