Some Thoughts on Swine Flu Hysteria

Swine Flu Hysteria: Putting it into Perspective

As of now, no one outside of Mexico has died of Swine Flu (though this is likely to change). According to this story on CNN, the “regular” flu kills about 36,000 people every year in the U.S.

http://tinyurl.com/cgvrfm

Yet the apparent newness of this type of flu is creating a predictable hysteria.

Ron Paul offers a good perspective on this as well:

Conspiracy Theories

Nowadays, there is a conspiracy theory for every event, from AIDS to 9-11. Swine Flu is no exception. As this article explores, however, it would require quite a strange set of circumstances to explain the natural occurrence of this hybrid type of flu virus:

http://www.naturalnews.com/026141.html

My own paranoid radar was activated by the location of the Swine Flu’s origin. Just as the escalating violence of drug wars in Mexico was starting to spread into the U.S., we suddenly have an outbreak of this bizarre flu bug. Not to mention an earthquake yesterday as well. This doesn’t mean it’s all a conspiracy, of course, but it might make us want to pay attention and do our own research before simply believing the mainstream explanations.