Swine Flu -- The '70s Edition
Check out these swine flu commercials from 1976 -- you'll think twice before you go outside, kiss your wife or breathe again.
Check out these swine flu commercials from 1976 -- you'll think twice before you go outside, kiss your wife or breathe again.
1. Phew, glad to see its not the first time around
Posted at 6:07PM on Apr 29th 2009 by maggie
2. FIRST!
Posted at 6:34PM on May 1st 2009 by Canadian
3. Wow! We aren't prepared at all!!
Posted at 5:56PM on Apr 29th 2009 by GG
4. SO WHERE IS THIS SWIN FLU SHOT NOW????????IF THEY HAD IT IN 1976 WHY AREN'T WE GETTING IT NOW???????????????????????????????DOSE IT EXSIST? ANWERS PPL
Posted at 6:00PM on Apr 29th 2009 by kass
5. Well, I managed to live through it. Didn't he vaccine they came up with actually end up killing a bunch of people? Wash your hands, people!
Posted at 6:01PM on Apr 29th 2009 by Creeker
6. hahahahahahaahahaha!!!
that was hilarious. "Betty died...but before she died she gave it to..."
Posted at 6:04PM on Apr 29th 2009 by lysmertz
7. Yeh it was pretty funny. So cheerful LOL
Posted at 6:07PM on Apr 29th 2009 by maggie
8. Dont know if this is real, but I'm glad it was posted if it is to show that the media has been sensationalizing "news" stories for a long time to get better ratings.
Posted at 6:09PM on Apr 29th 2009 by Doug
9. so where is this shot???
Posted at 6:11PM on Apr 29th 2009 by love
10. The 70's swine flu killed one American, the vaccination killed 30+ people. I want a vaccination, but I want a safe, well-tested one.
Posted at 6:12PM on Apr 29th 2009 by idiotdogbrain
11. WHERES THE BEEF ?
Posted at 6:15PM on Apr 29th 2009 by jandean61
12. Y IS THE FLU ONLY KILLING MEXICANS ?????
Posted at 6:18PM on Apr 29th 2009 by jandean61
13. the 1976 SWINE FLU SHOT WAS ALSO LINKED TO CAUSING 500 cases of Guillain-Barre syndrome AND KILLED 25 PPL.
Posted at 6:18PM on Apr 29th 2009 by kass
14. The swine flu was a joke in 1976 and it's an overheated, hysterical joke now.
I can't stand the hysterical media. Get a grip. media - and report on something really worthwhile.
Posted at 6:28PM on Apr 29th 2009 by Victoria
15. Kass, that swine flu shot of '76 was a COMPLETELY different strain than what we have now. This "Swine" flu actually is NOT just swine, it is a combo of a NEVER SEEN BEFORE strain of bird, human virus which they want to be referred as H1N1 which is rapidly evolving and spreading QUICKLY. It was in confined to Mexico and 2 confirmed cases in Texas on Sat, NOW its in at least 10 different States and 11 countries in only 4 days!!! Because this virus is new, no one has natural resistance which means it may be very dangerous., If some people want to believe it will stay mild and its "no big deal," or this is being over-hyped by WHO and CDC, its that cavalier attitude that will continue to spread this virus. Those same people don't wash their hands or insist on going out even when they don't feel well I ask anyone who feels that WHO and CDC are over-hyping this "imminent pandemic," should they not inform us so we can make intelligent decisions? Would that make you happy? Because if they didn't let us know exactly what was going on, people like that would be the first to jump on the band wagon of "They didn't warn us!" Ugh, dammed if you do, dammed if you don't......
Posted at 6:27PM on Apr 29th 2009 by girlsnguns