Farrakhan and H1N1

Nation of Islam leader Minister Louis Farrakhan told a group of followers on Sunday that the H1N1 virus was developed to curb the world’s growing population. “The Earth can't take 6.5 billion people. We just can't feed that many. So what are you going to do? Kill as many as you can. We have to develop a science that kills them and makes it look as though they died from some disease." He further indicated that wise people should not take the vaccine.
While one can easily dismiss his claims as sensationalistic, they do bring up an underlying concern. Recent surveys show that over 40% of the US population, and one-third of the Canadian population, will not be taking the vaccine this fall. With the threat constantly in the media of the global swine flu pandemic, have people simply become overburdened with information? Essentially, has the media made this global health concern a non-issue?