H1N1 influenza could slow growth in key industries and stall already-weak GDP growth in the third and fourth quarters of 2009, says a health economist in the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) School of Business. "Tourism and travel are vitally important sectors in the economy of many U.S. cities and communities," Bryce Sutton, Ph.D. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today) [...more]
Swine - flu shots worse than the flu itself. This is all timed to happen at about the same time the economy is supposed to really start to tank. Keeping boobus frightened to go outside may be a good deterrent to riots and revolution, no? ... [...more]
Thanks to swine flu , pillows are disappearing from U.S. airlines. by Janice Hough. No one ever took an airline flight for the comfortable pillows. But the economy and the H1N1 swine flu are combining to make even the lousy pillows that ... [...more]
