Health Care

Flu season seems bad because we had so little flu last year.

"“In an immediate sense; we were a little spoiled last year,” said Dr. William Schaffner, chair of preventive medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tenn. “Last year, we had fewer influenza cases than had ever been recorded before."

Funny how news stories comparing this year to last year conveniently didn't mention that.

"Despite the 26-fold increase over last year, this flu season is still mild compared to 2009′s swine flu epidemic, the numbers show."

Not so scary.

Why people don't get vaccinated.

2nd area flu death reported.

"Perry’s family said six days passed from the first time she was admitted to the emergency room at the Indu & Raj Soin Medical Center in Beavercreek and when she died at Kettering Medical Center in Kettering. She had flu, strep throat, double pneumonia and a staph infection in her blood when she died, her family said.
“So much went wrong so fast that we’re still trying to come to terms with it,” said Perry’s grandmother, Joan Donohue of Fairborn. “She’ll be one of the most missed persons ever on this earth. It’s just devastating to the whole family. Please get your flu shot.”"

Tis is like asking people to get fascinated against falling rocks.

Expose of the flu emergency bullcrap.