Comments on: Revisiting the Swine Flu Hysteria http://karendecoster.com/revisiting-the-swine-flu-hysteria.html Tue, 22 May 2012 02:24:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: MoT http://karendecoster.com/revisiting-the-swine-flu-hysteria.html/comment-page-1#comment-4073 MoT Tue, 05 Jan 2010 17:57:59 +0000 http://karendecoster.com/?p=8049#comment-4073 Plenty of hysteria over Y2K that fizzled and popped. Though, of course, there was plenty of "coin" to be had by the people peddling their doom and gloom scenarios. As far as the Swine Flu shots... I too wondered why I see signs in front of every Walgreen's offering these shots. Hmmmm? Plenty of hysteria over Y2K that fizzled and popped. Though, of course, there was plenty of “coin” to be had by the people peddling their doom and gloom scenarios. As far as the Swine Flu shots… I too wondered why I see signs in front of every Walgreen’s offering these shots. Hmmmm?

]]> By: miles http://karendecoster.com/revisiting-the-swine-flu-hysteria.html/comment-page-1#comment-3936 miles Sat, 02 Jan 2010 07:43:12 +0000 http://karendecoster.com/?p=8049#comment-3936 I wonder if anyone ended up making money off of "Y2K"? Remember Y2K? That apocolypse that didn't happen from 1999? I wonder if anyone made big money off of the swine-flu hysteria? If we dont get a big spike in flu-cases over the next couple of months, I think we could safely label it a bust (and in this case, Im hoping its a bust)**. I wish there were some conservative or libertarian financial institutions that could perform a "bubble autopsy" on the scare and find out whether anyone made a mint off it. Whenever there is a big snafu of lots of wasted resources like this, it costs our debtor nation a lot of money we no longer have. Therefore we need to identify the prime movers and expose them to ridicule and professional consequences. ** There is one future fearmonger's scenario I admit I actually would like to see come to pass: Climate Change. I hope we get about 10 straight years of cold, snowy-1970's style-winters and the coolest summers on record world-wide, just to make the AGW'ers and environmental-fearmongers look like imbeciles so they can be held up to everlasting public ridicule, professionally and politically ruined. Im not kidding either. I mean that. I wonder if anyone ended up making money off of “Y2K”? Remember Y2K? That apocolypse that didn’t happen from 1999?

I wonder if anyone made big money off of the swine-flu hysteria? If we dont get a big spike in flu-cases over the next couple of months, I think we could safely label it a bust (and in this case, Im hoping its a bust)**. I wish there were some conservative or libertarian financial institutions that could perform a “bubble autopsy” on the scare and find out whether anyone made a mint off it. Whenever there is a big snafu of lots of wasted resources like this, it costs our debtor nation a lot of money we no longer have. Therefore we need to identify the prime movers and expose them to ridicule and professional consequences.

** There is one future fearmonger’s scenario I admit I actually would like to see come to pass: Climate Change. I hope we get about 10 straight years of cold, snowy-1970′s style-winters and the coolest summers on record world-wide, just to make the AGW’ers and environmental-fearmongers look like imbeciles so they can be held up to everlasting public ridicule, professionally and politically ruined. Im not kidding either. I mean that.

]]> By: Karen De Coster http://karendecoster.com/revisiting-the-swine-flu-hysteria.html/comment-page-1#comment-3912 Karen De Coster Fri, 01 Jan 2010 22:09:20 +0000 http://karendecoster.com/?p=8049#comment-3912 Liber -- funny, I mentioned this - about the unused, unwanted product - in an article I wrote (expanding on this post) for JBS. Should be out next week. Liber — funny, I mentioned this – about the unused, unwanted product – in an article I wrote (expanding on this post) for JBS. Should be out next week.

]]> By: liberranter http://karendecoster.com/revisiting-the-swine-flu-hysteria.html/comment-page-1#comment-3911 liberranter Fri, 01 Jan 2010 20:57:23 +0000 http://karendecoster.com/?p=8049#comment-3911 If there's any drawback to this wonderful example of market forces in action (i.e., market saturation with product that no one wants, the result of false signals created by a meddling government), it's that the Big Pharma bullies that produced this expensive white elephant will demand to be "compensated" for their losses. And guess where that compensation will come from (hint: hold on to your wallets)? After all, as you pointed out, Karen, these are the same Big Pharma bullies that apparently have such a stranglehold on the "legislative" body of our federal dictatorship that said band of castrati felt it necessary to consult the bullies before even considering mentioning the possibility of allowing us mere peon to shop abroad for cheaper and better alternatives to their price-inflated poisons. With that priceless piece of evidence in mind, is there any doubt that we'll also get stuck with the bill, at least indirectly, for this Big Pharma flop? If there’s any drawback to this wonderful example of market forces in action (i.e., market saturation with product that no one wants, the result of false signals created by a meddling government), it’s that the Big Pharma bullies that produced this expensive white elephant will demand to be “compensated” for their losses. And guess where that compensation will come from (hint: hold on to your wallets)? After all, as you pointed out, Karen, these are the same Big Pharma bullies that apparently have such a stranglehold on the “legislative” body of our federal dictatorship that said band of castrati felt it necessary to consult the bullies before even considering mentioning the possibility of allowing us mere peon to shop abroad for cheaper and better alternatives to their price-inflated poisons. With that priceless piece of evidence in mind, is there any doubt that we’ll also get stuck with the bill, at least indirectly, for this Big Pharma flop?

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