President declares a National Emergency!

http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/10/24/h1n1.obama/index.html

"The 2009 H1N1 pandemic continues to evolve. The rates of illness continue to rise rapidly within many communities across the nation, and the potential exists for the pandemic to overburden health care resources in some localities," Obama said in a statement.

Really?! According to another report the number of cases has been over exaggerated.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/10/21/cbsnews_investigates/main5404829.shtml

And this from the CDC website is troubling:
Will tracking of 2009 H1N1 hospitalizations and deaths after August 30 be the same as it was in the spring and summer?

No, tracking of 2009 H1N1 hospitalizations and deaths will not be the same after August 30, 2009. In an effort to add additional structure to the national 2009 H1N1 reporting, new case definitions for influenza-associated hospitalizations and deaths were implemented on August 30, 2009. The new definitions allow states to report to CDC hospitalizations and deaths (either confirmed OR probable) resulting from all types of influenza, not just those from 2009 H1N1 flu. This is a broader set of data than states were previously reporting as it now includes 1) laboratory-confirmed influenza for all types of influenza, and 2) pneumonia and influenza cases identified from hospital records, most of which will not be laboratory confirmed.


That seems designed to inflate the numbers, which will increase fear.

It does not make sense to declare a state of emergency for 1,000 deaths and 20,000 hospitalizations When 35,000+ people die every year from the seasonal flu!


And this little gem from another article:
"More comprehensive tracking is not possible with current resources and medical record-keeping, some public health advocates say"

Really? We cannot test for it? and record it anywhere? Give me a break! That is just a push for the health care bill!

The hysteria over this is out of proportion with the real danger, it doesn't make sense. There is something else at work here, and it cannot be good!

found another great blog post about this on Spunky Homeschool