Reply #33: IF you are indeed an epidemiologist, please answer the following... [View All]

[Blackhatjack]

Please read the OP very carefully, and tell us what statement of fact contained therein is untrue.

If you are educated as an epidemiologist and you do not believe there will be another flu epidemic in the future, you have almost no support for that position from professionals in that field.

And how is pointing out a fact '...politization of (a) disease..." ?

Scientific opinion is subject to error, but it is always based upon a factual foundation.

A timeline of influenza epidemics shows that they occur periodically, and that because of the nature of the virus we can only guess from year to year what particular strain will will emerge which leads to formulations of flu shots that vary in their effectiveness for any given year.

THe Center for Disease Control in Atlanta has been asking for increased funding for decades to address this very real threat.

Anyone can post here at DU whether or not they have any knowledge of the subject under discussion. Their rantings and ravings mean little. But if you are an educated epidemiologist and you dismiss the OP as untrue and 'politization' you should be censured by your fellow professionals.