Flu and Other Illness: October 2009 Archives

Pretty interesting stuff that might keep you safe this winter.

More good information on why you should get the swine flu shot and information debunking some myths.

Wired's latest issue covers the concept of fear, much of it related to vaccines and vaccination.

One key article covers the dangers everyone is exposed to by those parents who refuse to have their kids vaccinated.

More on the Bill Maher wants pregnant women to die story. Look, if Bill Frist is making more sense than you and telling folks to trust the government as his party is arming for a race war, then you are absolutely in the wrong.

There's a lot of hysteria going on about the flu shots, both the season and the swine flu one. GeekDad points out that you'd better get your kids vaccinated as they are a primary audience for the swine flu.

Follow the links in that story for some good information.

Not that this surprises me much but sales of hand sanitizer are way up. That, in theory, is a good thing but I hope we don't overdo it. That said, I still see guys who take a leak and don't wash their hands. Yes ladies, it probably happens more than you think.

One of the things that stops me for calling myself a progressive rather than just a plain vanilla liberal are the kinds of folks who call themselves progressive. Bill Maher is one of those folks. I mean, he's funny, and sometimes he absolutely right.

And then there are times he thinks reality revolves around him, rather that being something he has to endure along with the rest of us. Things like, he keeps calling out the President for not pushing policies that he - Bill Maher - would like passed. As if somehow Barack Obama had mischaracterized what his agenda was at some point.

The relevant part to this discussion is that Maher is using his media soapbox to scare folks - particularly pregnant women - to not get the H1N1 shot. This is reckless, and it is going to get some woman - and probably her baby - killed. And Maher? He's not going to give a shit. He'll just shrug and light up a joint until he burns out the brain cell that reminds him he told her to risk her life for an anti-government talking point.

Just in case you think I'm being hard on the guy, his stance is in line with both Beckkk and Rimjob. The company ya keep, ya know?

Daily Kos has some good info, and then there's this from The Daily Show:

The MythBusters gang jumps in and helps to spread useful info on the H1N1 virus.

We need folks like this who have some credibility with certain parts of our society to help weed out the fearmongering out there.

Your most recent update on the swine flu season.