10-28-2009, 11:41 AM
Quote:It's quite silly how hyped this thing is.
Agreed. The whole swine-flu hysteria inspires a big-freaking-whoop response from yours truly. Contrary to the fearmongers' position, this is not the worst disease outbreak we've ever faced, or even close to it. Nor is it even NEW. Prior generations have faced off against H1N1 and came out smelling like a rose, just like every other form of influenza.
Individuals might get sick and maybe even die, but humans as a species are just going to brush this off. People love to wave around exaggerated worst-case scenario death count predictions as a sign of the impending apocalypse. Yet even these extreme numbers don't even add up to one major city. You want to worry about dying, worry about something that actually has a valid statistical chance of happening - like a car accident.