When the CDC and WHO start shouting numbers without properly testing individuals of course the public is going to believe it because you know that people believe everything that has a breaking news headline. <sarcasm implied on that last statement.>
You said: "Sure someone makes a dollar, but it was justified." I dont even need to say much to to prove that this statement is absolutely rediculous: Read this article and look at the charts I have included for the 2 pharma companies who killed financially with this exagerated flu:
I guess if you both choose to believe that the swine flu was deadly, then you probably bought into Obamas health care reform bill too. I sincerely hope everyone does proper research before coming to conclusions about how the WHO and CDC were out for our best interest during last years joke of a flu season.