The Reality about H1N1 (SwineFlu) Numbers

First, let's set the stage.

Take this latest report about the Swine Flu (H1N1) virus focusing on Australia's ballooning numbers of infected. It says:

"...the national tally was now 10,387, more than 10 percent of the global total..."
and
"According to the UN's World Health Organization (WHO), 94,512 cases of A(H1N1) influenza have been reported, causing 429 deaths. "

Then if you go to www.cdc.gov/swineflu (yes it forwards to a PC page for H1N1) you will see the US totals of 37,246 cases and 211 deaths.

For several reasons, all of these counts are dead wrong. I'll attack it roughly in reverse order.

First, the US numbers. These are -reported- cases and -confirmed- deaths. I'm pretty sure you have to test the dead body for infection to see if they died of this flu in particular. It would necessarily exclude old or sick people already dying of something else, homeless people, and the 12-25 Million illegals who live in the shadows because... they are here illegally. A topic for another day. So our numbers are deflated from reality.

Second, the worldwide numbers from the article. To say that Australia has 10% of the worldwide total is assuming the WHO's numbers are correct. They are not, for a couple of reasons. First, they're relying on numbers that are already flawed, as I point out above, in 1st world nations. Second is the fact that many cultures around the world are governed by pride and honor. It's a fact. These countries will -not- report that a significant percentage of their people are infected, or that deaths are drastically rising. It is because they have an old-world mentality that pride and national honor matter. They don't want their particular race to be painted with the brush stroke of life (or death, in this instance). They are most definitely -not- reporting accurate numbers, even if they care to collect them.

Unfortunately, the secrecy will ensure this virus continues to spread exponentially - if a country, we'll call it ItaliFranistan, had widespread infection which could be thwarted in some measure by a ban on travel to/from that country, it would hurt their economy and their status in the world. It also stems from the old days when a widespread infection, plague, or worse would cause family names to be destroyed, quarantines or even population wipeouts by armed troops. But these irrational fears don't make it right.

In fact, someone could say that the fear of losing tourism dollars could be a significant driving force behind hiding the true nature and extent of a country and/or region's infection with any disease, let alone H1N1.

For these reasons, stay healthy. And don't trust the WHO or the CDC. They're too PC to be correct on a matter of life-and-death.

(Don't forget the reports (here and here and here) that prison populations have a swine flu problem. One more reason to Execute Mumia Now.)