Huh? I don't get it!

What's with all the hype about this Swine flu?  I don't understand what the big deal is?  Um, yeah, so it's a virus...you have the same symptoms of a "normal" flu: vomiting, diarrhea, sore throat, headache, aches.  So what?  Why is the media marketing it like it's the next cancer?  I looked on the Center of Disease Control official website today and noticed they were keeping track of how many "confirmed" cases of swine influenza A (H1N1) there are in America, and to my surprise there have been only 91 cases, only one of which resulted in death.  Are you kidding me???  Only 91 cases in ALL OF AMERICA? I'm sorry, but maybe I see things much differently than most.  Oh! Wait...it's called COMMEN SENSE.  I did a little snooping on the internet to compare some statistics to put this swine flu "pandemic" into perspective.  This is what I found: In the United States there are an estimated 25 - 50 MILLION cases of the "normal" flu reported each year.  There is an estimated 300,000 - 500,000 deaths in the world blamed on influenza each year.  Come on now!  So, the media is terrifying everyone because there has been ONE death so far?  And only 91 confirmed cases of this swine flu as of 11:00 am (according to the Center of Disease Control) this morning? The Center for Disease Control's website stated there was an average somewhere between 36,000 - 52,000  deaths in the United States from flu-related causes and complications each year. Okay, so if 36,000 deaths are reported each year in the U.S., that would mean 98.63 people die EACH DAY - and we don't often think twice about this flu - certainly not in the "pandemic" sense anyway!!  So why the scare?  What's behind it?  Quite frankly, I'd be more concerned about what's in the antiviral drugs they want to inject into your body!  I just don't understand why this swine flu, that again, has the same "symptoms" of seasonal influenza, has made the Secretary of Homeland Security, Janet Napolitano, declare a public health emergency??  Ugh!!  Why are we so easily brainwashed??  

So, my opinion, in case you're interested??  Do some research.  Don't let yourself be part of the blind masses that rely on the media to spoon-feed them misleading information!!  I will sleep well tonight - After all, my God is in control anyway.