Daily Archives: May 9 2009

9th May 2009 - Did the media exaggerate Swine Flu?

Barely one month after Mexico reported its first death from a suspected swine flu outbreak the topic is already falling off the media agenda. In that time we have seen global media organisations  calling the outbreak a “global crisis” and a “real threat to humanity.” However, there has only been one death outside Mexico (a Mexican infant visiting America) and now those same organisations are backpeddling stating that it is not as bad as first feared and the flu is only a mild form of the much feared H1N1 strain.

Did the global media over react to the so called “crisis”? Well the media certainly loves a good horror story and …
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