I predict H1N1/Swine Flu will kill One Million Americans. SHIT it's bad and getting worse.

Rush Limbaugh and Beck are urging Americans not to get the H1N1 flu shot. WTF? Are they crazy or are they willing to see millions of Americans die just to make Obama look bad? Some weird shit.

It kills less than 1% of the people that get it. What's the big deal? You get the shot and can sill get the flu. That makes alot of friggin sense to me. IDIOT

I've never had a flu shot! Hey you either got the survival genes or you do'nt! If your weak the planet will clear you for the strong!Lo0ok at those who have died thus far they are already compromised, weakened, disabled people!

Silly rabbit shots are for kids!

CDC said there's no need to call a doc if you get H1N1. It's no more serious or deadly than any regular flu.

Doom and Gloom wrote:

I predict H1N1/Swine Flu will kill One Million Americans. SHIT it's bad and getting worse.

Uh huh. Seems pretty likely to me.

LOL

Been there and left wrote:

Rush Limbaugh and Beck are urging Americans not to get the H1N1 flu shot. WTF? Are they crazy or are they willing to see millions of Americans die just to make Obama look bad? Some weird shit.

Are you crazy? They aren't the only ones urging people to avoid the flu shot. Do some research. Most Chiropractors, naturopaths, greenies, are also urging people away. Yes I know that's not the most reliable 4 groups of people, but dude do a quick google.

shit, the flu kills like 800,000 people a year anyway...what's another couple hundred thousand?

yet another example of the media hyping something that is already a "problem" (1 million deaths is not a lot and is normal) by using terms like "H1N1" and "swine flu" to drum up reactions from uninformed people.

I doubt 1 million Americans will die of H1N1, but if they did, that would certainly not be a "normal" amount. You understand he's talking about only Americans, right? That would be a huge amount. That would be way more people than die of heart disease in any given year, which is generally the number 1 cause of death.

1 million will die... after many years.

I'm sure the world wouldn't mind a few less Americans...

easy there partner, we don't all have nuclear weapons over here. just some of us.

The last time there was a big flu scare was sometime in the late 1970s. Then, many more people died of the flu vaccine than the flu itself. I'm not getting it (and I think Rush Linbaugh is an idiot, otherwise).

I had it about a 2 weeks ago. It was bad for 2 days, then I was back running within 5 days. The worst part was the coughing caused by drainage for 3 or 4 days after the flu symptoms went away.

On the bad end, I am a HS Teacher/Coach. One freshman at my school did pass away from it. He was a perfectly healthy 14 yr old. He was at school on Wednesday and died on Saturday.

On the good end, One of my athletes was tested on a Saturday and was cleared to run a meet on Tuesday.

The thing is crazy how it really affects some people and goes really quickly through others.

Caveman wrote:

The last time there was a big flu scare was sometime in the late 1970s. Then, many more people died of the flu vaccine than the flu itself. I'm not getting it (and I think Rush Linbaugh is an idiot, otherwise).

And do you realize that inadequate testing of the vaccine in the 70's is what caused disease like guiallin-barre syndrome!? The gov't pushed the vaccine and said it was safe but it was not fully tested. That's why there's a question on most flu questionairres about having guialliam-barre. If you're looking for answers from the gov't you need to be ready for crickets or pure crap. They don't know what they are talking about and any generously informed citizen has a far larger wealth of knowledge than any bloated gov't bureacracy.

immuno grad student wrote:

shit, the flu kills like 800,000 people a year anyway...what's another couple hundred thousand?

yet another example of the media hyping something that is already a "problem" (1 million deaths is not a lot and is normal) by using terms like "H1N1" and "swine flu" to drum up reactions from uninformed people.

Most of those 800,000 are probably over 70 years old. The people who die from the flu are the ones who already have compromised immune and other systems.

Been there and left wrote:

Rush Limbaugh and Beck are urging Americans not to get the H1N1 flu shot. WTF? Are they crazy or are they willing to see millions of Americans die just to make Obama look bad? Some weird shit.

Yes, it is already well established that Beck and Limbaugh are idiots. However, Bill Maher is also making the same moronic recommendation. Unfortunately, the anti-vaccine nuts are on both the left and right. though it pains me to say I give a lot of credit to conservative Bill Frist for schooling Maher on vaccines. Check it out:

THey stink wrote:

It kills less than 1% of the people that get it. What's the big deal? You get the shot and can sill get the flu. That makes alot of friggin sense to me. IDIOT

Sorry, you're the idiot. You can NOT get the flu from the flu shot. It is a DEAD virus (inactivated). You can get some symptoms, but you are not getting the flu.

Been there and left wrote:

Rush Limbaugh ... urging Americans not to get the H1N1 flu shot.

I'm pretty sure a swine flu shot is safer than oxycontin.

Okay, you can get the symptoms and sill get the flu.