It’s getting a little old hearing hourly about the supposed ‘Swine Flu’ sweeping the nation and world. A strain of flu that is misnamed after Swine that shows all indications of not being very deadly, is moving slowly through the nation. We all feel for those that have died or have family that have died during this ‘outbreak’, but for something that does not appear to be any more deadly the the common flu, and actually maybe even less deadly, the media really needs to stop scaring the public.
You tell people it’s the ‘Swine’ flu so everyone stops eating pork when they have no reason to. Some countries ignorantly discuss slaughtering all of their pigs. People run around wearing masks and freaking out. Has anyone heard of the boy who cried wolf? Sars, Bird Flu, Swine Flu.. The H1N1 flu has shown no indications of being something the average person needs to worry about.
Shut up already CNN, Fox etc. and go back to reporting real (or in Fox’s case Fake) news.