DeDukshyn
30th January 2013, 01:54
Excellent Article on the reality of the flu death stats that are used to push flu shots.
Excerpt:
It comes directly from the desk of Canada's chief public health officer. "The flu is serious," he tells us from his website. "Every year, between 2,000 and 8,000 Canadians die of the flu and its complications."
Flu's winter companions include coronavirus, adenovirus and Streptococcus pneumonia.Flu's winter companions include coronavirus, adenovirus and Streptococcus pneumonia. (Vasily Fedosenko/Reuters)
Did you ever wonder how they know that? The fact is, they don't know that. "This is a scientific guess. This is not the truth," Dr. Michael Gardam, director of the infection prevention and control unit at the University Health Network in Toronto and a longtime flu watcher, told me.
The fact is, no one knows how many people die after being infected with the flu virus. The death estimates are not based on body counts, lab tests or autopsies.
"I think people may have the misconception that every person who dies from the flu is somehow counted somewhere, and they're not," Gardam said.
Full story: http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2012/11/22/flu-deaths-crowe.html
Excerpt:
It comes directly from the desk of Canada's chief public health officer. "The flu is serious," he tells us from his website. "Every year, between 2,000 and 8,000 Canadians die of the flu and its complications."
Flu's winter companions include coronavirus, adenovirus and Streptococcus pneumonia.Flu's winter companions include coronavirus, adenovirus and Streptococcus pneumonia. (Vasily Fedosenko/Reuters)
Did you ever wonder how they know that? The fact is, they don't know that. "This is a scientific guess. This is not the truth," Dr. Michael Gardam, director of the infection prevention and control unit at the University Health Network in Toronto and a longtime flu watcher, told me.
The fact is, no one knows how many people die after being infected with the flu virus. The death estimates are not based on body counts, lab tests or autopsies.
"I think people may have the misconception that every person who dies from the flu is somehow counted somewhere, and they're not," Gardam said.
Full story: http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2012/11/22/flu-deaths-crowe.html