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[Hello]

Influenza A(H1N1) -

1 May 2009 -- The situation continues to evolve. As of 23:30 GMT, 1 May 2009, 13 countries have officially reported 367 cases of influenza A(H1N1) infection.

The United States Government has reported 141 laboratory confirmed human cases, including one death. Mexico has reported 156 confirmed human cases of infection, including nine deaths.

The following countries have reported laboratory confirmed cases with no deaths - Austria (1), Canada (34), China, Hong Kong, Special Administrative Region (1), Denmark (1), Germany (4), Israel (2), Netherlands (1), New Zealand (4), Spain (13), Switzerland (1) and the United Kingdom (.

Further information on the situation will be available on the WHO website on a regular basis.

[Jamie (K)]

The information that is missing is how many flu deaths are typical in a single year. It's definitely more than one and more than nine. In fact, it's tens of thousands of people in the US alone, so it appears that the swine flu is not the threat the media are scaring us into believing it is.

[Skrej]

Not to mention the majority, if not all, of those deaths have been the elderly, young, or previously sick.

The US death was actually a young Mexican infant whose family brought him across the border for treatment. Several of the other international cases were actually instances of Mexican nationals who were traveling.

Mexican investigators found that out of 280 family members of victims interviewed, only 4 had also contracted the flu.

10 deaths out of 367 infections is nothing, statistically speaking. 367 infections out of 6.7 billion is a nothing. Snakes kill more people than that per year, worldwide.

Regular influenza kills between 20-30,000 in the US alone, annually.
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[Prezbucky]

Yeah, this is likely much ado about nothing. The Spanish Flu epidemic killed about 50 million in 1918 or so.

This is akin to bitching about US casualties in the latest Iraq conflict... when more Americans were killed to stop Communist aggression in Vietnam & Korea and during WW1,2, and during some single battles of the US Civil War (not to mention the entire War Between the States).

We fight for freedom -- WW2, Korea, Vietnam, Iraq. Communism needs to just die -- it's for losers.

(removes self from soapbox)
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[Jamie (K)]

Don't forget that more younger people die in car accidents every year than died in Iraq. In fact, the murder rate in some some large US cities is higher than the death rate of American soldiers in Iraq.

[Prezbucky]

Yeah, and Jamie... the Iraq War is an outrage!!!

How DARE we remove a murderous despot from power (Saddam)?

What right do Iraqis have to elect their leaders?

Who do we think we are, spending a trillion dollars to make Iraq safe for Democracy?!

If you listen to some, I guess we should have just left Saddam -- the Stalin of the Middle East -- alone. Where's the cry for freedom? I guess people think it's easily obtained...

ROFL

It's a bit overdone, but everyone here should watch "Team America - World Police".

It melodramatically presents the patriotic (US Hawk) outlook.

It is NOT for kids -- violent images, sexual content, lots of bad language.

But it is funny... lots of conservative humor.
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[Hello]

Please, let us in our subject only ..

Democracy ..what ? and where in Iraq ????
You-honestly- don't know any thing there if you say...sorry??
I'll write about this subject later ...It is just how to obtain money by deception no anything else.And that is the opinion of million people there..
so don't say democracy or something around this term,and sorry for this again.

[Hello]

Dear Prezbucky

You can take it or leave it as there is no pressure to accept our opinions .

We are from Iraq.

Best regards.