Would that be this Dr Mercola, featured on QuackWatch.org?:
http://www.quackwatch.org/11Ind/mercola.html Perhaps he has a natural cure for sale from his website.

It is rather unfair to attribute the whole of the swine flu panic to media hype when the WHO, CDC, HHS and every other relevant organization is directly telling the media reps that there is reason to be concerned. There are three reasons for the "over" reaction:

- We don't know what we don't know: In this case we have a NEW strain for which there is NO vaccine, that managed to jump the human to human vector, with unknown transmitibility and unknown mortality, but with early suprising indicators, including what might be high mortality rates from Mexico.

- The world's various health organizations have been worrying about an influenza pandemic for decades. The Spanish Flu from the early part of the century killed millions, and managed this feat with only a 2.5% mortality rate. Imagine what an equally transmitable flu with a 7% mortality rate could do? Also, the Spanish Flu defied traditional mortality patterns in that it tended to kill not just the very young and very old, but also had a big spike in the 15-35 age group.

- When doing Risk Planning and management, you focus on two different aspects: What is the likelyhood of bad things happening, and how bad is the bad thing? If the bad thing is a global pandemic with millions of deaths, then even if it is really unlikely, it is generally considered wise to take significant precautions. The entire world health multi agency is not filled with morons, they have some experience in this stuff.

- Os

Quote Originally Posted by crager34 View Post
I think some people in this nation - namely our irresponsible media - are in an unnatural panic about this issue. There's some good info in this article as we think about our life, work and health options.......the highlights therein are mine. And, by the way, Dr. Mercola is a nationally known osteopathic physician.