Um...yeah.

[kyburg]

Substitute cancer, cars, motorcycles, what have you.

Perspective. You has it.

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[nagasvoice.livejournal.com]

Or even, ya know, like, substitute in the regular flu for that.
I like that graphic, thanks!

[rin-o.livejournal.com]

but with swine flu, learning about it won't make the US look bad for ignoring it kicking the shit out of other less-developed places.

the news hypes "safe stories", every time. they're too worried about their profit margins to do anything else.

[mycroftca.livejournal.com]

Please excuse my forthrightness, but NO SHIT...

[sekl.livejournal.com]

Indeed.

[sal_amanda]

My favorite point about all this was that a handful of people died from swine flu and everyone started wearing masks. But how many have died from AIDS and we still can't get people to wear condoms.

[dracowayfarer.livejournal.com]

"A single death is a tragedy; a million is a statistic."
— Josef Stalin (attributed)

[ms-hecubus.livejournal.com]

I keep seeing questions like "Are you afraid for your children?" pop on up places like anonymous moms and yahoo answers. I'm one of the very few who reply with a "Hellz to the no!" I guess I'm one of the few who knows about the last time swine flu hit and the damage the panic caused. The internets need a history lesson.