Hmmm…5-15K people died who weren’t supposed to die of flu and it was from this bug.

Okay let’s take the outside measurement of 15K extra deaths in the US. With a current population of > 300M, that means that swine flu deaths affected .005% of the population. Holy crap that’s terrifying! Excuse me while I pee myself and wrap my house in duct tape and plastic sheeting. 15K swine flu deaths! That’s almost 1/3 of the number of people who die in automobile accidents every year in the US! Holy shit! I’d better go get myself injected with the latest vaccines for protection. Thanks for alerting me of this frightening threat!