Swine Flu Hype

So apparently there is this thing called swine flu. Our nine year old neighbor had it (caught it from his grandparents, who brought it back on a flight from China), and recovered just fine, and none of the other kids he played with got it. Anyway, apparently there are several blogs about it, including several who see a conspiracy afoot:
http://alligatorfarm.wordpress.com/
http://alligatorfarm.wordpress.com/2009/07/28/squalene-your-kids-medical-alert-for-parents/
http://www.picassodreams.com/picasso_dreams/2009/04/swine-flu-population-control-and-staying-healthy.html
http://www.haloboyle.com/2009/04/dr-mercola-on-swine-flu-bunkum.html
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2009/04/29/Swine-Flu.aspx
http://pimpinturtle.com/2009/07/13/swine-flu-created-in-lab-as-bioweapon.aspx

Gluten Intolerance on the rise: samples from 50s show much lower rate

There is a new study using frozen blood samples from the 50s (military recruits) that shows a quadrupling of gluten intolerance (celiac). Interesting.
Links:
http://www.startribune.com/lifestyle/health/49558522.html
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?orig_db=PubMed&db=pubmed&cmd=Search&term=%22Gastroenterology%22[Jour]%20AND%202009%2F07[pdat]%20AND%20Murray[author]

Wow! A mattress commercial depicting home birth!

An amazing mattress commercial (didn't think I'd ever say that) depicting home birth:
http://www.feministing.com/archives/015263.html

Of course it's from Spain, they'd never allow that here.