Not a day goes by without some mention of swine flu or H1N1. Whether it’s the radio, newspaper or a concerned parent, swine flu reports and questions are everywhere. With every report I read or hear, I have become more skeptical and less trusting of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, our government and media reports. It would appear that the reporting is meant to scare the public into a frenzied panic over H1N1. It is portrayed as the worst illness ever, and it’s bound to infect you sooner or later, and our only solution is a vaccine. Recently, the president declared the swine flu outbreak a national emergency. It has been reported the H1N1 has killed 1,000 people in the U.S. While I am very saddened by these deaths, I did some research to put this number into perspective. The Ameri­can Cancer Society estimated that in 2008 there were more than 565,000 deaths from all cancers in the U.S.