Huh. Notice anything interesting the last few days? H1N1 or the Swine Flu has all but disappeared off the radar. Why? Because it was media-hyped and calamity reporting that went, uh, no where. We’ve had fully one confirmed death from the H1N1 virus since the media blitz over a week ago. For the record, that is the same death as was reported at crest of this exaggerated wave of caution and fear mongering. Meanwhile, the standard influenza virus continues to relentlessly claim about 200 people per week. And when I say claim, I mean kill. Why haven’t we heard about that? The the media...

Yeah, been a while. Life. But since I’ve been languishing in my studies, much has happened. I won’t bore you with the commentary of this or that but I just have to weigh in on this swine flu bit. Every where I turn, every channel I see, some pundit is commenting on just how bad the flu will be. I don’t think so. In the U.S. alone, better than 36 thousand people die of influenza each year. That is in a 365 day period, right here in the grand ol’ U.S.A. where healthcare is pretty good and the average life expectancy averages around 77 years old (between men and women). That...