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Originally Posted by Soriak  Stuff |
I love how people use the words "scary" or "horror" in combination with the flu. (Not directed at you Soriak, more towards the media).
It's the flu, as long as you can keep yourself hydrated and are not very old or very young, your odds of survival are high. I believe, last I heard, you had a far better chance of dying by driving your car then of dying
after becoming infected with the flu. (Note the after, arguments that vaccines skew numbers be damned, the mortality rate of those who catch these "killer" flus is very low.)
The last flu "Pandemic", the Hong Kong Flu killed 33,800 people over a 2-3 year period. (1968+1972/3) In 1968 alone there were 58k deaths from automobile accidents.
The mortality rate of the flu for healthy adults is *extremely* low (.1%, no, I am not kidding) if there is proper means of hydration and rest available. Most of this sensationalism is pharmaceutical companies trying to push vaccines.
Vaccines are for the elderly and children, they are really the only two groups at great risk of death from the flu. The rest of us should be more worried about getting in our cars, our weight or other mundane things which carry a much higher rate of death.
