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This post was published on 14/05/09 in Science, Videos.
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Tags: hans rosling, Media, pandemic influenza, pandemics, swine flu.
This post was published on 14/05/09 in Science, Videos.
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Tags: hans rosling, Media, pandemic influenza, pandemics, swine flu.
Comment by NE1, 14/05/09, 02:02:
I’m less sensitive to the hyping this time around for two reasons: 1) They actually typed sick people’s viruses and matched them to the swine flu, like, in my home state. If nothing else, it’s a more obvious example than usual of the interconnectedness/cause-and-effect of living in a dense society. 2) Everyone in my workplace in the past year has had an absolutely horrendous cold (flu?); I had a cough for a month, have to wonder if this was just swine flu before it flew under the radar (I guess probably not). It’s out of sympathy that maybe this time around it really is or could easily be a little worse.
Comment by secondlastwish, 15/05/09, 06:33:
Off topic a bit, but did you see the Hans Rosling TED talk?
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/hans_rosling_the_truth_about_hiv.html
I’m still undecided about the hype of swine flu. I agree with the one official who responded that it would have been better to over-hype Hurricane Katrina then to under-react like they did.
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