Friday, October 02, 2009

The price of universal broadband | Signal Strength - CNET News

The price of universal broadband | Signal Strength - CNET News: "While it would only take about $20 billion to blanket the country with broadband service with speeds between 768Kbps to 3Mbps service, the FCC has questioned whether those speeds will be enough. Instead, it is recommending more aggressive network build-outs that would increase the speed of these networks to about 100Mbps or faster. This will likely push the price tag of the entire network expansion to more than $350 billion."

Support for Abortion Rights Declines Under Obama - Political News - FOXNews.com

Support for Abortion Rights Declines Under Obama - Political News - FOXNews.com: "Popular support for abortion rights has dropped seven points in the past year due in part to the election of a pro-choice Democratic president, the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life said Thursday."

Maybe people use the current president as a reference point. i.e. People answer if they are pro-life or pro-choice in comparison to the current president.

CDC: Nearly 1 in 3 Pregnant Women Who've Contracted H1N1 Have Died in U.S. - Infectious Disease - FOXNews.com

CDC: Nearly 1 in 3 Pregnant Women Who've Contracted H1N1 Have Died in U.S. - Infectious Disease - FOXNews.com: "A stark reminder about how deadly the new H1N1 virus can be. During a news briefing Thursday, U.S. health officials said the virus has hit pregnant women especially hard. Since it first surfaced in April, nearly 1 in 3 pregnant women have died from the new strain.

“Since the virus was first recognized in late April, early May, 100 pregnant women across the country have been hospitalized due to the novel H1N1 flu and 28 have died,” Tom Skinner, a spokesman for the Centers for Disease and Control and Prevention told FOXNews.com."

There is a huge difference between "1 in 3 pregnant women have died from the new strain" and "100 pregnant women across the country have been hospitalized due to the novel H1N1 flu and 28 have died"

What percent of pregnant women with H1N1 were hospitalized?