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When the swine flu “pandemic” initially broke out I chastised the main stream media for participating in fear-mongering. I even introduced this t-shirt into the Rotting Nation store.

It seems like Congressman and, more importantly, Doctor Ron Paul has a similar opinion calling the swine flu a non-event. He also noted the 1976 swine flu scare when a vaccine was created under the purview of Congress that killed more people than those that died from the swine flu itself. Dr. Paul was one of only two Congressmen to vote against the bill.

Watch the video here:

New Shirt in the store:

We finally know the origins of the dreadful Swine Flu!

I’m sure you have heard the news: the Swine Flu is going to be a pandemic worthy of great attention from governments all over the world including that of the United States. While the mainstream media is spreading the fear, many people are running for vaccainations and crowing to the government for intervention.

The truth, however, is that, according to the highest numbers I could find, 81 people have died from the scary Swine Flu.

To put that number into perspective, roughly 36,000 people die every single year from influenza, or the regular flu. Maybe 81 isn’t such a large number.

To end on a slightly depressing, yet humorous note, the pandemic has apparently been on its way since 1976: