I have an interesting question for the readers. When you turn right, do you look both ways? Every time? I’m guilty of looking only to the left, and I’m sure a lot of other people are as well. I know at least one other person is, because I just about got into an accident with him today.
CourthouseNews and several other news outlets are running reports about Paulo Serodio, a medical student who was pushed out of medical school based on his comment in a cultural diversity class that he’s white, African, and American.
This whole hyphenated-American nonsense has gone so far over the top, it’s laughable. There have been numerous cases where, in their zeal for “political correctness,” media outlets have actually mis-reported the facts.
I just wanted to jump on the proverbial bandwagon to point out how silly it is the extent to which the media is playing up this whole Swine H1N1 Flu virus. Media headlines blared that we were in the midst of a full on outbreak. The World Health Organization added fuel to the fire with their rating of 5 (pandemic imminent).
H1N1 Flu Facts: http://www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/
Common Flu Facts: http://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/qa/disease.htm
That’s right, there are 98 times as many common flu deaths each year than there are H1N1 flu infections now.
I think it’s time the media stop making a big deal over this, because it’s not.
And neither was Avian Flu, West Nile Virus, SARS, or Mad Cow Disease.
Relax!
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