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8. Doesn't the flu kill more people than AIDS? (nt)

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'You don't die from the flu' [View all] marmar Jan 2013 OP

I agree, but the anti-vaxers will set upon you in 3..2..1.. nt stevenleser Jan 2013 #1

the flu pandemic during world war 1 killed millions. roguevalley Jan 2013 #33

The 1918 flu killed more people than all of World War I Wednesdays Jan 2013 #53

I'm sorry about that, Wednesdays. My grandmother talked about it with roguevalley Jan 2013 #67

The amount of people holding political office with such a huge ignorance of basic science is sad Marrah_G Jan 2013 #2

Didn't you know? Bainbridge Bear Jan 2013 #27

+1000 smirkymonkey Jan 2013 #56

Hear, hear! littlemissmartypants Jan 2013 #39

The 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic didnt really kill 20 - 50 million people ... REP Jan 2013 #3

Or abortions. marybourg Jan 2013 #5

When was the Abortion Flu pandemic? REP Jan 2013 #9

666 AD. ChairmanAgnostic Jan 2013 #26

This one killed most members of a family, my father's died in this epidemic leaving 6 children Thinkingabout Jan 2013 #13

And you can't get pregnant if you were "Legitimately" raped rustydog Jan 2013 #4

if only our media reported the facts instead of trying to scare us Coolest Ranger Jan 2013 #6

bah. how will that sell advertising slots? ChairmanAgnostic Jan 2013 #30

They are helping fulfill littlemissmartypants Jan 2013 #40

Proof that being dumb as a 5th grader won't hurt your election to the Houston city counsel HereSince1628 Jan 2013 #7

Doesn't the flu kill more people than AIDS? (nt) Recursion Jan 2013 #8

A 2003 Chicago Tribune story says so jeff47 Jan 2013 #11

Yeah, I realized I was thinking of an old article Recursion Jan 2013 #17

Maybe you can only die from the legitimate flu or... Kalidurga Jan 2013 #10

Thank you for your infections, Texas! randome Jan 2013 #12

What is it with these fucking stupid repukes? Zoeisright Jan 2013 #14

The councilman said: The human body has a way to shut that whole thing down LeftInTX Jan 2013 #15

Anything that THEY don't personally become afflicted with. If that guy came down gateley Jan 2013 #32

HE IS A DOCTOR. littlemissmartypants Jan 2013 #41

Chiropractors are not doctors. Archae Jan 2013 #43

Doctor or not littlemissmartypants Jan 2013 #44

And yet... littlemissmartypants Jan 2013 #45

I'm not going to get this discussion into an argument over chiropractic. Archae Jan 2013 #46

We can only hope that his littlemissmartypants Jan 2013 #47

Beg to differ atreides1 Jan 2013 #52

Thank you. n/t littlemissmartypants Jan 2013 #57

Not a MEDICAL doctor -- a Doctor of Chiropractic. He obviously wasn't trained about influenza. He gateley Jan 2013 #61

The majority of politicians in TX 2naSalit Jan 2013 #16

I Have A Co-Worker Who (Rumor Has It) Is In A Medically Induced COMA... For Influenza B... WillyT Jan 2013 #18

One of my kids was horribly sick from it gollygee Jan 2013 #19

My husband's uncle is still alive!?! proud2BlibKansan Jan 2013 #20

I *think* it's still the deadliest single-pathogen disease out there? Recursion Jan 2013 #37

Oh well. burnsei sensei Jan 2013 #21

I got a flu shot, but got it anyway, then pneumonia. Faygo Kid Jan 2013 #22

me too. well, I didn't get the shot but I got the flu and subsequently pneumonia cali Jan 2013 #55

I'm officially a member of this club TorchTheWitch Jan 2013 #63

That happened to me as well Coolest Ranger Jan 2013 #60

They're starting to find that flu shots are less effective in certain populations jeff47 Jan 2013 #66

K&R abelenkpe Jan 2013 #23

This dumass Republican calls himself a doctor Major Nikon Jan 2013 #24

I'd like to see him say that to an M.D. (a REAL doctor) gateley Jan 2013 #34

So we should lump all "doctors" in littlemissmartypants Jan 2013 #42

Okay, fine. Sorry I set you off. gateley Jan 2013 #62

I knew a guy, when I was much younger, who caught the flu and died in 3 days 1-Old-Man Jan 2013 #25

But you CAN die from STUPIDITY and maybe get a Darwin Award benld74 Jan 2013 #28

I'll write to him tomorrow. My friends father is in a medically induced coma... Lone_Star_Dem Jan 2013 #29

the flu killed more people in 1918 that world War I.. Historic NY Jan 2013 #31

It's been called the worst disaster in history (nt) Recursion Jan 2013 #38

Science "Hall of Fame" Inductee Jack Christie and former Chairman of the State Board of Education xocet Jan 2013 #50

Politician Hall of Shame Member Jack Christie: second only to Sen Mike Walsworth of littlemissmartypants Jan 2013 #35

I just spent two days in the hospital last week liberalhistorian Jan 2013 #36

Wow, scary! Thank you for posting this! It might help someone! n-t Logical Jan 2013 #48

That's really similar to my experience. Lone_Star_Dem Jan 2013 #49

Sorry you had to deal with that, it's no surprise liberalhistorian Jan 2013 #68

That sounds just like what I had (have) TorchTheWitch Jan 2013 #64

And he is a fine example of the damn fools elected to office. They used to tar and feather asses RKP5637 Jan 2013 #51

In the current outbreak intaglio Jan 2013 #54

The STUPID is just overflowing in Texas. smirkymonkey Jan 2013 #58

Suggestion there is a whole bunch of stuipid in 49 other states too so stultusporcos Jan 2013 #59

The comments on the Texas article are scary mainer Jan 2013 #65