The Swine Flu farce

It's hard sometimes for me to admit to being a member of the media. Although I'm not what some would call a "formal" member of the media, I am still, technically, part of the media. After this last week of the mass media giving us an overdose helping of the "Swine Flu epidemic" it has become even more embarrassing for me to admit to being "in the media". This is a joke right? The "swine flu"? Come on!!! I mean, OK, its "a" flu, but the media has made this thing out to be the next black plague for crying out loud! What is stupid is that this particular strain of the flu appears to be LESS pervasive than the strains of flu we currently are aware of. I'm not arrogant enough to quote exact numbers on this stupid media fabrication of a major event, but, to date, there have been LESS official cases of the "swine flu" over the last month, than there have been cases of the common flu. Even funnier is that nearly 100 people die EVERY DAY in America due to regular influenza and this particular strain has yet to kill ONE American citizen domestically. So what is the big deal here? Why did the WHO and CDC come out and declare the "swine flu" to be at near pandemic levels and raised their alert status accordingly? And why did the media jump all over this as if it were the next Anthrax scare? I just don't get it, all the statistical data on this virus proves that it (apparently) is less dangerous than the other strains of influenza which we inoculate for ever year, and yet schools are closing nationwide and people are wearing breathing masks as precautions-even USF in Tampa Bay prohibited their graduating class this year from shaking hands with the dean of the school because of fears of the "swine flu". PUH LEEZE!!!! Are you kidding me???? Over 35,000 people a year DIE in our country from the regular flu and you don't see schools closing and people being scared to shake hands during the "flu season"! So, that leads me to a natural conclusion: what the fuck is really going on? What is it that the media has been distracting us from? What is it that the WHO and CDC are trying to cover up or hide in the back pages of the press that we should be paying attention too? Is this a "man made" disease by a terrorist group? Is there something else going on out there in the world that our Federal Government is trying to keep us from paying attention too? Or, is this just further proof that 1. the mass media are not just in love with O'Bama but have also completely lost it, and 2. our Federal Govermental agencies which oversee these diseases (the CDC) just completely clueless and out of touch with reality? What ever it may be, something doesn't sit right with me about all the over blown coverage of the "swine flu".