H1N1: Was it exaggerated?

Many of you may be friends on my personal Facebook page.  If so, you'll know I blogged the bejesus out of H1N1 hype, fact, stastistics, and most importantly, shed light on the H1N1 vaccinations.

Have you heard any recent doom and gloom about H1N1? No.  That's right, because there isn't much.  So now, Monday morning quarterbacks are starting to criticize. Some of it is very valid, and some of it.... eh, I think we needed a kick in the pants!

Article: Did the WHO exaggerate the H1N1 Flu Pandemic's Danger?

This URL is an article written about over-hyping H1N1.  Here's my take.

Each year the flu kills hundreds of thousands of people. This is a known fact that repeats itself every year.  This is not new news. Instead, news teams added extra hype to this figure by making it sound like new news! That was a problem. We were receivingVALID statistics, but with lots of alarming emotion without qualifying the "why"!
Flu season happens every year.  Every year, we should expect to witness a different flu strain, or one that's become "trendy" again. That's just how it goes.  Next year won't be any different!

But the silver lining that statisticians (nor media) can't capture is how we've learned better ways to keep our germs to ourselves, or avoid infecting ourselves in the firstplace, aka hygiene.  For example, how many of you have reinvented the sneeze?  Instead of sneezing into your hands, you sneeze into the inside of your elbow.  I do.
Or how many of you have washed your hands consciously after touching public doorknobs, etc? 
I believe this H1N1 hype has served a great purpose!  It has created AWARENESS!  Hygiene Awareness!
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Now, I do believe that some pharms, gov't, and other stakeholders had money on their minds when H1N1 pandemic gained momentum and fear over the summer.  And now that there are 50+ million unwanted doses or canceled orders, it does make me sneer a bit that someone's going to be eating those costs that were caused by fear. 

Are you waking up yet America?  :)
I love you!

cheri