Not correct. The mortality rate for H1N1 patients my work out to the same percentage, but the proportion of otherwise healthy,relatively young (25-45yo) dying from H1N1 is significantly higher than normal. There is of course over coverage by the media, but that doesn't mean there isn't any real reason to be concerned. How many healthy 30 year olds do you know killed by flu last year? This year I've seen a dozen.

There's nothing wrong with a specialized undergraduate if you know what you're looking for. Not that I'm at all biased since my degree is in biomedical engineering. I'm now a medical student and can't imagine not having that background.

That will teach life to try and screw with you.

It would be interesting to know how the questions in the survey were phrased. Wording of survey questions can make a huge difference in the reported outcomes.

What you can do is read publications with a discriminating eye just the same. If the research is bad, don't believe the conclusions.

Pandora on my iPhone works just fine on EDGE, though a little slow to load the first song when switching stations.

Despite the fact that adult bones no longer grow, they are very much alive and active. Bones are constantly remodeling to maintain strength. The more weight the bones feel, the thicker they become. This means that lifting weights as you age helps fight osteoporosis and being in zero G causes bones to thin out and become weak. A similar effect occurs on both the marrow (causing osteopenia), and skeletal muscle, causing muscle atrophy. Beyond the initial adaptation period (which is much like sea sickness) the osteopenia over time could lead to anemia and reduced immune capacity.

Ok, I'll bite... No need to speak to the CDC about malaria, I assure you they are already thoroughly keeping track of it (along with most other diseases, that is their job you know) The prevention of malaria in third world countries is as simple as putting nets over the beds at night, no special knowledge or expertise required, so the proper target is those with the money to help buy the nets. And just to correct your medical ignorance, Lyme disease is spread by ticks, (though you are correct in that it is not treatable by vaccine), not mosquitoes. Malaria is spread by mosquitoes, but there is currently no injectable vaccine for the prevention of malaria. It would appear that you should do a bit of thought and fact checking before calling Bill Gates the moron in the room.

It makes one wonder that if people understood enough that something was going on to talk to their reps, yet weren't able to figure out that they just need a box or cable (not exactly rocket science) are is the extra few months really going to be long enough for them to figure out what to do?

How is this any different than any of the other phones out there that are available exclusively through one provider or another? (Samsung Instinct etc) While I'd love to see the cell phone company walls come down, I don't think Apple is doing anything different than everyone else in this case.