CNN.com compared The Spanish Flu of 1918 to the recent “outbreak” of Swine Flue and how the Spanish Flu of 1918 (I can’t emphasize that enough) killed 40 to 50 million people, in 1918.

In 1918 is it possible we may not have had anti-virus fighting drugs like we do today? In 1918 we didn’t have modern ideas of health and hygiene (showering daily was not on the list of most people). I’m pretty sure in we didn’t have modern medical research, but by all means we should compare the Spanish Flu of 1918 to the 2009 (yes, that’s a 91 year delta of time).

Swine flu “epidemic” or “pandemic” apparently means less than 2,000 people world wide, and less then 300 dead. More people have died from the regular Flu then this. Juarez Mexico has seen more violence and deaths then the Swine Flu in the last 3 months.

We have more people with AID’s (that definitely will kill you) then the Swine flu and where is that in the news?

Darfur just went through a 400,000 person genocide but swine flu we need to get on that.

Oh did we talk about the ten’s of thousands of US soldiers that have been sent to Afghanistan and Iraq that have died in the last 8 years from bullets or did we miss that when the media was busy capturing images of people in highly densely populated area’s wearing fun and interesting face masks? Just curious – I mean I don’t want to rant or anything but come on.

200 people died of the flu, 2 Million people died in 2007 from AIDs, 270,000 of them were children (that’s 740 children per day).

I haven’t even started on Cancer Research or Stem Cell research which could definitely use some well needed press and support.

The Milwaukee Mayor went on our local TV station and said he had called the governor and requested a state of emergency. For 7 cases of suspected swine flu (which by the way it turns out wasn’t swine flu). How about focusing a little more attention on something that needs fixing in our community. Drug addiction, domestic abuse, child neglect, a failing education system…why can’t we declare a state of emergency on being a dumb ass…because that’s what it is, a serious case of media dumb ass.