The Sky Is Falling

Are you going to get your H1N1 flu shot?  I'm not.  I don't buy into the line that the government is pushing and I'd rather my body took care of the little bugger.  The problem is, millions and millions of other lemmings ARE running scared and are lining up for their shots.  Lordy, lordy the hype is fast and furious from the major networks, industry has ramped up and people are just plain scared.

Why?  When I was a boy, everyone got the sniffles every year.  Sometimes it was a 24 hour bout, sometimes a day or two.  It was the rare instance when you lost more than a few days.  In the end, your body was stronger and better able to fend for itself.  All the citizens who got the flu were in the end stronger, and the entire nation was stronger.  But society seems obsessed with germs and cleanliness.  A running nose, a slight cough will make a lot of people run for the hills.  Little Johnny must stay home from school for a few WEEKS.  Gladys, "will you please pick up a new supply of face masks at Walgreen's, and don't forget the hand sanitizer.  Come on!  We are becoming a nation of weenies and hypochondriacs.

But I digress.  What are the facts of this epidemic in the U.S.?  The generic annual flu virus kills 36,000, through today's post, the H1N1 has killed 1,000, but you have to question that figure because a lot of the deaths are suspected.  That doesn't keep the media from proposing that lots of people have died and we didn't know the real cause was Swine flu. It makes for a better story.

In trots the government.  All right, Uncle Sam can ride in and rescue all the helpless people.  Let's get, no order, the drug companies to ramp up production of a vaccine and then promise to deliver those doses.  We're going to need a hundred million doses or more.  We have to stop this plague before it wipes us all out.  "OH MY THE SKY IS FALLING!"  What do you suppose happened?  Despite all the government hype.....which drives media hype.....which drives "human lemming response-HLR" the government was forced to admit that the Pandemic (has an ominous tone doesn't it?) is much less than feared.  The symptoms are mild and the deaths are limited.  Oh by the way, all you lemmings, the virus shipments will be delayed, so the Pandemic will build and you will have to stand in long lines.  Oh, another by the way, we are shipping some vaccine overseas before you get yours because its the right thing to do.   Makes you want to run out and get government run health care doesn't it?

Since the fear factor was declining, the government trots out the theory that this is going to merge with the normal flu season and create chaos.  Now we have body counts in the media as if it was a war, then today, the crowning achievement....His Majesty declares a state of emergency.


Obama's Whitehouse is bathing in the manufactured crisis.  Once again Rahm Emanuel has a crisis that "he can't waste", but to what purpose?  Well, in  state of emergency you can bypass all kinds of federal rules.  Hmmmmm.  In a state of emergency you can see how many people respond, see how many pliable lemmings you have.  Hmmmmm.  Maybe get the military involved.   Hmmmmm.  Can you some day force these people to get a shot under the watchful eye of the government?   Hmmmmmm..   If your are conspiracy theory person, start writing your book.  This is just a dry run to test his Majesty Obama's authority and condition the people for more. When it comes time to draw the line, Obama will play this card again, only with a different manufactured crisis.