If you watch television at all you have been exposed to dozens of stories about Mexican swine flu and how it could, should, would, might, may be a pandemic. So far we have a few cases in Canada. And, so far, zero deaths. Contrast this to the run-of-the-mill reality of a "normal" flu season according to Health Canada: "During a severe flu season, as many as 8,000 Canadians die from influenza and its complications; on average there are 4,000 deaths from annual flu." 4,000 dead from flu is the average. Every year. When did you last hear that on CBC? Here's more on pandemics from Health Canada.
Update: Canada's Public Health Agency has issued an official public health warning: "Postpone elective or non-essential travel to Mexico until further notice."
About Me
- VOKL - Voice Of Ken Lawton
- VOKL is my self-assigned nom-de-blog in the format of a Newfoundland radio call sign. It gives me a name for my voice. And when you say it out loud it's vocal. See? VOKL. This may also reveal a subconcious desire to punnish my readers. I hope you understand. Anyway it's my blog. Start your own blog.
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Looking at this graph how can we believe temperature is driven by CO2? We can't.
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"We must respect the other fellow's religion, but only in the sense and to the extent that we respect his theory that his wife is beautiful and his children smart." ~ Henry Louis Mencken
One man's theology is another man's belly laugh. ~ Robert A. Heinlein
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