I think anyone who doesn't believe that there was a real threat this time around, or that there will be real threats again in the future with mutations, is mistaken.
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.