Why would the WHO call H1N1 a pandemic? It obviously has not come anywhere near to being as wide-spread as predicted. Is it politically motivated? Anyone have any ideas?

I don’t generally go in for conspiracy theories except to muddy the waters, but I’m thinking this could have been a test to see how many people get behind what the government tells us to do. Or, the government will say that the pandemic was stopped because so many people took the vaccine. Whatever.

Now, a real conspiracy theorist would say that the vaccine was an excuse to inject a tracking device in us.

In Ireland Nth and Sth we have about 13 deaths in the last 2 weeks....many teenagers

Normal, seasonal influenza still produces a lot more serious cases and death than H1N1. It just isn't all that serious, people. Get the vaccine, yes. That's just common sense; but don't go wacko about the whole thing. Take sensible steps to prevent respiratory infections; don't cough or sneeze on people, eat healthy and drink enough water, but that's it. These places that are passing out Tamiflu like crazy are insane. They're needlessly increasing the chance of virus immunity to a very important last-resort anti-viral medicine by giving it to people that just don't need it.

The Pandemic, is Panic.