New Zealand and the “Swine” Flu

 

     “The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.” H. L. Mencken.

    According to a professor of medicine (citation not available, but the facts are easily checked), New Zealand has gone through its flu season. It was predicted there would be 18,000 deaths from H1N1. There were 17. Out by a factor of 1,058.82. Close enough for government work.

Cheerio and ttfn,

Grant Coulson

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