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How do we know how bad the Swine Flu is so far?

October 31, 2009Health and Medicinebootstrapping, h1n1, statistics, swine flu, Uncategorized, vaccineGreg Laden

I spent about 45 minutes yesterday in the local HMO clinic. They had turned the main waiting room into a Pandemic Novel A/H1N1 Swine (nee Mexican) Influenza quarantine area, and I could feel the flu viruses poking at my skin looking for a way in the whole time I was there.

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Why Vaccinate?

September 11, 2009UncategorizedHealth, vaccineGreg Laden

Think back to the last time you had a bad coughing fit. It’s gross, but think about the saliva and the mucus. Think about the last time you threw up. Now imagine all that together, along with gasping for air-and not being able to swallow.

And then go read this.