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In reply to the discussion: 'You don't die from the flu' [View all]Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)13. This one killed most members of a family, my father's died in this epidemic leaving 6 children
My father was the oldest at 8 and a 13 day old sister. There are still ones dying from the flu, dumb as a post. He tried to change it to "No one should die", they just don't get it. Why do we continue to vote dumb.
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The amount of people holding political office with such a huge ignorance of basic science is sad
Marrah_G
Jan 2013
#2
This one killed most members of a family, my father's died in this epidemic leaving 6 children
Thinkingabout
Jan 2013
#13
Proof that being dumb as a 5th grader won't hurt your election to the Houston city counsel
HereSince1628
Jan 2013
#7
Anything that THEY don't personally become afflicted with. If that guy came down
gateley
Jan 2013
#32
Not a MEDICAL doctor -- a Doctor of Chiropractic. He obviously wasn't trained about influenza. He
gateley
Jan 2013
#61
I Have A Co-Worker Who (Rumor Has It) Is In A Medically Induced COMA... For Influenza B...
WillyT
Jan 2013
#18
They're starting to find that flu shots are less effective in certain populations
jeff47
Jan 2013
#66
I'll write to him tomorrow. My friends father is in a medically induced coma...
Lone_Star_Dem
Jan 2013
#29
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