Swine Flu?

I hate the media. We are in such new territory as far as how the news is involved in our lives. With all the new technology, it seems we are living in an instantaneous and up-to-date minute-by-minute world. If you blink you might miss something. So as if we don't have enough to worry about with our failing economy, now we need to worry about some exotic flu pandemic. The media loves to use big worlds like "pandemic" to scare the crap out of people. So soon we are all rushing out to the grocery store and stocking up on masks, canned goods, bottled water and duct tape. WTF, really? I mean really? If there really was a global pandemic of some disease-does anyone really think bottled water and duct tape is going to save their stupid asses? I think they will find you dead with all your windows duct taped shut! The definition of pandemic: A pandemic is an epidemic of infectious disease that spreads through populations across a large region; for instance a continent, or even worldwide.
Is there a swine flu pandemic? No absolutely there is NOT. The insanely funny thing is that far more people die every year from what we all think of as "regular" influenza. There are 20-50 million people diagnosed with it per year, as many as 150,000 hospitalizations. Depending on the year 30,000-50,000 people die from it. I take care of elderly population for a living and I would say in a bad flu season that 50% of them die of it or complications regarding it. Why isn't this all over the news? Oh, I know, is it because it won't sell papers? Or cause mass hysteria, or sell stores out of canned goods? Tonight, I will sleep soundly knowing that I have far more important things to worry about than swine flu. Does anyone remember all the hype about bird flu a few years ago? Wonder what happened to that? It fizzled out just like this will. But if for some reason, possibly in some case of cosmic justice, I do come down with the swine flu I will eat every word of this blog. You will of course find me dead at home with my mask on, a can of green beans in one hand, a bottle of water in the other, and all my windows duct taped shut. LMAO!!