Once again, the Federal government’s priorities are out of whack. Undoubtedly because the AIDS lobby is a lot more powerful than the flu lobby.
Here’s how CSNNews sums it up:
The federal government spent $6.1 billion on influenza-related programs in 2006, roughly half as much as the $13.7 billion dollars it spent on HIV/AIDS programs that year, according to figures provided to CNSNews.com by the Department of Health and Human Services. During that same time, seasonal flu claimed 56,326 lives in the U.S., while AIDS-related deaths stood at 12,113.
The flu lobby tried to follow the AIDS lobby’s template this year. They did everything possible to convince us that swine flu was going to kill every man, woman and child on the face of the earth.
Want to save $19.8 billion dollars? Just follow this medical advice:
To avoid swine flu, don’t go south of the border geographically. To avoid AIDS, don’t go south of the border metaphorically.
Source: CSNNews.com
This post was last modified on January 26, 2021