I think that the H1N1 scare is just that, a scare. It is so hyped up by the media and the health department of the federal government that many people were dreading that this virus was the next apocalypse and that everyone must get the vaccine or else they would die. I think that people are finally seeing that the H1N1 virus is, as I always believed: no less dangerous then the regular flu. The media is fanning the flames of fear onto the people and they need to stop.
I believe that this H1N1 outbreak is no worse than the regular flu. Although 83 people have died, there is still more people that die each year from the regular flu then there have been from the swine flu. The major difference between the two is that the swine flu has been spreading more rapidly than the regular flu. As for people not wanting to shake hands or be in crowded places, around this time of year a lot of people don’t want to anyways because its the regular flu season, and no one really wants to get sick.
I think one of the major reason why people wanted the flu shot in the summer was because of the media hype. There was so much media hype surround the new super virus that it scared everyone into believing that they will die from it. As time went by, people started to realize and got educated about the virus.
The reason why there was such a high decline in demand for the flu shot was because as the time went by, the more educated people became about the virus the more they where less afraid of it. Or they have developed and believe in the conspiracy theories surround the whole issue. Many members of the news article commented on the comment board with such things as "poisonous mercury", "internet conspiracy", "pharmaceutical conspiracy" etc. The cause of the decline is a variable in many ways. No one way will suit it.
This either proves that Canadians or people from around the world are smart, or misinformed. Some of the comments that was wrote showed how stupid some people can be.
Kam and Brittany are right; the swine flu is far less deadly than the typical flu. People have further reason to doubt the vaccination because of what happened in 1976; the government hyping the fear of a swine flu outbreak that never happened, their vaccine killing 25 and paralyzing 500. And the fact that pharmacist companies are making loads of money off of the H1N1 hype give skeptics a reason to believe that there is a conspiracy involved. And as James said, more young age Canadians are beginning to doubt the solution because they are educating themselves, but are probably falling for the statistics in some conspiracy theorist's blog. Really, someone will get rich off of any movement in any industry. And fear in the general public doesn't necessarily mean control, at least not in this case, so what would a bunch of conspirators be aiming for here? The health industry has done more good than bad, and nobody has found negative effects in the H1N1 vaccine yet. It's free and harmless; no one is hurting anyone, controlling anyone, or making money off of people who get the vaccine. Always be a skeptic, but don't be cynical.
As everyone else said... It is being completely overdone. But sigh, it is very easy to make anything into a big situation... Just tell the *people* that they are in danger, and whatever you want them to believe, will be believed. But society and the people will always be scared for theirs/loved one's health, no matter how small the cause of alarm is... Not saying that society or the people, should completely disreguard the need for a little concern... that's my two bits on the matter
To start just some background info to support sam's statement. "Approximately 36% of volunteers that received the swine flu vaccine manufactured by CSL experienced mild systemic side effects. 8% of vaccine recipients reported moderate systemic side effects, and less than 1% experienced a severe adverse reaction to immunization." - http://diseases-viruses.suite101.com/article.cfm/swine_flu_vaccine_side_effects
Now as for myself, I am currently on the fence for this issue. Personally I'm no more worried of catching the swine flu than i am the regular flu. So I'm really not worried at all. However i do believe doctors all over are inflating stats and somewhatusing fear for their benefit. lets face it, as same said it may be free, but in actual fact somewhere along the line the producers or the vaccine are making money don't kid your self nothing is free. The fact I'd be most worried about is unlike the normal flu H1N1 attacks healthy young people and that is the concern, but that certianly can be helped with the use of hand sanitizers and common sense. TRAVIS YANDO
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I think that the H1N1 scare is just that, a scare. It is so hyped up by the media and the health department of the federal government that many people were dreading that this virus was the next apocalypse and that everyone must get the vaccine or else they would die. I think that people are finally seeing that the H1N1 virus is, as I always believed: no less dangerous then the regular flu. The media is fanning the flames of fear onto the people and they need to stop.
I believe that this H1N1 outbreak is no worse than the regular flu. Although 83 people have died, there is still more people that die each year from the regular flu then there have been from the swine flu. The major difference between the two is that the swine flu has been spreading more rapidly than the regular flu. As for people not wanting to shake hands or be in crowded places, around this time of year a lot of people don’t want to anyways because its the regular flu season, and no one really wants to get sick.
I think one of the major reason why people wanted the flu shot in the summer was because of the media hype. There was so much media hype surround the new super virus that it scared everyone into believing that they will die from it. As time went by, people started to realize and got educated about the virus.
The reason why there was such a high decline in demand for the flu shot was because as the time went by, the more educated people became about the virus the more they where less afraid of it. Or they have developed and believe in the conspiracy theories surround the whole issue. Many members of the news article commented on the comment board with such things as "poisonous mercury", "internet conspiracy", "pharmaceutical conspiracy" etc. The cause of the decline is a variable in many ways. No one way will suit it.
This either proves that Canadians or people from around the world are smart, or misinformed. Some of the comments that was wrote showed how stupid some people can be.
Kam and Brittany are right; the swine flu is far less deadly than the typical flu. People have further reason to doubt the vaccination because of what happened in 1976; the government hyping the fear of a swine flu outbreak that never happened, their vaccine killing 25 and paralyzing 500. And the fact that pharmacist companies are making loads of money off of the H1N1 hype give skeptics a reason to believe that there is a conspiracy involved. And as James said, more young age Canadians are beginning to doubt the solution because they are educating themselves, but are probably falling for the statistics in some conspiracy theorist's blog.
Really, someone will get rich off of any movement in any industry. And fear in the general public doesn't necessarily mean control, at least not in this case, so what would a bunch of conspirators be aiming for here?
The health industry has done more good than bad, and nobody has found negative effects in the H1N1 vaccine yet. It's free and harmless; no one is hurting anyone, controlling anyone, or making money off of people who get the vaccine.
Always be a skeptic, but don't be cynical.
As everyone else said...
It is being completely overdone.
But sigh, it is very easy to make anything into a big situation... Just tell the *people* that they are in danger, and whatever you want them to believe, will be believed.
But society and the people will always be scared for theirs/loved one's health, no matter how small the cause of alarm is... Not saying that society or the people, should completely disreguard the need for a little concern...
that's my two bits on the matter
To start just some background info to support sam's statement. "Approximately 36% of volunteers that received the swine flu vaccine manufactured by CSL experienced mild systemic side effects. 8% of vaccine recipients reported moderate systemic side effects, and less than 1% experienced a severe adverse reaction to immunization." - http://diseases-viruses.suite101.com/article.cfm/swine_flu_vaccine_side_effects
Now as for myself, I am currently on the fence for this issue. Personally I'm no more worried of catching the swine flu than i am the regular flu. So I'm really not worried at all. However i do believe doctors all over are inflating stats and somewhatusing fear for their benefit. lets face it, as same said it may be free, but in actual fact somewhere along the line the producers or the vaccine are making money don't kid your self nothing is free.
The fact I'd be most worried about is unlike the normal flu H1N1 attacks healthy young people and that is the concern, but that certianly can be helped with the use of hand sanitizers and common sense.
TRAVIS YANDO
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