The Fear of Swine Flu

by Chris | 3 May 2009 | No Comments

I love the media response to swine flu – it’s hilarious. First they tell us that we’re all gonna die, then they tell us off for pulling a sickie if have flu-like symptoms. But one newspaper, in a feat of supreme doublespeak, manages to doi both at the same time! Go on, guess which one!

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Of course it was the Daily Fail. Who else could manage to incite fear in the same headline as berating anyone who took time off work because of that fear? Only a Daily Mail hack.

This graph most correctly sums up the relationship between fear of swine flu and the source of information that they are relying on.

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Categories: Health, Media

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  • TD Blog » Ron Weasley and the mild bout of Swine Flu said:

    [...] hysteria over swine flu is absurd. It’s a mild thing, really, and causes fewer deaths than the normal [...]

  • MelatoninEffects said:

    the use of face masks and boosting your immune system by taking lots of vitamin-C is still an effective way of preventing the spread of the Swine Flu virus.

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    i always advice my kids to wear face masks when going into crowded areas. swine flu is really scary and i dont want my kids getting infected by it.

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    I have a relative who got the Swine Flu in Mexico. It is a good thing that he already recovered from this disease.

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