Flu Scare

It's been reported that something like 159 people have died from the Swine Flu in Mexico, although the World Health Organization (WHO) has only positively linked seven deaths to the disease.

"There are 64 confirmed cases in the United States in five states," said Dr. Richard Besser, acting director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and so far, one confirmed death in the U.S.

Scared?

The flu kills something like 500,000 people worldwide each year, so why the current media-driven hysteria about this new flu strain? I'd say that your chances of contracting and dying from it are tiny compared to your chances of dying in a car accident this year.