Reader comments
CDC: Swine flu has sickened 22 million in 6 months

the is see at son or is

all the u juan jazz

My husband commented on the flu lines reminding him of Jimmy Carter's gas lines. Just a clue to what health care will look like if the Democrat's get their way.
Where is the hue and cry for 4,000 dead when Katrina was something less that 2,000. Isn't the government just as responsible here as it was held responsible there? I love the double standard of the media. Mum is the word when it pertains to 'Obama Rule".

A couple of points:

1. I thought the CDC told doctors and clinics in mid-summer to quit testing for H1N1 and just assume that it is all H1N1. The mortality rates are reported as all flu like symptoms, not specifically H1N1. So how would they have any idea how many have actually been sickened or died from H1N1?

2. CBS News Washington reported that several states actually did testing on suspected H1N1 cases (or in other words, the number reported to the CDC as swine flu) and these were the results:
California - Out of 13,704 specimens, 2% actual H1N1
Georgia - Out of 3,117 specimens, 2% actual H1N1
Florida - Out of 8,853 specimens, 17% actual H1N1

Hard to have a pandemic without some serious numbers. So I guess it's okay to just manufacture them?

The difference between Katrina and H1N1 is that the government is actually responding this time instead of just sitting on their hands.

And, since PRIVATE INDUSTRY is responsible for manufacturing the vaccine, the lines are actually a better indication of WHY we need the government involved. (Although, in all fairness, part of the hold-up was making sure it was safe, but if you think safe-guards are a problem - well, that is a whole different issue.)

I didn't know the CDC was PRIVATE INDUSTRY!! You Democrats are so smart.....I hear if you haven't died yet of H1N1, Obama counts you as a "SAVED LIFE"! Go Obummer!

@CB: Keep showing your ignorance. It just helps us Dems. The CDC doesn't make the vaccine; private companies - I think only a couple - make the vaccine. The CDC is only sending it out to all 50 states when the vaccine becomes available. Seems like a logistical nightmare to me, but apparently you'd do better. By the way, are you going to get one of those government-funded shots?


@How Do They Know: You'd think by now you'd know that "pandemic" means that the flu is global, meaning it has met the criteria of covering the globe. I know you think that America is all there is on Earth, but there's other countries out there. It amazes me how people throw out words of misinformation without even knowing their meaning.

My brother, SIL and nephew all got the H1N1 vaccine as soon as it came out and my SIL and nephew both had swine flu. Even if you can find it, I'm not sure it works.