Did Dr Gitterle retract his early statements about the press covering up the Swine Flu outbreak?
Forwarded email from Dr. Marcus Gitterle of New Braunfels, Texas claims that swine flu (H1N1 flu) is spreading far more rapidly than officials admit and has infected 10 to 25 times more people than reported in the media. Description: Email rumor Circulating since: April 2009 Status: Authentic / Overblown An email sent out by a New Braunfels, Texas emergency room physician claiming that swine flu (H1N1 flu) is spreading faster than officials admit — allegedly infecting 10 to 25 times more people than reported in the media — has itself gone viral, causing recipients across the country to fear the situation is far more dire than they’d been led to believe and that public health officials aren’t telling the whole truth. Gitterle’s employer flatly disavowed the message in a statement to local officials, KSAT-TV News in San Antonio reported on Thursday. “Christus Santa Rosa hospital just called me to assure me that this doctor was not speaking for the hospital,” local judge Danny Scheel was
KSAT further reported that Gitterle “backtracked” on some of his original assertions in a subsequent blog posting, stating that he doesn’t believe the Health Department, the CDC, or the media have misled the public. An email sent out by a New Braunfels, Texas emergency room physician claiming that swine flu (H1N1 flu) is spreading faster than officials admit — allegedly infecting 10 to 25 times more people than reported in the media — has itself gone viral, causing recipients across the country to fear the situation is far more dire than they’d been led to believe and that public health officials aren’t telling the whole truth. “It is hard to convey the seriousness of this,” Dr. Marcus Gitterle warned in the message, which has been circulating since Wednesday. “Tamiflu is running out. There is a national stockpile, but it will have to be carefully managed, as it is not enough to treat the likely number of infections when this is full-blown.” He predicted hospitals could soon be “overwh
