http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/05/05/swine.flu.main/index.html?eref=rss_topstories
I am usually a fairly laid-back person, but I feel that the amount of hysteria over the Swine Flu has been totally unwarranted. The news both local and national has been blowing this story way out of proportion. So far, this flu has been no worse in terms of fatality than regular flu. I am definitely a supporter of free speech and in no way condone stifling the news; I do however believe that news sources that promote hysteria in the name of "selling papers" (although nobody sells papers any more) should be ignored. If people would start reading and listening with a critical and logical mind, then this kind of panic could be avoided.
The key word, here, is PANIC( or fear). It's a tatic that men in power use to keep people under their influence.
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