Swine-flu hysteria ~ By Joseph Farah

From WorldNetDaily

By Joseph Farah Posted: November 02, 2009 1:00 am Eastern © 2009 It's a global pandemic, says the World Health Organization. It's a national emergency, says Barack Obama. U.S. deaths have surpassed 1,000, according to the Centers for Disease Control. Nearly 5,000 have died worldwide, according to WHO. That sounds bad. But is it worth the hysteria? What is it about these deaths that have government health bureaucracies apoplectic? Is it time for a little context? What happens when we turn to the same sources to compare deaths due to swine flu with other leading causes of preventable deaths? Worldwide, nearly 3,000 people die from malaria every day. Worldwide, nearly 6,000 people die from AIDS every day. So what is it about this illness that has government so shook up? Is it that it is so readily preventable? Actually, that can't be it. Because malaria could be eradicated much easier and more economically. But the most effective weapon in the arsenal against malaria, DDT, has been banned in the U.S. and much of the rest of the world, even though it saved the lives of tens of millions, because of pseudo-scientific hysteria about alleged, unproven environmental effects. Also, the vaccine for swine flu is extraordinarily expensive, compared with DDT production and treatments. The U.S. government spent $1 billion just to develop the swine flu vaccine, $7 billion to produce 195 million doses and the cost of administering those doses is projected to cost $11 billion. [CLICK HERE TO READ MORE]