BrianGarst.com

Not from the dreaded H1N1, anyway.  It turns out that it’s no more deadly than regular flu.  All the hysteria was unwarranted:

With the second wave of H1N1 infections having crested in the United States, leading epidemiologists are predicting that the pandemic could end up ranking as the mildest since modern medicine began documenting influenza outbreaks.

Experts warn that the flu is notoriously unpredictable, but several recent analyses, including one released late Monday, indicate that the death toll is likely to be far lower than the number of fatalities caused by past pandemics.

The so-called authorities seem to have a penchant for over-hyping dangers.  Hmm, I wonder what other issue areas exist in which that knowledge might come in handy.

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